Bowen Yang said he left “Saturday Night Live” in December after deciding he had reached the limit of what the show’s sketch format could offer him creatively. Speaking on a recent episode of his podcast “
Las Culturistas,” Yang said he felt boxed into narrow archetypes during his eight-year run, particularly in roles written around race and sexuality. He added that
leaving midway through Season 51 allowed him to exit on his own terms rather than extend his tenure by default.