Bowen Yang has finally explained why he bowed out of Saturday Night Live.

On Wednesday’s episode of his podcast Las Culturistas, which he co-hosts with his friend, comedian Matt Rogers, the Wicked actor got frank about his surprising exit from the long-running sketch show after seven seasons.

“This is honestly what’s behind it: It’s time,” he said, a little over five minutes into the episode. “You would do seven seasons, and then you would scoot.”

Bowen Yang attends the 5th Annual Academy Museum Gala at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Oct. 18, 2025, in Los Angeles.

Bowen continued: “[After Covid], the current media landscape, the current entertainment ecosystem, is so turbulent that people have completely valid........

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