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More cast changes are coming to \u201cSaturday Night Live<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n On Thursday, celebrity.land confirmed that Heidi Gardner and Michael Longfellow are leaving the sketch show, becoming the third and fourth cast members to depart this week.<\/p>\n Gardner\u2019s departure comes after eight seasons with the show, which saw her create famously neurotic addled characters and fan favorites including Angel, every boxer\u2019s girlfriend from every boxing movie ever.<\/p>\n Longfellow was on \u201cSNL\u201d for three seasons.<\/p>\n celebrity.land has reached out to representatives for Gardner and Longfellow, as well as for \u201cSaturday Night Live,\u201d for comment.<\/p>\n The news comes after a different pair of cast members announced their departures from the show earlier in the week.<\/p>\n On Monday, Devon Walker shared he was leaving the show<\/a> via an Instagram post, writing in part that the working environment there was at times \u201ctoxic as hell.\u201d<\/p>\n Walker, who was with the show three seasons, likened his time on the show to a \u201clittle marriage,\u201d saying, \u201cMe and the show did three years together, and sometimes it was really cool.\u201d<\/p>\n Two days later, Emil Wakim also took to Instagram to inform followers he was leaving the show, writing that \u201cit was a gut punch of a call to get but I\u2019m so grateful for my time there.\u201d<\/p>\n Wakim was on the show for one season.<\/p>\n Almost every year, a slew of cast additions and exits are announced prior to the new season of \u201cSNL.\u201d<\/p>\n Last week, \u201cSNL\u201d creator and overseer Lorne Michaels told Puck<\/a> that some major changes were coming to the cast. Announcements revealing who he\u2019s selected to join the cast as new members are expected soon.<\/p>\n \u201cSNL\u201d Season 51 will premiere on October 4, according to NBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n celebrity.land\u2019s Lisa Respers France contributed to this report.<\/p>\n