After a spectacular 50th anniversary season of Saturday Night Live, Lorne Michaels teased some major cast shakeups heading into Season 51 and he was not bluffing. First, Devon Walker exited, with first year featured player Emil Wakim following soon after. Eventually, Michael Longfellow also announced he was let go, and Heidi Gardner was also released after eight seasons on the long-running NBC show. However, Bowen Yang is staying, and he’s opening up about conversations he’s had with Michaels about his future on the show.
Yang recently spoke with People Magazine during the One House Toast to the Emmys celebration. During that chat, the comedian opened up about deciding to stay with SNL for Season 51, despite many of his close friends, like Heidi Gardner and Ego Nwodim, leaving. While Nwodim expressed that it was time for her to say “goodnight,” Yang felt that his time wasn’t up just yet, and Michaels agreed that he had a lot more in front of him:
