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‘SNL’s’ Bowen Yang Explains Why He Initially Refused to Play JD Vance

REALLY?

Yang repeatedly asked “Saturday Night Live” boss Lorne Michaels if he was sure about the casting.

Eboni Boykin-Patterson
Eboni Boykin-Patterson 

Entertainment Reporter

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE -- Episode 1865 -- Pictured: (l-r) Bowen Yang as JD Vance and James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump during the "Campaign" Cold Open on Saturday, September 28, 2024 -- (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC via Getty Images)
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Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Entertainment Reporter

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