Bowen Yang is pulling back the curtain on comedian Shane Gillis’ hiring and subsequent firing from Saturday Night Live in 2019.Yang spoke about the situation in a profile in The New Yorker published Monday,

Bowen Yang joked that he gave Ryan Gosling his throat mister when he lost his voice the night before hosting 'Saturday Night Live.' He also revealed his reaction when he found out he was nominated for an Emmy at the 2024 awards.

Live star Bowen Yang is looking back on the controversial moments of his time on the show, where he found himself making headlines alongside the likes of Dave Chappelle and Shane Gillis. Yang and Gillis joined the cast of SNL at the same time in 2019,

Live’s Bowen Yang created history by being the first Chinese American and third publicly out gay cast member. In 2019, he was hired by the show alongside former member Shane Gillis and became an “incidental” part of a larger story about cancel culture.