“For me, it was like, I can’t actually endure it anymore.
“It was a big choice.
For me, it was like, I can’t actually endure it anymore.
Andy Samberg on ‘Hart to Heart’.Peacock
“Physically and emotionally, like I was falling apart in my life,” he confessed to Hart.
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Samberg quietly leftSNLafter theseason 37 finale in May 2012, onlyconfirming weeks later that he would not return.
Even when he worked with other talented writers and directors there, it just wasn’t the same.
The Lonely Island members Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg, and Jorma Taccone in 2016.Kevork Djansezian/Getty
It’s just how it is, we’re just a band in that way,” he acknowledged.
After seven seasons,SNL’s grueling schedule finally caught up with him.
So I just kinda fell apart physically.”
“I had talked to Poehler and other people that had already gone.
To make matters worse, the show didn’t want to lose him.
“It’s all I wanted to do.
I got to be onSNL.
It went way better than I expected.”
Samberg’s full interview onHart to Heartis available now on Peacock.
