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"Nick Offerman has spoken about Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones&amp;#039;s upcoming departures from Parks and Recreation. NBC has confirmed that Jones and Lowe will depart the sitcom midway through the sixth season.   Offerman - who plays Ron Swanson - opened up to The Huffington Post about how the Parks and Recreation cast were told of Jones and Lowe&amp;#039;s exits. &amp;quot;Things like that are sensitive and need to be carefully guarded just because that kind of information in the wrong hands can be misinterpreted,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;But, we found out pretty recently. Our boss lets us know in a gentle, loving way that there&amp;#039;s going to be some changes.&amp;quot; He continued: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a sad thing. We have such a happy, successful family. And so, on one hand, we&amp;#039;re very saddened to send a couple of our siblings off to a bright future. But, on the other hand, I&amp;#039;m astonished that we&amp;#039;ve all stayed together this long - because our cast is just such a crazy all-star team.  &amp;quot;I mean, all of those bright talents have so many opportunities pulling them in every direction. And so, rather than look at it as a tragedy, I look at it as a great victory that we managed to pull off 90 episodes together. And they&amp;#039;re going to do another 13. And so, I&amp;#039;m very happy that we&amp;#039;ve kept both of them around so long.&amp;quot;  Offerman then joked that he is most upset that the overall image of the Parks and Recreation will be downgraded once Lowe and Jones leave. &amp;quot;The real bummer, and my response to the rest of the cast was, unfortunately, our show just got 65% less good-looking,&amp;quot; he teased, adding: &amp;quot;The good news is, I jumped up a couple slots.&amp;quot; Parks and Recreation Mike Schur also recently said that he is saddened by Lowe and Jones&amp;#039;s departures. The comedy&amp;#039;s hour-long sixth season premiere - shot in London - will air on NBC on September 26. The show&amp;#039;s third season will air on BBC Four in 2014. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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