• Bowen Yang tells EW what made him so emotional in the course of the Saturday Evening Dwell season 50 finale.
• He additionally weighs in on whether or not he plans to return to SNL subsequent season.
• The Depraved star additionally explains one other SNL season 50 thriller.

Bowen Yang is shedding some mild on that emotional second he shared with Saturday Night Live costar Sarah Sherman throughout final weekend's season 50 finale that has followers worrying he received't be again on the present subsequent season.

"I believe you get to a degree at SNL the place you perceive that you simply're on the downswing of issues. I believe I used to be simply processing that being one of many final 'final nights' that I might have and that could be a enormous factor," Yang tells Leisure Weekly on the crimson carpet at Common Epic Universe grand opening in Orlando on Wednesday.

In the course of the goodnights of the Scarlett Johansson-fronted episode, Yang and Sherman might be seen hugging intently, each on the verge of tears.

The six-season solid member elaborates, "Each finale at goodnights one thing leaves my physique as a result of I'm simply relieved from all that occurred in that season and this was a giant one. We went by means of rather a lot, so many enjoyable recollections. I believe that was in all probability what was registering. I used to be identical to, oh, I must savor these moments earlier than I don't have them anymore."

Though the Depraved star is open about his mindset within the finale, he performs coy when requested straight if this implies just isn’t coming again for season 51.

"No, we're not doing that," he laughs, refusing to reply, whereas being interviewed alongside longtime pal and Las Culturistas podcast cohost Matt Rogers.

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However Yang will clear up one other SNL season 50 thriller that followers additionally noticed throughout a current goodnights section.

As host Quinta Brunson was bidding the viewers adieu on the Could 3 episode subsequent to musical visitor Benson Boone, there was a slight commotion behind her as Yang, Sherman, Chloe Fineman, and Mikey Day had been gathered at stage proper, intently whispering as Fineman made a strained face.

"I can affirm that was as a result of Chloe was asking the place Sabrina Carpenter was as a result of she was within the monologue so she was not at goodnights," he explains.

"I believe it's as a result of I used to be simply hurriedly telling all people I believe [Carpenter] needed to go away and go someplace and catch a flight or one thing," Yang elaborates. "There was no drama."

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Yang began at SNL as a author in 2018 earlier than being promoted to solid member the following 12 months for season 45, changing into the present's first Chinese language American solid member and one among just a few out homosexual stars on the present.

He's made a reputation for himself on SNL with impressions of JD Vance and Fran Lebowitz, and out-of-the-box "Weekend Replace" characters just like the Iceberg That Sank the Titanic and viral child pygmy hippopotamus Moo Deng. To not point out, Yang has additionally scored 4 Emmy nominations throughout his time on the present, together with making historical past in 2021 as the primary featured participant to be nominated.

Yang can subsequent be seen in Depraved: For Good, coming to theaters later this 12 months.

—With reporting by Joey Nolfi

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