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Andy Samberg Left ‘SNL’ After He ‘Hadn’t Slept In Seven Years’

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“Saturday Night Live” helped make Andy Samberg a star, but it came at a cost.

During a recent interview on Kevin Hart’s Peacock series “Hart to Heart,” Samberg discussed his departure from “SNL” a dozen years ago and what led to it.

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Andy Samberg Left ‘SNL’ After He ‘Hadn’t Slept In Seven Years’

In 2012, Samberg stated that he couldn’t “endure it anymore” because he was “falling apart in my life.”

“Physically, it was taking a heavy toll on me, and I got to a place where I felt like I hadn’t slept in seven years,” he said. “We were writing stuff for the live show Tuesday night all night, the table read Wednesday, and then we were told to 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 told me.

Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone established the ensemble Lonely Island, which made the “SNL” short segments extremely popular.

Andy stated that things changed after they left the show, leaving him alone responsible for crafting the segments.

“I was basically left in charge of making the shorts, which I never pretended like I could do without them,” he told me. “In my last two years, we created music that I am extremely proud of, but there is something about the songs that I can only do with Akiva and Jorm. It’s just how things are; we’re just a band in that sense.”

Andy claimed that one reason he stayed so long was the immediate creative fulfillment the late-night show provided.

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Andy Samberg Left ‘SNL’ After He ‘Hadn’t Slept In Seven Years’

“I was like, once I go, when I have an idea, I can’t just do it,” he recalled. “The craziest thing about working there is once you get going, if you’re just in the shower and you have an idea that shit can be on television in three days, which is the most like intoxicating feeling.”

Andy later left and succeeded in other ventures, such as the successful comedy “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”

SOURCE | CNN

Kiara Grace is a staff writer at VORNews, a reputable online publication. Her writing focuses on technology trends, particularly in the realm of consumer electronics and software. With a keen eye for detail and a knack for breaking down complex topics.

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