Not another one! Andy Samberg has become the latest comedian to leave Saturday Night Live.
In an interview with the New York Times Friday, Samberg said he would not return in the fall. “It’s an incredibly emotional and strange moment in my life,” Samberg said. “Obviously it’s not a huge shock, but I did officially decide not to come back.”
Samberg joined NBC’s latenight show in 2005, where he became the king of viral videos. Together with collaborators Jorma Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, the three made the memorable “Lazy Sunday” rap video. Others that cracked the zeitgeist included hilarious videos with Justin Timberlake that involved mothers and certain male members packaged in the box.
Samberg, who is set to star in the upcoming film “That’s My Boy” opposite Adam Sandler, joins Kristen Wiig on the way out the door. “She kept saying it just feels like it’s her time,” he told the NYT. “I connect with that. Something about it just feels like it’s the moment. My contract’s up and I did so much more than I ever thought I would ever even do.”
Well I mean it's natural, we had comedians who came out of SNL before, then the next generation we got Tina, Tracy, Andy, Maya, Kristin, etc. The next wave of stars will come, we just gotta be patient
