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‘SNL’ Star to Skip Saturday’s Show

Bowen Yang will miss this week’s taping.

Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang will miss Saturday’s taping, the five-time Emmy nominee revealed in an Instagram story posted Saturday afternoon. “Missing the show tonight but it will be sooooo fun, Sab is amazing,” Yang wrote. Yang is missing the show to attend the Academy Museum Gala in Los Angeles, where he will be receiving the Vantage Award. A post from the Academy Museum reads, “A trailblazer bringing laughter, heart, and representation to the screen. Congratulations to Bowen Yang, recipient of the Vantage Award, which he’ll receive at the fifth annual Academy Museum Gala on October 18.” According to Variety, although Yang is missing the live taping, he still helped write the episode and will appear in a prerecorded sketch. Saturday night’s episode will feature pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter as both host and musical guest, providing her with an opportunity to flex the comedic chops she honed as a child star on shows like Girl Meets World. Carpenter has previously appeared as a musical guest twice, once in 2024 with host Jake Gyllenhaal and once for a duet with Paul Simon during the SNL 50: The Anniversary Special earlier this year. On the May 3 episode, hosted by Quinta Brunson, Carpenter cameoed in a musical opening monologue.