Key Highlights
- Following his departure from the NBC sketch comedy series halfway through Season 51 in December, the 5x Emmy nominee admits it has been “bizarre, but ultimately fun” seeing the remainder of the season as an audience member.
- “I was in Japan but I was watching,” he told People of the latest episodes.
- “I was getting texts from old coworkers, just saying hi and that the train was still running and a mutual missing of each other.
- Related Stories Late Night TV Bowen Yang To Leave ‘Saturday Night Live’ Late Night TV Bowen Yang Signs Off From ‘SNL’ With Poignant Final Sketch Yang said it “feels very strange” going from a cast 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 said.

