Amy Poehler & Nick Kroll called it quits after two years of dating

Awww, this is sad news. Amy Poehler and Nick Kroll have been dating since April 2013 (that we know of), and he was her first relationship following her divorce with Will Arnett. I’ve always thought it must be hard to date or marry a comedian. They are more complex than many people realize. In the case of two comedians together, it must be even harder to maintain a relationship.

Amy sounded like she really adored Nick. While promoting her memoir, she said he eased her late-night anxiety and “settled” her. She hilariously noted how Nick cared so much that he’d wear earplugs to bed so he could sleep next to a major snorer. Anyway, Amy and Nick couldn’t make it work. Us Weekly has an exclusive story about their breakup, which is being painted as a tale of competing schedules:

The funny business is over for Amy Poehler and Nick Kroll. The couple of two years have split, sources reveal exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.

“Unfortunately, they just couldn’t make the relationship work with their schedules,” says one insider close to the Parks and Recreation actress, 44, and the Kroll Show star, 37.

Upcoming projects constantly came between Kroll and the mom of two (she shares Archie, 6, and Abel, 5, with ex-husband Will Arnett). “They really tried, but it just wasn’t realistic anymore,” adds the source. “They were spending more time apart than together.”

Kroll is the first man Poehler has had a relationship with since she and Arnett, 45, split in September 2012 after nine years of marriage. “She wanted a comedian who ‘gets’ her,” a source explained to Us Weekly in May 2013, when Us exclusively broke the news that Kroll and Poehler were dating.

[From Us Weekly]

Nick didn’t attend the Emmys with Amy, though he was pictured at a pre-Emmys party while sitting next to Jenny Slate (who is married to Dean Fleischer-Camp). The photo was taken by Chelsea Peretti, who jokes about rumors in the caption, so I don’t think Nick was cheating on Amy. At least, I hope that isn’t the case. This is awful news! But it sounds like a breakup was for the best.

Photos courtesy of WENN

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