Bowen Yang Says a Past ‘SNL’ Host Made ‘Multiple’ Cast Members ‘Cry’

Bowen Yang confessed that it’s not all laughs backstage at Studio 8H. During the Sunday, August 11, episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen , Yang, 33, was asked while playing a game of “Truth or Kink” to share — without naming names — the “worst behavior” he had witnessed while working as a cast member on Saturday Night Live . “This man who.

.. this person, this host made multiple cast members cry on Wednesday before the table-read,” Yang claimed, “because he hated the ideas.

” Yang did not specify which host he was referring to, but the comedian has been on the show since 2018 — meaning there dozens of male stars who could be the culprit. Sunday’s WWHL isn’t the first time Yang has had to address an awkward moment on the NBC variety series. In January, eagle-eyed viewers noticed that Dave Chappelle appeared on stage while host Dakota Johnson was saying her final goodbyes for the evening alongside fellow cast members.

Yang, for his part, stood far off in the corner, away from Chappelle, with his arms tightly crossed. Fans then began to wonder if Yang’s positioning was in response to Chappelle’s past transphobic and anti-LGBTQIA+ jokes. During his 2021 Netflix special, Chappelle said that he is “not hat fond” of “newer gays,” labeling them as “too sensitive.

” He also referred to himself as a “TERF,” a term that refers to a trans-exclusionary radical feminist — and specifically addressed the LGBTQIA+ community. “I st.