Andrew Rannells Officially Leaving ‘Girls’ for ‘The New Normal’

Well, it’s official, boys and Girls… Andrew Rannells will be leaving behind Lena Dunham and Co. after the first four episodes of Girls’ second season. Rannells has a starring role on The New Normal, of course, citing time constraints as his reason for exiting. On his unfortunate departure, Rannells told HuffPost TV:

“I’m the luckiest guy in the world that I had this opportunity to do both of these shows, and it does come down to a scheduling thing and a timing thing. One is shot in Los Angeles and one is here [in New York]. Unfortunately, that’s the way it works. I mean, if I could be in two places at once I obviously would have done it. And I’m so grateful to Jenni [Konner, "Girls" showrunner ] and to Lena and to Judd [Apatow, executive producer of "Girls"] that they were flexible enough to figure that out, with the timing of all of it. Because it’s a hard thing, to put together these shows with people’s schedules, and I’m very grateful for the fact that they were generous enough to work around that … because what an awesome show to be a part of…I mean, if I could be hanging out with Hannah all the time I would. So yes, I miss them terribly.”

Will you Girls fans miss Hannah Horvath’s gay ex-boyfriend, Elijah?

Full Interview: HuffPost TV