Calling the words "comedically powerful," Yang suggested that he and his colleagues at SNL "are so hampered in our comedy" by not using them. Bowen Yang on Saturday Night Live, Photo: NBC Over its 50 years of existence,

“SNL” star Bowen Yang jokingly called Vice President JD Vance a “pope killer” on Thursday’s episode of “The View,” sending Whoopi Goldberg and her fellow co-hosts into fits of laughter. Yang, 34, appeared on the daytime show to promote his new movie, “The Wedding Banquet.”