Bowen Yang Returns to 'Las Culturistas' Podcast & Reveals What Led to His 3 Week Absence

Bowen Yang is back.

On Wednesday (July 26), the 32-year-old SNL star returned to his podcast Las Culturistas, which is co-hosted by Matt Rogers.

In the episode, Bowen thanked everyone for their support and explained what led to his 3 week absence.

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“There was really such a perfect level of understanding, not that I was expecting anything less, but everyone got it,” he began. “That’s the kind of people that are in this little world of ours, and I’m really really grateful.”

Bowen shared that he’d been having issues with the antidepressant Wellbutrin.

“So I was on Wellbutrin and — full transparency — I got a low dose of Adderall just to help with the travel, to help with adjusting to the hours,” he said. Bowen was in the middle of filming Wicked when he announced his hiatus from the podcast.

“It’s not working,” he continued. “I was talking to some friends last night about how Wellbutrin really is not doing it for a lot of people. And if it’s working for you, God bless. But Wellbutrin isn’t for me.”

Matt noted that he’d had some reservations about the antidepressant.

“I identify as a pretty anxious person, and I’ve heard that, when you’re dealing with anxiety, [Wellbutrin] maybe isn’t the girl,” he said. “So when you were saying you were struggling, and I was like, ‘Maybe it’s because the Wellbutrin of it all is like… I do think of you as a little anxious.’”

When Bowen announced that he would be taking a break from the podcast in early July, he revealed that he had been experiencing “bad bouts of depersonalization.” In the new episode, he addressed those who felt he might be misusing the term.

“I know certain people, and we won’t name names, had an issue with the word ‘depersonalization,’” he said. “It is the clinical term for what I am experiencing.”

He also said that he would continue to be mindful of his mental health. “This is a self-knowledge journey that we’re on, for me at least,” Bowen shared. “We’ll just leave it at that.”

Find out what Bowen recently revealed about the Wicked movie.