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"Andy Samberg will be able to have lots of &amp;quot;Lazy Sundays&amp;quot; -- and Saturdays -- from here on out.\r\nIn a Friday interview with The New York Times, the comedian confirmed reports that he will not be returning to Saturday Night Live in the fall.\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s an incredibly emotional and strange moment in my life,&amp;quot; Samberg, 33, told the paper. &amp;quot;Obviously it&amp;apos;s not a huge shock, but I did officially decide not to come back.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAdding that it was &amp;quot;one of the hardest decisions I&amp;apos;ve ever made,&amp;quot; the actor -- who joined the show&amp;apos;s ensemble in 2005-- said he sought advice from Kristen Wiig, who is also departing after seven years.\r\n&amp;quot;She kept saying it just feels like it&amp;apos;s her time,&amp;quot; he shared. &amp;quot;I connect with that. Something about it just feels like it&amp;apos;s the moment. My contract&amp;apos;s up and I did so much more than I ever thought I would ever even do.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nUs Weekly first broke the news in April that Wiig and Samberg were leaving the sketch comedy show; in an interview on Alec Baldwin&amp;apos;s radio show later that month, Wiig, 38, hinted the chatter about her departure was true.\r\n&amp;quot;When I do leave, it&amp;apos;s not because I&amp;apos;m sick of it and not because I see something better or anything like that,&amp;quot; the Bridesmaid star explained. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s just that it&amp;apos;s time. When I do leave it will be the hardest thing . . . This is my seventh year and that&amp;apos;s my family. It&amp;apos;s my heart. It&amp;apos;s New York to me.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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