Complex sentence: Actor Billy Kay took over the role on a contract basis from February 2000 to January 2003 and announced his departure from the series in a interview on Soapnet's Soap Talk Show in November 2002.
Split into simpler sentences: Actor Billy Kay took over the role on a contract basis from February 2000 to January 2003. Kay announced his exit from the series in a interview on the Soapnet "Soap Talk" Talk Show in November 2002.