SNL's Bowen Yang Steps Away From Podcast Due to Depersonalization From Gay Conversion Therapy Trauma
- Bowen Yang, star of Saturday Night Live, is taking a break from his podcast Las Culturistas to focus on his mental health.
- Yang experiences depersonalization, a condition causing a sense of detachment from oneself and reality, due to trauma from gay conversion therapy.
- Yang has co-hosted Las Culturistas, a podcast discussing pop culture, since 2016 and interviews major celebrities.
- Yang feels constant pressure to represent the Asian community and a sense of humility from his experiences.
- Yang has previously opened up about undergoing gay conversion therapy and being SNL's first Chinese-American cast member.