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\u201cWe made the most of what it was, even amidst all the dysfunction,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe made a f***ed up lil family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking to Rolling Stone<\/em>, Walker noticeably downplayed any insinuation that there was bad blood between himself and SNL<\/em>.<\/p>\n\u201cI got to work at the show in my first two seasons with two of my best friends in the world \u2014 [writers] Gary Richardson<\/strong> and Alex English<\/strong>,\u201d he pointed. \u201cTo me, that really felt like family. And you spend so much time together, we\u2019re seeing each other way more than we\u2019re seeing our families. Being able to be in that environment, in the foxhole with two people who are so close to me \u2014 I feel really grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\nThe actor went on, \u201cAnd even people who I didn\u2019t know before, like James Austin Johnson<\/strong>. I never met him a day in my life before I got started at SNL<\/em>, and that man really looked out for me in ways that he really didn\u2019t have to. There are people there who, even if you didn\u2019t know each other before, you forge a bond with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"GettyImages-2215224389](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2215224389-Devon-Walker-Clears-Up-Confusion-Over-Saturday-Night-Live-Exit--e1756620190987.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n \u2018SNL\u2019 Season 50 cast with host Scarlett Johansson in May 2025<\/span> Will Heath\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nWalker mentioned that he loved the \u201cfraternity\u201d environment of SNL<\/em> that allowed him to interact with legendary cast members at February\u2019s 50th anniversary special.<\/p>\n\u201cI might see, like, Adam Sandler<\/strong>, you know, and he\u2019s talking about how there\u2019s a shorthand,\u201d the comic said. \u201cEven though he went through the show 30 years before I ever got there, we know what it is. There\u2019s just an understanding that anybody who\u2019s ever worked there will always share.\u201d<\/p>\nAs for the future, Walker insisted that he was \u201cgenuinely very excited\u201d about whatever comes next in his career.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think when somebody leaves SNL<\/em>, people\u2019s impulse is to be like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m really sorry,\u201d he acknowledged. \u201cBut to me, getting on SNL<\/em> was such a blessing. I was never even training to do that thing. That\u2019s just like a God thing, a fortunate happenstance that I ended up getting to be on that show. I\u2019m proud of a lot of the work that I did on there, but wait till people get to see the stuff that I really want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
\u201cI got to work at the show in my first two seasons with two of my best friends in the world \u2014 [writers] Gary Richardson<\/strong> and Alex English<\/strong>,\u201d he pointed. \u201cTo me, that really felt like family. And you spend so much time together, we\u2019re seeing each other way more than we\u2019re seeing our families. Being able to be in that environment, in the foxhole with two people who are so close to me \u2014 I feel really grateful for that.\u201d<\/p>\n The actor went on, \u201cAnd even people who I didn\u2019t know before, like James Austin Johnson<\/strong>. I never met him a day in my life before I got started at SNL<\/em>, and that man really looked out for me in ways that he really didn\u2019t have to. There are people there who, even if you didn\u2019t know each other before, you forge a bond with.\u201d<\/p>\n Walker mentioned that he loved the \u201cfraternity\u201d environment of SNL<\/em> that allowed him to interact with legendary cast members at February\u2019s 50th anniversary special.<\/p>\n \u201cI might see, like, Adam Sandler<\/strong>, you know, and he\u2019s talking about how there\u2019s a shorthand,\u201d the comic said. \u201cEven though he went through the show 30 years before I ever got there, we know what it is. There\u2019s just an understanding that anybody who\u2019s ever worked there will always share.\u201d<\/p>\n As for the future, Walker insisted that he was \u201cgenuinely very excited\u201d about whatever comes next in his career.<\/p>\n \u201cI think when somebody leaves SNL<\/em>, people\u2019s impulse is to be like, \u2018Oh, I\u2019m really sorry,\u201d he acknowledged. \u201cBut to me, getting on SNL<\/em> was such a blessing. I was never even training to do that thing. That\u2019s just like a God thing, a fortunate happenstance that I ended up getting to be on that show. I\u2019m proud of a lot of the work that I did on there, but wait till people get to see the stuff that I really want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>
\n \u2018SNL\u2019 Season 50 cast with host Scarlett Johansson in May 2025<\/span> Will Heath\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n