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Bowen Yang breaks silence on ‘SNL’ exit in heartfelt goodbye

In an Instagram post on Saturday, the five-time Emmy nominee, 35, shared a heartfelt goodbye to the NBC sketch comedy series, which he joined as a writer in 2018.

Bowen Yang attends the premiere of the film 'Wicked: For Good' in New York City, US, November 17, 2025.
 FORMER CAST member Tina Fey arrives for the ‘Saturday Night Live 50: The Anniversary Special’ at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, on Sunday.

‘Saturday Night Live’ turns 50

 COMEDIAN DAVE CHAPPELLE performs at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 2023. ‘The more Hollywood elites speak out on behalf of the radicalized people of Gaza, the more my people are in danger, from New York to Jerusalem,’ the writer argues.

Much to my chagrin, Dave Chappelle’s SNL monologue hit me so hard - opinion

 COLIN FIRTH in 'Lockerbie: A Search for Truth'

SNL’s origin story and a Japanese master


'Antisemitism is never funny': Christian group condemns Che's SNL joke

Stereotypical jokes have been "used widely, throughout the generations, to persecute and attack Jews, and even as triggers for genocide."

ANCHOR COLIN JOST (left) and anchor Michael Che during Weekend Update on ‘Saturday Night Live’ last year.

The AJC wants ‘Saturday Night Live’ to apologize for vaccine joke

“Israel is reporting that they’ve vaccinated half of their population, and I’m going to guess it’s the Jewish half,” Michael Che, the co-host of SNL’s news parody, “Weekend Update,” said.

70th Primetime Emmy Awards - Show - Los Angeles, California, U.S., 17/09/2018 - Hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che.

Response to Michael Che's SNL joke is unreasonable

If everything is antisemitic, then nothing is, so the appellation must be used sparingly.

Comedians Michael Che and Colin Jost from the NBC series "Saturday Night Live: Weekend Update"

SNL’s Michael Che is not an antisemite - opinion

How can we have failed to inform mainstream African-American personalities like Michael Che of these truths about Israel?

ANCHOR COLIN JOST (left) and anchor Michael Che during Weekend Update on ‘Saturday Night Live’ last year.

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach name-dropped on SNL

The rabbi also shared the clip of the Saturday Night Live sketch on his Instagram.

Shmuley Boteach

Zach Braff says he’d like to play Jon Ossoff on ‘SNL’

Jon Ossoff

Music producer and 'SNL' staffer Hal Willner dies aged 64 of coronavirus

Entertainment industry icons took to social media to express their heartfelt condolences to a man who had touched so many of their lives and careers.

The logo for 'Saturday Night Live.'

Broadway mourns 13-year-old Jewish star Laurel Griggs

The girl was at home doing homework when she suffered from a massive asthma attack. Her organs were donated "so that another child may live," her grandfather David Rivlin said.

Broadway billboards in New York City's Times Square

Harry Styles wows SNL crowd with new song

Harry Styles and Ben Winston, who agreed to let Styles stay with him and his wife  for a few weeks turned into 18 months August 6, 2018.

‘Saturday Night Live’ adds Jewish comedian Chloe Fineman

Fineman joins a long line of Jewish comedians on the famed sketch show.

Youtube screenshot of new Saturday Night Live comedian Chloe Fineman.