Brooks Wheelan says he was fired from 'Saturday Night Live' after one season

You can be forgiven if you've never heard of Brooks Wheelan. He barely registered during his first (and now, only) season of Saturday Night Live and was widely considered to be the most likely to be cut from a very large cast 

Brooks Wheelan The SNL changes promised by Lorne Michaels last month are beginning to trickle in with last night's news that featured player Brooks Wheelan has been fired from the show. Wheelan tweeted the news 

Live from New York, it's… well, not Brooks Wheelan. Not anymore. Sources confirm to EW that Saturday Night Live newbie Wheelan, who joined the cast in September 2013 as a featured player, will not be returning for SNL's upcoming 40th season. In fact 

Brooks Wheelan tweeted on July 14 that he had been fired from 'Saturday Night Live', and a new report has confirmed his departure.

Following Brooks Wheelan's tweet in which he announced he was “Fired from New York, it's Saturday night,” first-years Noël Wells and John Milhiser also got the axe in advance of Saturday Night Live's 40th season,