Bowen Yang Shocks ‘The View’ By Calling J.D. Vance “A Pope Killer”: “Somebody Had To Say It!”

https://decider.com/2025/04/24/bowen-yang-view-jd-vance-pope-killer/

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  1. >The View host Sarah Haines had asked if it was true that Yang initially didn’t want to play Vance on SNL, but the comedian chalked it up to “imposter syndrome.”

    >“I just thought there would be better people for it… It was my imposter syndrome. I was like, ‘There are better people for this,’” Yang recounted on The View. “But, listen, I worked with an accent coach. I had to get it between Ohio and Appalachia with the accent, it’s hard. It’s very subtle.”

    >Yang barely missed a beat as he added, “I mean he’s… Look, the guy’s a pope killer.” He is referencing the recent death of Pope Francis, who passed away Monday (April 21) at the age of 88 just hours after meeting Vance.

    >“Somebody had to say it,” Whoopi Goldberg pointed out amid the laughter, which Yang quickly repeated in agreement.

    >Joy Behar also tried to come to Yang’s defense. “He doesn’t mean it literally, he’s talking spiritually!” she said.

  3. Yes those ladies were “shocked” by this joke.

    The real truth is that is was none other than the head of the Anglican Church, king Charles of England!

    Visiting the pope with his *second* wife! Vatican still a little salty over that troublesome Henry VIII

  4. >Joy Behar also tried to come to Yang’s defense. “He doesn’t mean it literally, he’s talking spiritually!” she said.

    I imagine spiritually killing the head of a spiritual religion is worse than physically killing them.

  5. It was Bezos. He sent Vance to help him market Conclave. Streaming now!

  7. Not only did he kill the pope, he potentially started a hot war in Pakistan and India. The day after he left there, there was a terrorist attack on India.

    The Antichrist Administration

  8. Why am I all of a sudden seeing so much about Bowen Yang?

    Enduring his acting on SNL is more than enough. I don’t need his political commentary too.

  11. What’s with the Bowen flood – Does he have a movie coming out or something?

  12. Pontiff Killer

    Qu’est-ce que c’est

    Fa fa fa fa, fa fa fa fa fa far better

    Run run run run, run run run away, oh, oh, oh

  13. Bowen Yang, the most overrated narcissist in SNL history.

  14. I love how nothing In The last 5 years has been a conspiracy to the left. Except for Vance killing the pope…

  15. We can all agree at the very least that he didn’t make things better.

  16. Yang isn’t funny. He has one shtick – being the gay guy.

  17. Many people said it. He is rehashing a joke from the internet

  18. Bowen yang has gotta be one of the least talented people I’ve seen working today. Cheap joke for shock value and I don’t care much for Vance either

  21. Person who works in comedy makes a joke. WOW. Next story please

  22. Somebody did say it. The internet turned it into a dead horse within hours.

    This dude is already one of the least funny comedians on the SNL roster when he comes up in clips now and again and now he’s jacking himself off over telling stale shock humor from social media in other places.

    What a needless fuckin article lol just all around pointlessness. Not news.

  24. I mean, there is no physical evidence, but if you were making a list of suspects based off the circumstances, he’d for sure make that list.

  25. If they can spout bs about how Obama wasn’t born here for years I see no harm in perpetuating the story that JD killed the pope for his couch rights.

  26. If Kamala would have met with the Pope the day before he died the right would absolutely seriously be claiming she killed him. You’d have elected officials saying it on TV.

  29. I don’t think it’s proper to bring the Pope’s death up in this manner

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