Saturday evening live alum Bowen Yang and Kristen Wiig once had Matt Bomer waiting for their attention.
Yang hosted Wiig on a recent episode of his and Matt Rogers’ podcast Las Culturistaswhere the duo recalled presenting at the Emmys with Seth Meyers and Maya Rudolph.
He asked, “Another thing I’ll never forget is, do you remember the four versions of the presenter copy we had for the Emmys that one year?”
‘Because we weren’t sure if Maya would make it, because she was sick. Seth might not be able to do it,” he continued.
It was a demanding and difficult situation, as the duo had to write and rewrite their pieces based on who showed up.
“Me, you, Seth and Maya were presenting and we walked up and were doing something [show creator Lorne Michaels] winning too many Emmys or something,” he recalls.
The duo was so engrossed in what they were doing that they virtually ignored Matt Bomer.
“Kristen and I were in that locker room with our pencils, while Matt Bomer was in the other corner wanting to say hi,” Yang admitted. “And we say, ‘We’re in the middle of something.'”
At this point Wiig noted that they said hello to the White collar star.
Yang agreed, saying, “We said hi. We weren’t rude. But you and I were locked up.”
Bowen Yang recently left SNL after seven seasons as a cast member (2019-2025).
