“Saturday Night time Reside” can be with out one among its foremost solid members when it goes reside from New York tonight.
Bowen Yang will miss this week’s “SNL,” airing Oct. 18, with Sabrina Carpenter pulling double responsibility as host and musical visitor. Yang broke the information himself in an Instagram Story, sharing a photograph of a palm tree with the caption, “lacking the present tonight however it will likely be sooooo enjoyable,” including that Carpenter is “wonderful.”
That palm tree is a touch as to why Yang is skipping this week’s episode: He is in Los Angeles to obtain the Vantage Award from the Academy Museum, which hails him as “a trailblazer bringing laughter, coronary heart and illustration to the display screen,” at its annual gala on Saturday evening.
Yang’s presence will nonetheless be felt on this week’s “SNL,” although, with Selection reporting that Yang’s absence was pre-planned and that he helped write this week’s episode and can seem in a pre-taped sketch.
An “SNL” solid member since 2019, Yang has earned 4 Emmy nominations for greatest supporting actor in a comedy collection for his work on the NBC sketch present. He is turn into one of many present’s breakout stars lately, branching out to the massive display screen with roles like Pfannee in “Depraved,” with the sequel “Depraved: For Good” hitting theaters later this 12 months.