Bowen Yang was unable to join the final episode of Saturday Night Livewhich was hosted by Sabrina Carpenter, but the pop star gave him an honorable (or comedic) nod during her monologue.
The 35-year-old actor and comedian also sent his best wishes to Manchild The 26-year-old hitmaker took to his Instagram story on Saturday, October 18.
“I’m missing the show tonight but it’s going to be so much fun,” the Wicked star wrote, adding: “Sab is amazing.”
Yang missed the late-night comedy show to attend the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles, where he received the Vantage Award.
Carpenter gave a hilarious shout-out SNL The cast member during her opening monologue where she addressed the initial backlash over her album cover Man’s best friend.
the Espresso The singer joked that the photo was of her on all fours, with “an invisible person pulling my hair,” but added: “What people don’t realize is that’s the way they cut it. If you zoom out, it’s a photo of Bowen helping me up by my hair.”
Yang returned for this season after a lot of thought, having previously said that he couldn’t decide if he had “more to do.” He finally came back for another year after encouragement from SNL Creator Lorne Michaels.