Andy Samberg talks SNL short ‘Motherlover’

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Specifically, with the “Motherlover” video, how much input came from Justin? Did you guys bring him the idea?
ANDY SAMBERG: [Justin] was in the room almost the whole time this time. I would say he was involved a considerable amount more than on “D— in a Box.” And he was involved on “D— in a Box,” for sure, especially in regards to how the phrasing of the song, actually musically, went and melody and that kind of stuff. This time, it was actually even more so of a collaboration. We actually built the song together with him in the room and wrote the lyrics all out together. It was fantastic.
When you knew Justin was coming back to host, did you immediately think that you’d bring this skit back?
For us, we’re comedians, so our immediate reaction was to be like, “No, no way!” Be scared of trying it again. And [Justin] was like—to his credit—he was like, “But what if we did do it again? How unprecedented would that be?” That’s a big swing. We knew going in from the very start that we were taking a real, real big swing and that if it didn’t work—and if the joke didn’t really land—that we were going to look like big jerks. But you know, he’s so confident and we started writing it and it was making us laugh really hard, so we just went with it, and said, “F— it.” – from EW