Bowen Yang calls 'SNL' a 'wonderful little matchmaking service' for all the A-listers who have met on the show
- Bowen Yang spoke to Rolling Stone about his "SNL" career, dating life, and more.
- Yang says he's noticed that "SNL" has become a "matchmaking service" for A-listers.
If you've noticed quite a few A-list relationships coming out of "Saturday Night Live," you're not alone — cast member Bowen Yang also recognizes that it's become a dating pool for the ultra-famous.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone's Marlow Stern, Yang was asked about how the NBC show has spawned numerous famous couples, from Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson to Colin Jost and Scarlett Johansson, among many others.
"Lorne has a wonderful little matchmaking service, inadvertently," Yang said, referencing "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels. "I think that's a lovely little fringe benefit of being on the show."
Yang, however, pointed out that he hasn't felt as though he's been able to capitalize on the trend (as of yet) given that most of the high-profile relationships so far have been straight couples.
"I don't know if it's because of the queerness that I feel like it doesn't apply to me almost, but I'm not working with the same pool, so I don't think about it in the same way," he said. "I'm like, 'Good for them! I'm sure it's lovely.'"
Yang also said in the same interview that he's currently "minimally" on the celebrity dating app Raya and that because of how busy his schedule has become, it's been hard to meet people.
"Look, who wouldn't want to not be on the apps and meet people?" Yang said of the "SNL" couples. "I'm having a hard time with it on my own. Outside of work I'm like, 'Oh god… I've gotta open up this thing to meet these people?'"
Yang, 32, worked as a "Saturday Night Live" writer before joining the show in 2019 as the first Asian cast member, becoming known for iconic sketches like the "Iceberg that Sank the Titanic" or "Jafar on Ron DeSantis' Attacks on Disney."
The 2023 Hollywood writer's strike is currently ongoing, which means "SNL" is on hiatus but Yang has kept busy.
He will appear in the upcoming 2024 "Wicked" movie alongside Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo as the character Pfannee and is a voice actor in multiple animated movies, including this year's "The Monkey King" as well as next year's "The Tiger's Apprentice" and "Garfield."