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bowen yang It is ready to go Saturday night Live Seven years later in the sketch show.
The comedian, 35, joined the cast as a writer in 2018 before being promoted to the cast the following year.
Diversity The report states that he is expected to leave the season between them, following this weekend’s episode of Wicked Co-star Ariana Grande. Cher will be the musical guest.
Independent Yang’s representatives have been contacted for comment.
Yang, who hosts the Las Culturistas podcast with Matt Rogers, has worked out Saturday night Live In recent years.
are visible at the same time Wicked And this year’s sequel Wicked: for goodYang also starred in romantic comedies wedding banquetHe is set for a voice role in next year’s animated adaptation the cat in the Hat,
Yang’s departure snl Quitting mid-season is unusual but not unprecedented, in past years players such as Cecily Strong, Molly Shannon, Dana Carvey and Eddie Murphy have also left mid-season.
in an interview with People In September, Yang said that she felt she had “a lot more to do” on the show, but was also worried that viewers were getting “sick” of her.
He said of his decision to remain with the cast at the time, “I’ve always kind of gone by the instinct of, do I have more to do? And I feel like I have more to do.”
“Even Lorne and I talked about it, and Lorne said, ‘You have a lot more to do,’ and it meant a lot, because I even confessed to him. I was like, ‘I think the audience is probably getting sick of me.’ And he was like, ‘That’s not true.’ There’s more for you to do. I need you.”
comes after he comes out snl Boss Lorne Michaels made significant changes to the cast before the season began.
Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner, Devon Walker, Emil Wakim, and Michael Longfellow all left the show before the 51st season premiere on October 4.
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The cast included newly added Ben Marshall, Veronica Slowikowska, Tommy Brennan, Jeremy Culhane and Kam Patterson.
Michaels, 80, said he wanted to “shake things up” following the show’s 50th anniversary celebration.
“I wanted people to come back and be a part of [the 50th season],” He said.
“So when Kate [McKinnon] Host, Kristen [Wiig] and maya [Rudolph] Came back for this. And this means that such disruptions cannot occur [to the cast]or anything that was distracting [the 50th season]And we had an election,” he said,
When asked if he felt “pressure to reinvent this season”, Michaels said there was pressure.