Gilbert told the audience, ?I?m nervous. This is hard to do and something that I have been struggling with for awhile and going back and forth. But I?ve decided that it?s time for me to leave the show at the end of the season.? Sara explained that between ?The Talk,? ?The Conners,? and other producing opportunities, her life was "slightly out of balance? and she ?wasn?t able to spend as much time with my three kids as I?d like, and time for myself.?