John Krasinski is setting the record straight on his onscreen TV romance with Jenna Fischer.The actress, who played Pam Beesley – John's character Jim Halpert's wife – on the hit NBC show The Office, recently revealed that thetwo had “real chemistry.”
She told Andy Cohen during her appearance on Watch What Happens Live, “There'slike a real part of me that is Pam, and there's a real part of him that's Jim,and those parts of us were genuinely in love with one another."
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However, John believes his co-star’swords were “wildly misquoted or taken out of context.” He told The Daily Beast, “I’m sure [Jenna] was trying to say something nice about how genuinethe acting relationship was, of bringing a relationship that became thatpopular onscreen—and I think we both feel it’s such an honor to be a part ofthat relationship.”
The 36-year-old continued, “As far as howshe was quoted about saying we were ‘genuinely in love,’ I think that was takenwildly out of context and I feel bad for her.”
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It was revealed on Tuesday that the 13 Hours star and his wife Emily Blunt are expecting their second child. Whentalking to the news site, the actor called his wife “one of the coolest people.” John said, “She’s so talented, she’s beautiful, and she’s certainly out of myleague. And so all of a sudden all of the things I loved, I got to find someonewho loved that about me.”
He added, “When you’re lucky enoughto meet your one person then life takes a turn for the best. It can’t getbetter than that.”
