Bowen Yang says the strangest moment in the Las Culturistas Culture Awards is so chaotic he wishes it had stayed on the cutting-room floor. Ahead of Wednesday's ceremony, Yang and Matt Rogers teased a performer breaking into the space, setting off alarms and bringing law enforcement into the mix.
The detail landed as the pair talked with Yahoo about the annual Bravo and Peacock special, which mixes major cultural honors with inside jokes and hyper-specific categories. This year's nominees stretch from Album of the Year to Best Disney Hotel for Intercourse, Sex or Lovemaking, Best Gay — Normal and Best Thing That Could Change Your Life for Two Weeks, a lineup that makes room for both broad pop culture and the kind of niche obsession the show has built its name on.
Rogers said one of the performers “breaks into the space and sets off all the alarms,” and Yang said he was “personally furious” that it happened. Rogers added that he did not know whether everyone was OK afterward, though everyone was “very gagged,” while Yang said law enforcement had to get involved. The hosts did not spell out exactly how the performer got in or what triggered the alarm system, but they made clear the moment was wild enough to survive into the final cut.
That blend of celebration and chaos fits the show’s appeal. Yang said they were both obsessed with Heated Rivalry and wanted to make sure The Hunting Wives had a presence, while Rogers said they remembered at the last second to reference the Coldplay cheating scandal. The pair also used the conversation to defend Taylor Swift's The Tortured Poets Department and to joke that Tangled may finally be better than Frozen, which gives the ceremony the same offbeat balance it has always leaned on.
For now, the unanswered question is not whether Wednesday's Culture Awards will be odd. It is which moments made the final cut, and how much of the break-in and the alarm-fueled panic viewers will actually see when the special airs.
