Bowen Yang is addressing Heidi Gardner’s surprising exit from “Saturday Night Live.”

The comedian broke his silence on Gardner’s sudden departure during an episode of his “Las Culturistas” podcast released Wednesday, Sept. 10.

“You are one of the greats,” Yang, 34, said of his former “SNL” co-star. “You will go down in history.” 15

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The “Wicked” actor, who joined the popular sketch comedy series in 2019 during its 45th season, went on to remember some of his favorite moments with Gardner from the show, noting she always wrote the best sketches without anyone else’s help.

“It’s always a very, very vulnerable thing as a cast member to put only your name on it,” Yang explained. “But anytime you saw just ‘Gardner,’ you knew you were in good hands. She would take it upon her

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