Bowen Yang seems to think the word “mock” is too strong of a verb. The “Saturday Night Live” cast member drew backlash over the weekend for comparing Moo Deng — a very meme-able pygmy hippopotamus — to pop star Chappell Roan. In the bit, which Yang performed on “Weekend Update,” Yang wears a hippo costume … Read more
Bowen Yang has shared tidbits from a phone exchange he said he had with Shane Gillis before the latter was fired from “Saturday Night Live.” Yang and Gillis were both hired onto the comedy show’s cast in 2019. Yang, who had spent a year as a writer for the show, was its first Chinese American … Read more
After more than five years as a “Saturday Night Live” cast member, Bowen Yang has had the opportunity to work with a variety of A-list actors, pop stars and even athletes. Still, Yang says there’s at least one person who stands out for all the wrong reasons. Appearing on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” Sunday, … Read more
Bowen Yang is all-in with the “cringe” on “Saturday Night Live.” The “SNL” cast member, on Wednesday’s episode of the “Las Culturistas” podcast, weighed in after his co-host Matt Rogers declared that sometimes you have to “climb up a huge hill of cringe” following talk about the 2024 election. “On the other end … you … Read more
