Bowen Yang Claims ‘SNL’ Host ‘Made Multiple Cast Members Cry’
Bowen Yang is spilling the Saturday Night Live tea.
The comedian, who was originally hired as a writer for the NBC show in 2018, dished that one host was a nightmare for the writers.
Appearing on a recent episode of What What Happens Live, Yang was asked which guest host displayed diva characteristics without disclosing the individual's name.
"This man — this person, this host — made multiple cast members cry on Wednesday during the table read because he hated the ideas," he told host Andy Cohen.
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Yang added that the entire situation was "terrible," as his Las Culturistas podcast co-host Matt Rogers shook his head, with Yang joking that Rogers has "got new PR and everything."
Yang also responded to a fan question asking which of his SNL sketches he felt was the "biggest bomb."
"When Ayo Edebiri hosted this past season, we wrote a live sketch where it took place in an elevator, and she and I were, like, telling everyone that we should all make out or something because the elevator got stuck," he recalled.
"Then, for some reason, it got turned into a pre-tape under our noses, and we had to adapt to that… It just didn’t go as well as I had hoped," Yang added.
"Comedy’s subjective, you never know how it’s gonna play in front of a specific audience. But it’s fine, you let it roll off your back," he concluded.
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