Bowen Yang is reportedly saying goodbye to Saturday Night Live. Multiple outlets confirmed on Friday, December 19, that this week's live show will be Yang's last episode. Us Weekly has reached out to SNL and Yang for comment. The comedian, who also hosts the "Las Culturistas" podcast alongside best friend Matt Rogers, started at SNL in 2018 as a writer. He joined the cast the following year, making his onscreen debut during season 45. Throughout his tenure on the comedy series, Yang made a name for himself with characters such as the Titanic iceberg and the viral pygmy hippo Moo Deng. Ariana Grande - Yang's Wicked costar - is hosting the Saturday, December 20, episode of SNL with Cher as the musical guest. This will be the show's last episode before its annual Christmas break. (A return date for 2026 has yet to be announced.) Why Bowen Yang Missed Saturday Night Live's Latest Season 51 Episode Yang appeared alongside Grande, 32, and Cher, 79, for the show's latest promotional videos, which were released on Thursday, December 18. "Ari, I'm so happy to have you here," Yang said in the clip. "And Cher, am I dreaming?" Cher slapped Yang across the face, telling him to "snap out of it." Grande and Yang joined hands before saying, "Cher just slapped us." Rosalind O'Connor/NBC Earlier this year, SNL fans questioned whether Yang was leaving the show after he got emotional during the season 50 finale. At the end of the episode, which aired in May, Yang hugged castmate and friend Sarah Sherman as the stars huddled on stage for their goodnights. Yang's emotions continued to flow as he hugged other members of the SNL cast. While the end of the broadcast was cut short due to time constraints, the full clip was later posted via social media. Fans theorized that it looked like Yang was giving goodbye hugs to his fellow cast members. He previously teased his departure from the show during an April interview with People. "With SNL, like I said, it's this growing, living thing where new people come in and you do have to sort of make way for them and to grow and to keep elevating themselves," he told the publication. "And that inevitably requires me to sort of hang it up at some point - but I don't know what the vision is yet." SNL's Bowen Yang is 'Calloused' Against Lorne Michaels Cutting Sketches He spoke candidly about the demands of the show's production schedule and how it impacts different parts of his life. "The new season of SNL, I'm just like, 'Oh, right. My time isn't my own.' And I tell my friends, 'I'm not going to really see you guys until June,'" he said. "People that I've gone [on] a couple solid dates with I'm like, 'Hey, it's not for lack of interest. My time is really slipping away from me and I'm so sorry and it's not a you thing, it's a me thing,'" That being said, Yang had nothing but praise for his experience at SNL. "I think one of the best parts about working at SNL is that whenever you're not working on your own [thing], because you are helping someone else, a cast member, execute on their vision. ... You can't think anything of it," he said. "Every now and then, a lot of times it'll be like egg on your face, you'll make an ass out of yourself, but I never, ever weigh that against the wonderful things that I've gotten to do." Saturday Night Live airs on NBC Saturdays at 11:30 p.m. ET.