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Bowen Yang

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Comedian

The Resume

    (November 6, 1990- )
    Born in Brisbane, Australia
    Also an actor
    Joined 'Saturday Night Live' in Season 45
    Mandarin Chinese descent

Why he might be annoying:

    His Instagram handle (as of Spring 2020) is @FayeDunaway.
    In his 'SNL' debut, he appeared in a skit (alongside Sandra Oh) impersonating Kim Jong Un (who is Korean).
    He dropped out of med school to become an actor.
    Knowing he was gay when he was a young child, he tried straightness ‘on for size.’
    He said he realized he was gay at five-years old when he inherited toys from his sister and became fixated on the Ken doll’s smooth crotch.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He became the first fully Asian cast member of 'SNL' (Fred Armisen is one-fourth Korean and Rob Schneider is part Indonesian).
    Upon accidentally finding out he was gay, his parents sent him to conversion therapy but eventually accepted his sexuality.
    News of his casting trended on social media.
    He was hired alongside Shane Gillis, who was quickly fired for making racist comments directed at Chinese people and mocking the Chinese accent in a past podcast.
    His mother is an OB-GYN.
    As a child, also lived in Montreal and Denver.
    He has a degree in microbiology from New York University.
    Also an 'SNL' writer, he co-wrote a well-received gay porn parody skit for the show which initially got rejected by Lorne Michaels; Emma Stone, who appeared in the filmed skit and was hosting that episode of 'SNL' successfully pushed for its airing.

Credit: battyx3


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 125 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 37 Votes: 48.65% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 23 Votes: 43.48% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying