Bowen Yang on why he ditched a medical career for comedy
Now What? with Brooke Shields
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4.8 • 708 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
“Now What?” returns with actor-comedian Bowen Yang! Brooke talks with Bowen about his early days recording Saturday Night Live on VHS tapes, why he abruptly left his MCAT mid-exam, and the warning Lorne Michaels gave him before he joined the cast of "SNL." Bowen opens up about learning to embrace his queerness after his painful experience with conversion therapy and explains why "compassion" is an integral part of his comedy.
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