'Insecure' star Yvonne Orji hosts 2nd 'Yearly Departed' on Amazon Prime

Yvonne Orji will host "Yearly Departed" for Amazon in December. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI "Yearly Departed" returns this December on Amazon, this time with Yvonne Orji as host. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI Yvonne Orji will host Amazon's year end comedy special "Yearly Departed" in December. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI Yvonne Orji takes over for Phoebe Robinson as host of "Yearly Departed." File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI Rachel Brosnahan executive produces another installment of "Yearly Departed" in December. File Photo by Chris Chew/UPI

Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Amazon Prime Video announced a second installment of its Yearly Departed comedy special. Insecure star Yvonne Orji will host the special, streaming on Prime in December.

Yearly Departed features a lineup of female comedians bidding a comic good riddance to the worst events of the year. Amazon will announce the new lineup at a later date.

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Phoebe Robinson hosted the first Yearly Departed in 2021.Tiffany Haddish, Sarah Silverman, Natasha Leggero, Ziwe and more performed in 2020's Yearly Departed.

In a press release Amazon said some of the topics covered in Yearly Departed 2021 will include Hot Vaxx Summer, Hermit Life, Ignoring the Climate Crisis, and Zoom.

Executive producer and Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Rachel Brosnahan said in a statement, "I can think of no better group of women to bid adieu and [expletive] you to 2021."

On Insecure, Orji plays Issa (Issa Rae)'s best friend Molly. Orji recently played Lil Rel Howery's fiance in the comedy Vacation Friends.

Amazon will announce a specific premiere date in December in a later announcement.