As Saturday Night Live shakes things up with its cast going into Season 51, Bowen Yang will miss one co-star in particular.

The 5x Emmy nominee recently paid tribute to Heidi Gardner as “a true anchor on that show” after her departure was announced last month, following eight seasons on the NBC sketch comedy series.

“You are one of the greats. You will go down in history,” he said on his Las Culturistas podcast, explaining that she was a trusted sketch writer on the show.

“It’s always a very, very vulnerable thing as a cast member to put only your name on it,” added Yang. “But anytime you saw just ‘Gardner,’ you knew you were in good hands. She would take it upon herself to write pieces for other cast.”

Recalling a ‘Weekend Update’ sketch she wrote for former cast membe

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