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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks in Dallas on Dec. 19, 2025. (Omar Vega/Getty Images)

Jasmine Crockett and authenticity

Maya Rupert
Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang pose backstage at the new play "Messy White Gays" at The Duke on 42nd Street Theater on November 20, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)

Yang, Rogers apologize for Crockett dig

Alex Galbraith
Bowen Yang, Jane Wickline, and Andrew Dismukes during the "Delta Lounge" sketch on Saturday, December 20, 2025 (Photo by Will Heath/NBC)

Yang's tearful "SNL" send-off from Cher

Alex Galbraith
Bowen Yang attends the Vulture Festival Presented By AT&T - Milk Studios, Day 1 at Milk Studios on May 19, 2018 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for Vulture Festival)

Yang calls Vance "Pope killer" on "View"

Alex Galbraith
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Kelly Marie Tran, Lily Gladstone, Han Gi-Chan and Bowen Yang in "The Wedding Banquet" (Luka Cyprian/Bleecker Street)

Remaking a cult classic the right way

Coleman Spilde
Marcello Hernández as Marco Rubio during the “Group Chat” Cold Open on Saturday, March 29, 2025. (Photo by Will Heath/NBC)

"SNL" takes on Signalgate

Alex Galbraith
Bowen Yang as JD Vance on "Saturday Night Live" (NBC)

Yang had trouble playing Vance on "SNL"

Griffin Eckstein
Bowen Yang as Moo Dang the hippo and Colin Jost during Weekend Update on Saturday, September 28, 2024 (Will Heath/NBC)

Bowen Yang on "mocking" Chappell Roan

Nardos Haile
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Bowen Yang on "Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen" (Charles Sykes/Bravo)

Bowen Yang dishes on "terrible" SNL host

Gabriella Ferrigine
Host Shane Gillis during the Monologue on the Saturday, February 24, 2024 episode of "Saturday Night Live" (Will Heath/NBC)

Once fired Shane Gillis' journey to SNL

Nardos Haile
Bowen Yang as George Santos during the “George Santos Expelled” Cold Open on Saturday, December 2, 2023 (Will Heath/NBC)

"SNL" bids farewell to Santos

Kelly McClure
Michael Che and Bowen Yang as Jafar on "Saturday Night Live" (Will Heath/NBC)

SNL tells DeSantis "the gay shall stay"

Hanh Nguyen
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Joel Kim Booster in Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual (Terence Patrick/Netflix)

Joel Kim Booster, radically transparent

Melanie McFarland
Director Andrew Ahn and Noah (Joel Kim Booster) behind the scenes of "Fire Island" (Jeong Park/Searchlight)

Behind the scenes of "Fire Island"

Gary M. Kramer
Bowen Yang and Colin Jost in "Saturday Night Live" (Will Heath/NBC)

This year's history-making Emmy noms

Kylie Cheung
SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the Axel Springer Award 2020 in Berlin (Britta Pedersen-Pool/Getty Images)

"SNL" throws Elon Musk a bone

Melanie McFarland
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Awkwafina in "Nora From Queens" (Zach Dilgard/Comedy Central)

Awkwafina's sitcom channels Broad City

Melanie McFarland
Shane Gillis (Getty Images/AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

"SNL" has never been "too liberal"

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Shane Gillis on Comedy Central Stand Up (Comedy Central)

Shane Gillis fired from "SNL." Sad!

Melanie McFarland
Shane Gillis on Comedy Central Stand Up (Comedy Central)

Backlash over racist jokes by "SNL" hire

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Bowen Yang (IMDB/ Alex Schaefer)

SNL's first Asian cast member

Melanie McFarland
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