DWTS could not have been more of a dream job,” she said. “I loved every single second of it and I’ve made lifelong friends at the show.”

Samantha and Tom have been partners for the widely popular series for 8 seasons.

“I’m going to miss Samantha. We had a nice rapport off-camera and on,” said Samantha’s cohost, Tom Bergeron. “I could see that her workload was picking up on The Insider and then she started doing Entertainment Tonight Weekend. As somebody who’s been known to juggle a few jobs myself, I know that that can pull you in eight different directions.”

But he’s got an ulterior motive!

“I’ve been known to try to twist arms behind the scenes,” he continued. “I’m hoping this frees her up for us to have her as a contestant.”