Devon Walker explains Saturday Night Live exit, what’s next

Walker, Devon Keep the record straight Saturday Night Live Before Season 51.

“Frankly, I think the best way is like me, the show looks at each other and we decided it’s time to go our way,” Walker, 34, told Rolling stones In an interview posted Saturday, August 30. “I think I’m going to leave the show, I think the show gets me ready to leave.

Walker was surprised SNL Fans announced he was on Monday, August 25 Leaving NBC Sketch Show Three seasons later. His announcement is the first of a string of exports, and will also see Michael Longfellow,,,,, Emil Wakim and Heidi Gardner all leave Saturday Night Live.

Walker seems to suggest that he has a complicated experience in the announcement Saturday Night Liveadmits that “sometimes it’s really cool [and] Sometimes it is toxic to hell. ”

“We made the most of it as it is, even in all dysfunctions,” he wrote. “We made the LIL family a reality.”

Speech Rolling stonesWalker obviously downplayed any hints of himself and SNL.

“I worked on the show with two of the world’s best friends in the first two seasons – [writers] Gary Richardson and Alex English,” he noted. “To me, it really feels like family. And you spend a lot of time together, we meet each other more than we see family. Being able to be in that environment, in the fox hole, two people are very close to me – I’m really grateful. ”

The actor continued, “Even people I didn’t know before, James Austin Johnson. I’ve never seen him a day before I started SNLthat man really looked at me in a way that he really didn’t have to. There are people out there who can connect with each other even if you didn’t know each other before. ”

Walker mentioned that he likes SNL This allowed him to interact with the legendary actors on the February 50th anniversary special.

“I might see, like Adam Sandleryou know, he was talking about what shorthand there was. “The comic says: “Even if he was on the show 30 years before I got there, we know what it is.” There is an understanding that anyone who has worked there will share. ”

As for the future, Walker insists that anything will happen next in his career.

“I think someone leaves SNLpeople’s impulse is, “Oh, I’m really sorry,” he admitted. But, for me, SNL What a blessing. I never even trained that thing. It’s like God’s thing, and I ended up being lucky by chance for that show. I am proud of the many work I have done there, but wait until people see what I really want to do. ”

Fans – even before SNL Actors – keeps buzzing, what other changes might happen before Season 51 begins. The previous one SNL Star Punk Johnson – He quit the show after four years in 2024 – Perfect Captured whip effect Many fans have always felt it.

Johnson, 40, reacted to an Instagram post that announced Longfellow’s departure: “WTF is happening…it’s like Leaving…My sexy handsome working husband…I love you so much…I will call you…Welcome back to the baby outside…. I’ll see you here soon. ”

Saturday Night Live Return to NBC this fall.