Even over a decade after The Office ended, John Krasinski still gets grief from fans who wish his on-screen wife was his real-life partner. During a recent interview, Emily Blunt revealed that people continue yelling, “I wish you were with Pam!” when seeing her and husband Krasinski together.
After playing Jim Halpert on The Office for nine seasons opposite Jenna Fischer’s Pam Beesly, fans formed a connection to that fictional romance.
Why Can’t Fans Separate John Krasinski From Jim Halpert?
According to People, as Emily Blunt explained, when diehard fans now spot her and John Krasinski walking down the street over 13 years after their show ended, they still shout, “Where’s Pam?”
Fischer herself has struggled to explain to perplexed fans that she and Krasinski are simply former co-stars, not an actual ex-couple.
“It’s a little bit like telling kids there’s no Santa,” Fischer has analogized.
While The Office fans wish they’d kept their on-screen romance going, both stars have been happily married off-screen to other people since 2010. Fischer tied the knot with Lee Kirk the same year Krasinski wed Blunt. Though Fischer once said she and John share genuine chemistry, he clarified her words were misconstrued.
“I’m sure she was trying to say something nice about how genuine the acting relationship was,” Krasinski said.
Both consider it an honor to have been part of the iconic Jim and Pam romance that moved millions.
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Have John Krasinski or Emily Blunt Had Awkward Encounters With Fans?
Emily Blunt revealed one vivid example of an uncomfortable real-life moment driven by Krasinski’s fictional identity as beloved Jim Halpert. According to Blunt, her husband John was once doubted at customs for being married to her due to an immigration officer refusing to believe The Office heartthrob would end up with someone else besides Pam!
While fans may need to separate Jim Halpert from John Krasinski in their minds, The Office continues earning new viewers worldwide every day thanks to streaming. Krasinski himself has clearly moved on to blockbuster directing projects like A Quiet Place after so fully embodying Jim earlier in his career. Still, he and Blunt may need to keep dealing withrets he didn’t end up with Pam Beesly as they walk red carpets worldwide.
Why Do Fans Feel So Invested in Jim and Pam’s Love Story?
Few on-screen couples have resonated emotionally with viewers in the way Jim and Pam did over nine seasons of laughing and crying with them. From the goosebump-inducing first kiss to the tear-jerking pregnancy reveal, fans experienced it all vicariously through Krasinski and Fischer’s incredible chemistry.
As much as fans wish for Jim and Pam’s happily ever after to extend into real life, both stars have enjoyed their own off-screen marital bliss for over a decade now. While it may sting fans to see Krasinski lovingly embrace Blunt instead of Jenna, that special fictional bond they portray will remain untouched.
The Office can be streamed in full on Peacock.
