"and then Covid and the current entertainment ecosystem is so turbulent that people have completely valid reasons for staying longer, or in a lot of cases, don't have the privilege of staying on as long as they would like."
"I have this very beautiful thing where I get to say that I stayed on exactly as long as I wanted to,"
"Working there is just making peace with the fact that things are completely out of your control, down to audience response to a joke. I think having that and going into it, down to 12:55am, not being sure that sketch was going to go to air, there's a million reasons it could get cut. Nothing is guaranteed, in a nutshell,"
Bowen Yang exited Saturday Night Live after seven years, choosing to leave when he felt the timing was right. He cited COVID-19 and a turbulent entertainment ecosystem that affects how long people can or choose to stay in roles. Yang said he was grateful for the opportunity, noting seven years as a writer and six years as a performer, and that he stayed exactly as long as he wanted. He described the SNL environment as unpredictable, with sketches subject to last-minute cuts and audience response out of performers' control. He and co-hosts also reflected on dealing with online criticism.
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