Bowen Yang returned to the stage of Saturday Night Live this weekend to open the show, marking a notable moment for the former repertory player and writer. His return featured a portrayal of Jensen Huang, the former chief executive officer of Nvidia. The appearance set the tone for an episode hosted by comedian John Mulaney, who is also a former writer for the program.
The cold open sketch depicted a gathering of prominent technology industry leaders, including Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, at a CIA facility. The premise involved a training session designed to teach the executives how to distinguish between women who are genuinely interested in them and women who are acting as spies.
John Mulaney played the role of the CIA guide leading the session. He explained the stakes to the group, stating that America needs them to learn the difference between a woman who would actually want to have sex with them and one who is clearly a spy. Mulaney used the recent resignation of Jensen Huang from Nvidia as a case study for the lesson.
The sketch referenced reports that Huang resigned on Thursday after news emerged regarding his extramarital relationships. This included a relationship with a suspected spy for China. Mulaney asked the assembled tech titans what they thought the lesson was, prompting a response from Mark Zuckerberg, portrayed by Andrew Dismukes. Zuckerberg suggested that the lesson was to never date a human woman.
Mulaney dismissed the initial answers from the group, which led Peter Thiel, played by James Austin Johnson, to defend the tech leaders. Thiel argued that the group deserved more respect because they do a lot for the country. He challenged the guide to name one time technology had let them down. Mulaney responded by citing a nationwide flight ground stop that occurred on Friday and a global Microsoft glitch on Thursday.
Despite the banter, Mulaney attempted to empathize with the group, noting that it is a rare time in human history when men as pale and strange as them survive and possess such wealth and power. He urged the executives to remember the people they dated before they became rich and famous. He asked why a very beautiful person might suddenly be interested in them, to which Zuckerberg replied that it was because the person was comforted by his Meta glasses recording them at all times.
Mulaney then introduced the person who learned the lesson the hard way, bringing Bowen Yang onto the stage as Jensen Huang. Yang introduced himself with the catchphrase Jensen Hide Your Wife Huang. He explained his interest in BDSM, which he defined as breaking the stock market, and urged the other men not to follow his example. He noted that women do not like guys like them, which is how they became that way.
Yang also appeared in a subsequent sketch titled Little Park of Horrors, which spoofed the style of Broadway musicals. The story centered on the city outlawing horse-drawn carriages and two men who still wanted to ride in one. The characters, played by Marcello Hernandez and Kam Patterson, eventually opted for a vehicle ride in the Lincoln Tunnel. They were confronted by Yang, who played Mary Todd Lincoln. She sang about the pitfalls of the subterranean journey, insisting it would take at least two hours and that the passengers would have to pay.
Yang is considered a fan favorite who started as a writer in 2018 before joining the cast the following year. He left the show in December 2025 and made his Broadway debut in September as Lincoln in the play Oh, Mary! written by Cole Escola. The musical guest for the episode was Phoebe Bridgers.
The episode aired on NBC, a division of NBCUniversal. NBCUniversal is also the parent company of NBC News, which reported on the event.
