Bowen Yang is speaking out following news he’s leaving Saturday Night Live.
On Friday (December 19), it was revealed that the 35-year-old actor is leaving the NBC sketch comedy show with his final episode airing on Saturday, December 20.
The following morning, Bowen took to Instagram to officially confirm the news and say goodbye to SNL.
Keep reading to find out more…“I loved working at SNL, and most of all I loved the people,” Bowen began. “I was there at a time when many things in the world started to seem futile, but working at 30 rock taught me the value in showing up anyway when people make it worthwhile.”
“I’m grateful for every minute of my time there,” he continued. “I learned about myself (bad with wigs). I learned about others (generous, vulnerable, hot). I learned that human error can be nothing but correct. i learned that comedy is mostly logistics and that it will usually fail until it doesn’t, which is the besssst.”
He added, “Thank you to every single person who showed up there: friends and coworkers and audiences and hosts. thank you Celeste, Sudi, Will, Alison, Julio, Fran, Drez, Bulla, Marty, John, Ben, Jimmy, Ceara, Deetch, Jake, Asha, Jack, Auguste, Tucker, Kent, Streeter, James, Alex, Jasmine, Gary, and Billy for writing with me. Thank you to every cast member for making me laugh and cry. to Liz and Don. Tom, Jodi, Louie, Eamon. Gena, Chris, Eddie. the crews, the pages. And to Audrey, Jameson, Cassandra and Chris for the fastest, funnest quick-changes in all of showbiz. Thank you to Ari for sending me off in the dreamiest way i could imagine.”
“Thank you to Lorne for the job. for the standard. And for bringing everyone at work together. they all care deeply about people in the room, any room, enjoying themselves. i can’t believe i was ever included in that. “The show doesn’t go on because it’s ready, but s-iiiiit, I hope I am. ❤️🌃⌛️🎥”