‘SNL’ Star Reveals the Real Reason for Shock Mid-Season Exit

Cindy Ord / WireImageBowen Yang confessed that he never felt “central” to Saturday Night Live, which ultimately led to his shock exit in the middle of Season 51.Yang, who earned four acting Emmy nominations during his seven seasons in the SNL cast, made his admission during CNN and Variety’s “Actors on Actors” series on Monday with fellow comedian Rachel Sennott, who asked why he decided to leave when he did. “I never felt like I was that central to it, to be honest,” Yang said, because “there was like a weird utility to me where I was like, OK, and I’ve accepted this. It’s like I just—I never played like the dad or the straight-man teacherI was always kind of there, as like, the seasoning,” the openly gay cast member explained.Read more at The Daily Beast.