Alert – Bowen Yang gives update on his mental health after ‘bad bouts of depersonalization’

Bowen Yang is one of the most hilarious cast members starring on Saturday Night Live, but his ‘bad bouts of depersonalization’ forced him to take a three-week mental health break back in July.

‘Taking a very short break from [my podcast Las Culturistas],’ the 33-year-old comedian explained to his 579K Instagram followers at the time.

‘Bad bouts of depersonalization are f***ing me up bad, but I am doing my best to get better! Please take care, be back soon.’

Last Thursday, Bowen glammed up in a purple velvet blazer to attend the American Museum of Natural History Gala and said his ‘mental health is great.’

‘It’s very good,’ Yang told Page Six.

Bowen Yang is one of the most hilarious cast members starring on Saturday Night Live, but his ‘bad bouts of depersonalization’ forced him to take a three-week mental health break back in July (pictured last Thursday)

The 33-year-old comedian Instastoried at the time: ‘Taking a very short break from [my podcast Las Culturistas]. Bad bouts of depersonalization are f***ing me up bad, but I am doing my best to get better! Please take care, be back soon’

‘I had a really rough patch and people were very patient with me…I barreled through. I powered through.’

Depersonalization is described as having an extreme out-of-body sensation by the Mayo Clinic such as feeling like you’re floating above yourself or out of control and robotic like your memories and emotions aren’t your own.

Depersonalization frequently stems from trauma, and the three-time Emmy nominee’s Chinese immigrant parents Ruilin and Meng Yang forced him to attend eight sessions of gay conversion therapy when he was 17.

‘I think ultimately that made me value and, in a literal sense, appreciate what I’m able to withstand and survive,’ Bowen – who’s now in a ‘healthy place’ with his parents – told Rolling Stone back in June.

‘You get this sense that you can overcome.’

Yang is ‘really excited’ to plan a holiday family trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico with his older sister and her children.

‘Most importantly, the kids,’ the n-born, Colorado-raised funnyman told Page Six.

‘I’m a generous [uncle]. I’m cool, but I’m also like, I think I also want to, like, give them a nice, healthy distance from, like, you know, being too spoiled. [They’ve] grown up with a lot of things [that I didn’t], and I will do a good job of reminding them of that every time!’

Last Thursday, Bowen glammed up in a purple velvet blazer to attend the American Museum of Natural History Gala and said his ‘mental health is great’

Yang told Page Six: ‘It’s very good. I had a really rough patch and people were very patient with me…I barreled through. I powered through’

Depersonalization frequently stems from trauma, and the three-time Emmy nominee’s Chinese immigrant parents forced him to attend eight sessions of gay conversion therapy when he was 17

Bowen – who’s now in a ‘healthy place’ with his parents – told Rolling Stone back in June: ‘I think ultimately that made me value and, in a literal sense, appreciate what I’m able to withstand and survive. You get this sense that you can overcome’

‘Most importantly, the kids’: Yang is ‘really excited’ to plan a holiday family trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico with his older sister and her children (pictured October 8)

Last night, the n-born, Colorado-raised funnyman reprised his role as expelled Representative George Santos for the cold opening of the NBC sketch show in which he belted Scandal in the Wind, a parody of Elton John’s 1973 hit Candle in the Wind

Catch more of Bowen in the 49th season of Saturday Night Live, which will next feature host Adam Driver and musical guest Olivia Rodrigo

Yang will next voice Sidney in Paramount Pictures’ big-screen animated adaptation of Laurence Yep’s 2003 novel The Tiger’s Apprentice, which is scheduled to hit US theaters January 19 and UK theaters January 26

Last night, Bowen reprised his role as expelled Representative George Santos for the cold opening of the NBC sketch show in which he belted Scandal in the Wind, a parody of Elton John’s 1973 hit Candle in the Wind.

Catch more of Yang in the 49th season of Saturday Night Live, which will next feature host Adam Driver and musical guest Olivia Rodrigo.

The Good Burger actor was originally hired as a staff writer in 2018 before being promoted to featured player in 2019.

Bowen not only made history as SNL’s first-ever Chinese-American cast member, he’s also the third openly gay male cast members after Terry Sweeney and John Milhiser.

‘The dream is to do SNL for as long as it makes sense and I’m not dead weight,’ Yang told InStyle last Friday.

‘What [SNL creator Lorne Michaels] says all the time is you want to build the bridge out, while you’re here, to the next thing.’

Las Culturistas, the Please Don’t Destroy star’s Big Money Players comedy podcast with his NYU college buddy Matt Rogers, currently airs every Wednesday.

Bowen will next voice Sidney in Paramount Pictures’ big-screen adaptation of Laurence Yep’s 2003 novel The Tiger’s Apprentice, which is scheduled to hit US theaters January 19 and UK theaters January 26.

Raman Hui, Yong Duk Jhun, and Paul Watling directed the Chinese zodiac-inspired animated film also starring Michelle Yeoh, Sandra Oh, Lucy Liu, Henry Golding, and Brandon Soo Hoo.