{"id":2207314,"date":"2025-12-21T06:27:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2207314"},"modified":"2025-12-21T06:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T06:27:29","slug":"snl-star-bowen-yang-bids-farewell-in-emotional-final-sketch-before-departure-from-nbc-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/snl-star-bowen-yang-bids-farewell-in-emotional-final-sketch-before-departure-from-nbc-show\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;SNL&#8217; star Bowen Yang bids farewell in emotional final sketch before departure from NBC show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bowen Yang has officially bid farewell to the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d stage.<\/p>\n<p>The 35-year-old comedian appeared in an emotional goodbye sketch with \u201cSNL\u201d host and his \u201cWicked\u201d co-star Ariana Grande, in which\u00a0the pair sang a tearful rendition of \u201cPlease Come Home For Christmas,\u201d after he shocked fans earlier Saturday by announcing\u00a0it would be his final show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just feel so lucky that I ever got to work here and I just wanted to enjoy it a little bit longer, especially the people,\u201d Yang said in the final sketch of Saturday\u2019s Christmas show, where he appeared in character\u00a0as a Delta airline worker making eggnog on his final day on the job.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"37985375\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.70382696;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37985375\" width=\"1005\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/bowen-yang.png?w=1024\" alt=\"Bowen Yang appeared alongside Ariana Grande and Cher during his final sketch as an &quot;SNL&quot; 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on Dec. 20, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-37985330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png 2728w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=300,172 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=768,441 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=1024,588 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=1536,882 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=2048,1176 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=600,344 600w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=878,504 878w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=744,427 744w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=576,331 576w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=440,253 440w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=424,243 424w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=180,103 180w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=107,61 107w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=70,40 70w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=122,70 122w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=94,54 94w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=200,115 200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=231,133 231w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=322,185 322w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=664,381 664w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=105,60 105w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=139,80 139w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=1200,689 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=87,50 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=234,134 234w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=50,29 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-21-at-1.08.01\u202fAM.png?resize=150,86 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bowen Yang and Arianna Grande sing during \u201cSaturday Night Live!\u201d on Dec. 20, 2025. <span class=\"credit\">Saturday Night Live\/YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI have loved every single person who works here because they have done so much for me, especially my boss. I just wanted to say. . .\u00a0 any success I have after this will be thanks to this place.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The \u201cFire Island\u201d funnyman, who has been booked and busy in recent years, joined the Lorne Michaels-created show for Season 45 in 2019, but left fans shocked Saturday morning when he confirmed reports he was ending his seven-season run.<\/p>\n<p>His abrupt departure comes just months after a handful of other popular cast members, including Heidi Gardner and Ego Nwodim, also exited the sketch comedy series before season 51 premiered on Oct. 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI loved working at SNL, and most of all i loved the people. i was there at a time when many things in the world started to seem futile, but working at 30 rock taught me the value in showing up anyway when people make it worthwhile,\u201d Yang said on Instagram Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful for every minute of my time there. i learned about myself (bad with wigs). i learned about others (generous, vulnerable, hot). i learned that human error can be nothing but correct.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yang, who has co-hosted the widely popular \u201cLas Culturistas\u201d podcast with Matt Rogers since 2016, has publicly alluded to departing the long-running show over the past few months.<\/p>\n<p>He told People in April that the late-night show was \u201cthis growing, living thing where new people come in and you do have to sort of make way for them and to grow and to keep elevating themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bowen Yang has officially bid farewell to the \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d stage. 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