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How did Justin Guarini find out he’d been dropped by his record label after his debut album flopped?

By watching an episode of “Saturday Night Live,” the American Idol Season 1 runner-up says.

Justin Guarini plays Will in “American Idiot.”

Justin will be the subject of this Sunday’s episode, set to air at 10 p.m. EST.

Now 34, Justin released a debut album in June 2003 after finishing second to Kelly Clarkson on Idol, but it failed to catch on.

He said he was watching “Saturday Night Live” when Tina Fey cracked a joke about him.

And that’s how he learned he no longer had a record label.

That and other post-Idol experiences led to a period of depression that Justin will talk about during the epsiode.

Justin never reached Kelly Clarkson-type success musically, of course, but he has rebounded.

Right now, he’s rehearsing for a supporting role in a new Broadway adaption of Romeo and Juliet, starring Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad,

Justin plays Paris, Romeo’s rival for the hand of Juliet.

To watch the clip from Sunday’s show, head here.