Bowen Yang Says It is “Bizarre” Watching ‘SNL’ After His Exit

With Saturday Night Live again from its midseason hiatus, Bowen Yang is tuning in from the opposite aspect of the world.

Following his departure from the NBC sketch comedy collection midway by way of Season 51 in December, the 5x Emmy nominee admits it has been “bizarre, but ultimately fun” seeing the rest of the season as an viewers member.

“I was in Japan but I was watching,” he advised People of the most recent episodes. “I used to be getting texts from previous coworkers, simply saying hello and that the prepare was nonetheless working and a mutual lacking of one another.

Yang mentioned it “feels very strange” going from a solid member of seven seasons to a viewer. “I don’t want to believe that it’s totally bizarre to me, but it’s obviously an adjustment,” he mentioned.

“To not know what the process is from soup to nuts with the whole week is alleviating,” defined Yang. “The emotional baggage of it has been lifted for me. So just watching the sketches every week these past three shows have been great.”

Following the shock announcement of his midseason departure, Yang signed off from SNL with the Dec. 20 episode, which was hosted by Ariana Grande with musical visitor Cher.

Joining the present as a author with Season 44 in 2018, Yang was promoted to the solid the subsequent yr. In 2021, he grew to become the primary SNL featured participant to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy.