Bowen Yang has clocked out from his last Saturday Night time Reside shift.
Yang mentioned goodbye to the sketch comedy collection with a heartfelt sketch the place he performed a Delta worker working his final shift. Whereas serving to prospects on the eggnog station, he mentioned, “Oh, sorry, my machine’s type of breaking down, so I’m closing my station. That is my final shift.”
“Yeah, it’s unhappy. I’m gonna miss all the pieces about this place. The smells, celebrities would come by means of. You already know, simply final week, Josh O’Connor was right here,” he joked. (O’Connor hosted SNL‘s Dec. 13 installment, which aired every week prior.)
Yang bought on the telephone with Ariana Grande‘s (who hosted the episode) character Rhonda, who mentioned, “I want you had been residence, however I’m so happy with you. All of the eggnog you’ve made through the years. A few of it was nice, a few of it was rotten.” He replied, “Quite a lot of it bought minimize.”
“You already know, I additionally assume Eggnog’s type of like me,” Yang mentioned, persevering with, “It’s not for everybody, however the individuals who prefer it are my type of individuals.” He then launched into singing a rendition of “Please Come Dwelling for Christmas,” as he continued to assist extra prospects (aka his co-stars) as they wished him good luck.
Grande later entered the stage, telling Yang, “I wouldn’t miss your final shift for the world.”
“I can’t consider you’re retiring,” the Depraved star added. Yang replied, “I simply needed to exit on high,” which led to Grande joking, “Oh, everybody is aware of you’re a backside.”
Yang then subliminally shared his gratitude for his time on SNL in between tears.
“Oh Rhonda, I ought to have come residence earlier. I simply really feel so fortunate that I ever set to work right here,” Yang mentioned. “And I simply needed to get pleasure from it for a bit bit longer. Particularly the individuals. I’ve beloved each single one that works right here as a result of they’ve finished a lot for me, particularly my boss.” And no, he wasn’t speaking about Lorne Michaels, however Cher!
“Ma’am, I simply needed to say it’s been an honor working for you, and any success I’ve after this will probably be because of this place. Earlier than I am going, do you’ve gotten any suggestions for me?” Yang mentioned to Cher. “Effectively, everybody thought you had been a bit bit too homosexual. However you already know what? You’re good for me,” she joked.
Saturday marked the comic’s last episode as a forged member on the sketch comedy collection. It was revealed Friday that he was exiting the present midseason, notably on the episode hosted by his Depraved co-star Ariana Grande.
Forward of Saturday’s episode, Yang addressed his departure on Instagram Saturday, the place he mentioned he’s “grateful for each minute of my time there.”
“i realized about myself (unhealthy with wigs). i realized about others (beneficiant, weak, sizzling). i realized that human error will be nothing however appropriate. i realized that comedy is usually logistics and that it’ll often fail till it doesn’t, which is the besssst,” he wrote, additionally thanking Lorne Michaels and Grande “for sending me off within the dreamiest method i may think about.”
Yang’s SNL tenure started in 2018, when he joined as a author. The next 12 months, he joined as a featured participant, and was promoted to a full-time forged member in season 47. He joins a restricted group of SNL alumni who left the collection midseason, together with Cecily Robust, Molly Shannon, Eddie Murphy, Dana Carvey and Janeane Garofalo, together with Norm MacDonald (who was fired on the time).
He earned 5 Emmy nominations throughout his tenure with the sketch comedy collection, all of the whereas his profession exterior of SNL started to skyrocket. Yang co-hosts the beloved Las Culturistas podcast with Matt Rogers, with the present itself increasing into the Las Culturistas Tradition Awards. A spoof on typical awards exhibits, Yang and Rogers pop culture-centered awards ceremony aired on Bravo this 12 months, the place it is going to return in 2026.
Yang just lately starred in Depraved and its followup Depraved: For Good, and can subsequent seem in Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer’s, My Mom and Me and The Cat within the Hat.
Watch Yang’s last SNL sketch beneath.