Bowen Yang Told Stephen Colbert His Oddest SNL Moment Took Place Prior To His Intimate Scene With Sydney Sweeney (2024)

He's finally back on television, and Stephen Colbert hasn't disappointed following yet another week-long break. Bowen Yang, and Nick Cave were the recent Late Show guests. Yang in particular shared some neat SNL behind the scenes stories, which included his experience with Sydney Sweeney. Fans loved the skit, though behind the scenes, things took an awkward twist between the two.

Let's recap the interview and what Yang had to say about his time alongside the A-list actress. We're also going to reveal other major reveals Yang recently made about SNL behind the scenes.

Sydney Sweeney Laughed Off Bowen Yang's Concerns Of Making Her Feel Uncomfortable On SNL, Reminding Him She's On Euphoria

Bowen Yang was on Stephen Colbert's Late Show, along with Nick Cave. It was a stacked show with several reveals fans didn't know about. Stephen Colbert asked Yang in particular about his most awkward SNL moment throughout the years. Yang revealed that one of them took place recently off-camera during a moment alongside host Sydney Sweeney. Yang tried to take precautions with Sweeney given that the skit was an intimate one. However, Sweeney wasn't bothered in the slightest, and gave Yang a reminder of her past work.

Yang recalls, "One of the weirdest was something I only have myself to blame for. I was seducing Sydney Sweeney. She's such a good and committed actor that she made me believe she was in love with me. We shot a love scene together. So I went down to talk to her and I said, 'Hey, if at any point you're uncomfortable, we have an intimacy coordinator. You can tap out any time if you're not feeling it, no problem."

"Her parting shot was, you're living every gay man's dream right now. I was like, oh, she knows she has all men on lock."

As for Sweeney's thoughts on her SNL cameo, she admits the gig scared her, but it was all worth it in the end. “I knew I would be terrified. I wanted to do it. I think it’s important to do things that scare you,” she said. “The whole entire SNL experience, it was a challenge, it was terrifying.”

Despite the nervousness, Sweeney was among the better guest hosts of the season.

Bowen Yang Made Another Major SNL Reveal On Watch What Happens Live

Bowen Yang made another stop prior to the Late Show, this time on Watch What Happens Live. Speaking with Andy Cohen, Yang was asked about the worst behavior on SNL. Without naming names, Yang stated a certain host made multiple cast members cry behind the scenes. “This man, this person, this host made multiple cast members cry on Wednesday before the table read because he hated the ideas."

Yang was also asked about his worst SNL skit, and linked The Bear's Ayo Edebiri.

“When Ayo Edebiri hosted this past season, we wrote a live sketch where it took place in an elevator, and she and I were, like, telling everyone that we should all make out or something because the elevator got stuck,” he recalled. “Then, for some reason, it got turned into a pre-tape under our noses, and we had to adapt to that… It just didn’t go as well as I had hoped.”

Yang concludes, “And you just deal with it. Comedy’s subjective, you never know how it’s gonna play in front of a specific audience. But it’s fine, you let it roll off your back.”

The Late Show

Comedy

Talk Show

Cast

David Letterman , Stephen Colbert

Seasons

8

Writers

Emmy Blotnick , Michael Brumm , Nate Charny , Aaron Cohen , Stephen Colbert

Network

NBC , CBS

Directors

Jake Plunkett , Jim Hoskinson , Ballard C. Boyd

Showrunner

Christopher Andrew Licht