Bowen Yang apologizes to Ariana Grande for opening his mouth ‘too much’ during ‘SNL’ kiss

He’s kissing and… apologizing.

“Wicked” prima Bowen nan apologized to his co-star Ariana Grande for kissing her “too much” during a skit they collaborated connected erstwhile she hosted “Saturday Night Live” connected Oct. 12.

“I really person to apologize to you successful person,” nan actor, 34, said to Grande, 31, on Wednesday’s section of his “Las Culturistas” podcast.

“I opened up my rima excessively overmuch erstwhile we kissed connected ‘SNL.'”

“You perfectly did. I was shaking after,” she replied. “Not successful a bad way. Just successful a disarming way.”

Yang profusely apologized, but Grande assured him she had nary sick feelings astir nan interaction.

“We were dropped in. It felt for illustration what these group needed astatine that time,” she noted. “It felt for illustration what these characters required. And I’m each for it.”

In nan “SNL” skit, nan played nan fellow of nan popular star’s son. After she applauded him for being nan protective man her boy needed, they kissed successful a infinitesimal of axenic passion.

While appearing connected “Las Culturistas,” nan brace revealed nan buss was not primitively successful nan script.

“When we rehearsed it, [I had] a small … thought successful my head,” Grande recalled. “I didn’t opportunity thing because I was like, ‘Everyone’s going to deliberation I’m perfectly insane and excessively comfortable.'”

“But I was like, ‘How funny would it beryllium if we kissed astatine nan end?'”

Coincidentally, nan — who described himself arsenic “over-eager” — texted her later successful nan time and said he thought it would beryllium hilarious for them to fastener lips.

While further reflecting connected nan kissing ordeal, Grande decided she was “kidding” astir Yang’s rima being excessively open.

“For nan characters, I deliberation it was perfectly open,” she said.

Grande hosted “Saturday Night Live” for nan 2nd clip successful October. She first helmed nan show successful 2016.

Describing really she tin propulsion disconnected specified a high-pressure gig, she said she finds “comfortability successful getting to cognize everyone” connected set.

“It conscionable is simply a really safe and nosy experience,” she added. “It’s truthful overmuch nosy and I deliberation I conscionable emotion comedy.”