Bowen Yang calls 'SNL' a 'great little matchmaking service' for all of the A-listers who’ve met on the present

• Bowen Yang spoke to Rolling Stone about his “SNL” profession, relationship life, and extra.
• Yang says he is seen that “SNL” has grow to be a “matchmaking service” for A-listers.
• He mentioned, nonetheless, that it is principally been straight {couples} who’ve discovered romance on the present.

Should you’ve seen fairly a couple of A-list relationships popping out of “Saturday Evening Dwell,” you are not alone — solid member Bowen Yang additionally acknowledges that it is grow to be a relationship pool for the ultra-famous.

In a brand new interview with Rolling Stone’s Marlow Stern, Yang was requested about how the NBC present has spawned quite a few well-known {couples}, from Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson to Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson, amongst many others.

“Lorne has a beautiful little matchmaking service, inadvertently,” Yang mentioned, referencing “SNL” creator Lorne Michaels. “I feel that is a beautiful little fringe good thing about being on the present.”

Yang, nonetheless, identified that he hasn’t felt as if he is been capable of capitalize on the development (as of but) provided that many of the high-profile relationships to this point have been straight {couples}.

“I do not know if it is due to the queerness that I really feel prefer it would not apply to me nearly, however I am not working with the identical pool, so I do not give it some thought in the identical means,” he mentioned. “I am like, ‘Good for them! I am positive it is pretty.'”

Yang additionally mentioned in the identical interview that he is at the moment “minimally” on the superstar relationship app Raya and that due to how busy his schedule has grow to be, it has been exhausting to fulfill individuals.

“Look, who would not wish to not be on the apps and meet individuals?” Yang mentioned of the “SNL” {couples}. “I am having a tough time with it alone. Outdoors of labor I am like, ‘Oh god… I’ve gotta open up this factor to fulfill these individuals?'”

Yang, 32, labored as a “Saturday Evening Dwell” author earlier than becoming a member of the present in 2019 as the primary Asian solid member, turning into recognized for iconic sketches just like the “Iceberg that Sank the Titanic” or “Jafar on Ron DeSantis’ Assaults on Disney.”

The 2023 Hollywood author’s strike is at the moment ongoing, which suggests “SNL” is on hiatus however Yang has stored busy.

He’ll seem within the upcoming 2024 “Depraved” film alongside Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo because the character Pfannee and is a voice actor in a number of animated motion pictures, together with this 12 months’s “The Monkey King” in addition to subsequent 12 months’s “The Tiger’s Apprentice” and “Garfield.”

You may learn his full interview with Rolling Stone right here.