Bowen Yang Says More Profanity Would Make ‘SNL’ Better: ‘Let Us Say S**t and F**k’
Bowen Yang is campaigning for swearing to be a part of “SNL.” The “Saturday Night Live” star told former “SNL” cast member Amy Poehler during his “Las Culturistas” podcast, from EW, that the live sketch series should be allowed to include certain curse words.
“[It’s] Standards and Practices, we should be able to say at least five shits and five fucks on ‘SNL’ per season,” Yang jokingly said. “We are so hampered in our comedy at ‘SNL’ by not being able to say shit and fuck. Let us say shit and fuck.”
Yang continued, “It’s us, it’s ‘Abbott [Elementary]’, it’s ‘Ghosts.’ We’re the last network comedies. Can you give ‘SNL’ an exception? […] Shit and fuck are so comedically powerful as words. I really think it would help us.”
“The Wedding Banquet” actor added that swearing would “bring a sketch to the next level” on “Saturday Night Live...
“[It’s] Standards and Practices, we should be able to say at least five shits and five fucks on ‘SNL’ per season,” Yang jokingly said. “We are so hampered in our comedy at ‘SNL’ by not being able to say shit and fuck. Let us say shit and fuck.”
Yang continued, “It’s us, it’s ‘Abbott [Elementary]’, it’s ‘Ghosts.’ We’re the last network comedies. Can you give ‘SNL’ an exception? […] Shit and fuck are so comedically powerful as words. I really think it would help us.”
“The Wedding Banquet” actor added that swearing would “bring a sketch to the next level” on “Saturday Night Live...
- 4/26/2025
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire Television
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