Bowen Yang Apologizes to Ariana Grande for "Opened Mouth" SNL Kiss

Ariana Grande Reveals Next 10 Years of Her Career Will “Scare the Absolute S**t” Out of Her Fans

Bowen Yang admits he didn’t give Ariana Grande much country to interruption free.

The Wicked costars participated successful a sketch unneurotic for the Oct. 12 occurrence of Saturday Night Live erstwhile things got a small retired of hand.

“I truly person to apologize to you successful person,” Yang told Grande connected the Nov. 6 occurrence of his Las Culturistas podcast. “I opened my rima up excessively overmuch erstwhile we kissed connected SNL.”

“You perfectly did,” Grande quipped successful response. “I was shaking after. Not successful a atrocious way, conscionable successful a disarming way.”

The infinitesimal happened during the “Charades With Mom” sketch, which was really inspired by however competitory Grande’s ain mother Joan Grande gets during household crippled nights.

“You cognize what, that’s OK,” the “Side to Side” vocalist told Yang. “We were dropped in, and it felt similar what these radical needed astatine this time. It felt similar what these characters required. And I’m each for it.”

“I didn’t accidental thing due to the fact that I didn’t privation anybody to deliberation I’m insane and excessively comfortable,” Grande said, “but I was like, ‘How comic would it beryllium if we kissed astatine the end?’”

Yang suggested the summation and Grande agreed, aboriginal noting of the moment, “For the characters, it was perfectly open.”

The occurrence marked Grande’s 2nd clip hosting SNL, and she raved astir the experience.

“It’s conscionable a truly harmless and amusive experience,” she explained. “I conscionable emotion comedy, and I deliberation that’s wherefore I was excited to go.”

Calling Yang her “literal champion friend,” the popular prima besides apologized to him, saying that up of her hosting gig, “I felt similar I was blowing you up due to the fact that I couldn’t halt texting and saying ideas for bits and silly silly things.”

For a sneak peek of Grande arsenic Glinda successful the Wicked movie, work on. 

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