Bowen Yang is leaving “Saturday Night Live” after this weekend’s Christmas present, in the course of Season 51.
Yang confirmed his departure in an Instagram post on Saturday. “i loved working at SNL, and most of all i loved the people,” he wrote. “i’m grateful for every minute of my time there.”
Yang first got here on board at “SNL” as a author in 2018, earlier than becoming a member of the solid one 12 months later. He has been nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys because of his involvement within the present, as soon as for writing and 4 instances for excellent supporting actor in a comedy sequence.
Yang has portrayed many celebrated characters on “SNL,” together with Moo Deng the child hippo and Charli XCX.
“He has been there for seven years — time to move on,” an individual acquainted with Yang’s determination earlier instructed NCS, as rumors of the star’s departure unfold on Friday.
Representatives for “SNL” declined to touch upon the report.
Ahead of the beginning of this season of “SNL,” a number of of Yang’s earlier costars introduced their departure. These included Devon Walker, Ego Nwodim, Heidi Gardner, Emil Wakim and a number of other extra.
In his publish, Yang thanked many solid members and writers, in addition to the present’s creator and longtime overseer, Lorne Michaels.
“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,” Yang wrote. “i can’t believe i was ever included in that.”
This weekend’s “SNL” host is Ariana Grande, who costarred with Yang on this 12 months’s “Wicked: For Good” in addition to final 12 months’s Oscar-winning first movie “Wicked.”
“thank you to ari for sending me off in the dreamiest way i could imagine,” Yang wrote.
Cher is the musical visitor on the episode, the final of the 12 months for “SNL.”