Overview

• Walker announced on Monday via Instagram that he is departing the NBC sketch series after joining in 2022 and earning a promotion to the repertory cast last season.
• He is the first confirmed cast member to exit before Season 51, and outlets report more changes are expected before the show returns in October.
• He characterized his tenure as sometimes “really cool” and at times “toxic as hell,” saying the group made the most of a dysfunctional environment.
• Deadline, citing Saturday Night Live Network statistics, noted he logged the least screen time during Season 50.
• Beyond SNL, he launched the My Favorite Lyrics podcast in April and previously wrote for Netflix’s Big Mouth and Freeform’s Everything’s Trash.