Bowen Yang makes shock announcement about 'Saturday Night Live'

Bowen Yang, who has been associated with Saturday Night Live for seven years, has now announced to part ways.

In a post on Instagram, the SNL alum writes, “I 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,” he posted on his Instagram along with a carousel of photos.

He notes, “i’m 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. i learned that comedy is mostly logistics and that it will usually fail until it doesn’t, which is the besssst.”

Following, the artist thanked his peers on the show, penning, "thank you to every single person who showed up there: friends and coworkers and audiences and hosts."

He continues, "Thank you celeste, sudi, will, alison, julio, fran, drez, bulla, marty, john, ben, jimmy, ceara, deetch, jake, asha, jack, auguste, tucker, kent, streeter, james, alex, jasmine, gary, and billy for writing with me. thank you to every cast member for making me laugh and cry. to liz and don. tom, jodi, louie, eamon. gena, chris, eddie. the crews, the pages. and to audrey, jameson, cassandra and chris for the fastest, funnest quick-changes in all of showbiz. thank you to ari for sending me off in the dreamiest way i could imagine."

“Thank you to lorne for the job. for the standard. and for bringing everyone at work together. they all care deeply about people in the room, any room, enjoying themselves. i can’t believe i was ever included in that," the star concludes before adding, "the show doesn’t go on because it’s ready, but s****, i hope i am."

Bowen first became part of Saturday Night Live as a writer in 2018. He later joined the cast in season 45.