Rainn Wilson Claims ‘The Office’ Was too ‘Inappropriate’ to Be Made Today, Seemingly Forgetting About Peacock Sequel ‘The Paper’

“The Office” star Rainn Wilson recently told Fox News Digital that the beloved NBC sitcom could’ve never been made in today’s cultural climate.

“I do feel like you couldn’t make ‘The Office’ today,” said Wilson. “I think that would be too hard to be as politically incorrect as the show was. And I do kind of miss that.”

He added that there was a lot of “really inappropriate” humor in “The Office,” especially from his character, Dwight Schrute, and Steve Carell’s lead, Michael Scott. Wilson thought, even though Michael and Dwight were portrayed as having no “self-awareness,” their antics wouldn’t fly in 2026.

“We milked that for a lot of great, really inappropriate stuff,” Wilson recalled. “But even with the fact that painting that character as just an idiot, I don’t think you could get away with it today.”

Wilson starred as Schrute across all nine seasons of “The Office,” which aired on NBC for 201 episodes from 2005 to 2013