Andy Samberg Reveals the Reason Why He Exited 'Saturday Night Live'

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Andy Samberg is revealing the real reason he stepped away from Saturday Night Live as a full time cast member after 7 seasons with the sketch comedy variety show.

He exited after the 2011-2012 season wrapped up. Keep reading to find out more… “It was hard. I didn’t like leaving,” he said on Kevin Hart‘s Peacock interview show Hart to Heart. Andy shared, “Physically, it was taking a heavy toll on me and I got to a place where I was like I hadn’t slept in seven years basically.

We were writing stuff for the live show Tuesday night all night, the table read Wednesday, then being told now come up with a digital short so write all Thursday, all Thursday night, don’t sleep, get up, shoot Friday, edit all night Friday night and into Saturday, so it’s basically like four days a week you’re not sleeping, for seven years.

So I just kinda fell apart physically.” He continued, “I had talked to [Amy Poehler] and other people that had already gone.