“The Office” prima Angela Kinsey opened up successful a caller podcast quality astir nan fewer times her ain religion caused her to speak retired against definite jokes made connected nan celebrated sitcom.
Kinsey, who played Angela Martin connected nan long-running show, talked astir her Christian religion and her years connected “The Office” pinch erstwhile co-star Rainn Wilson connected nan April 23 section of his podcast, “Soul Boom.”
Wilson, who played Dwight connected nan show, asked Kinsey what it was for illustration playing an “uptight Christian” erstwhile she was raised having a “very warm, meaningful relationship” pinch her religion and nan church.
Kinsey explained really location were a fewer times erstwhile a joke was written for her characteristic that she felt pigeonholed Christians and didn’t really bespeak their views.
In 1 section during nan show’s 3rd season, she recalled her characteristic being fixed a statement she felt was “super judge-y” against Oscar, a cheery characteristic connected nan show.
Kinsey said she felt nan statement didn’t bespeak thing a existent Christian would say, and talked to “Office” shaper and showrunner Greg Daniels astir it.
“Yeah, actually, location were 1 aliases 2 times successful which location would beryllium a joke written for her that I thought was conscionable really stereotypical, possibly 1 note. I for illustration to deliberation of her arsenic a full, well-rounded person. I do retrieve I retrieve location was a peculiar storyline betwixt Angela and Oscar, wherever Angela was being ace judge-y. I ne'er went up to Greg astir immoderate joke, but location was a joke astatine Oscar’s expense, and I went up to Greg [Daniels] and I was like, ‘I can’t.'”
Kinsey said she recalled nan characteristic invoking Jesus successful nan statement and felt bothered by it.
“I conscionable was like, ‘I don’t consciousness bully astir it. I don’t consciousness bully astir that. I don’t consciousness for illustration that’s what Jesus represented to me,'” she told Daniels.
“And he was like, ‘OK.’ And he heard me, and he took nan joke out. And nan episode, it was ‘Gay Witch Hunt,’ had truthful galore already. But that’s nan 1 pivotal infinitesimal I retrieve being like, OK, this is emotion for illustration a stereotype and very 1 note. I consciousness for illustration she has much extent than that,” Kinsey continued.
Fox News Digital reached retired to representatives of Daniels for comment.
After telling this story, Wilson and Kinsey discussed belief and nan value of dream successful their lives.
Kinsey shared memories of her mother reference nan Bible and her begetter starring “grace” astatine dinnertime.
Remarkably, Wilson suggests they “say grace” correct past successful nan podcast. He goes connected to convey God for his podcast squad and nan opportunity to stock successful speech pinch his erstwhile co-star.
Wilson precocious published a book calling for a “spiritual revolution,” and is an adherent of nan Baha’i faith, a deistic belief founded successful 19th period Iraq.
The character made headlines past May erstwhile he called retired anti-Christian bias successful Hollywood.
“I do deliberation location is an anti-Christian bias successful Hollywood. As soon arsenic nan David characteristic successful ‘The Last of Us’ started reference from nan Bible I knew that he was going to beryllium a horrific villain,” he tweeted. “Could location beryllium a Bible-reading preacher connected a show who is really loving and kind?”
Fox News’ Alexander Hall contributed to this report.
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