New Delhi, April 25 -- Comedian Bowen Yang stunned the hosts of The View when he called US Vice President JD Vance a "pope killer" during his appearance on the show on Thursday.

The quip came up during a rapid-fire rundown of recent "SNL [Saturday Night Live]" controversies - one of which was Yang's apprehension about playing US Vice President JD Vance.

Bowen Yang, a "Saturday Night Live" cast member, told "The View" on Thursday that he felt there was a better person than him to play Vice President JD Vance on the live sketch comedy show.

"I just thought there would be better people for it," Yang said.

"It was my impostor syndrome, I was like, there are better people than this. I worked with an accent coach, I had to get it between Oh...