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Las Culturistashost Matt Rogers is giving fans an update on his co-hostBowen Yang.
The 33-year-old comedian opened up about theSaturday Night Livestar’s condition after he announced he would be taking a step back from iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell’s Big Money Players Network’sLas Culturistaspodcast due to “bad bouts of depersonalization” (a psychological condition in which a person regularly feels that they are having an out-of-body experience and that their surroundings are not real).
“What I really want everyone to know is that already things are better,” Rogers explained during an appearance on theOn Display with Melissa Gorgapodcast. “Already, there’s more perspective and there’s going to be steps taken to get him to a healthier place because he knows he deserves that.”
Added Rogers, “No one should be living every day feeling anything less than good about themselves, baseline.”
Bowen Yang & Matt Rogers.Bowen Yang/instagram
Bowen Yang/instagram
Earlier this month, the 32-year-oldFire Islandstar opened up via his Instagram Story about his mental health journey.
“Taking a very short break from [Las Culturistas]," he wrote. “Bad bouts of depersonalization are f—ing me up bad, but I am doing my best to get better! Please take care, be soon.”
iHeartMedia and Will Ferrell’s Big Money Player’s Network
TheBrosactor has been known to be honest about how he’s approached his professional career. Back in June 2021, the comedian spoke to PEOPLE about his experiences as the firstopenly gay Chinese Americancast member onSNL.
Though Yang may be the first cast member of his kind, he revealed that doesn’t feel any pressure and shared a piece of advice he received from the show’s creator.
“Lorne Michaelstold me, ‘The worst thing you can do is to think that you were destined to do this.’ And I was like, ‘Yeah, that’s true.’ There’s some humility that has to be constant,” he explained.
“And if I ever put pressure on myself to represent in any meaningful way for Asian people, then that would just get in my way in terms of thinking that I am destined to speak on behalf of multiple people,” he added.
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source: people.com
