John Krasinski Hates That Some Fans Think Jim Halpert Was ‘The Office’ Villain: ‘It Makes Me Uncomfortable’

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Not the bad guy! John Krasinski recently learned about the popular theory that claims his character Jim Halpert was The Office’s secret villain — and he was less than thrilled.“Wait, what?

Did you make that up?” Krasinski, 42, asked on the Tuesday, July 26, episode of The Tonight Show after host Jimmy Fallon broached the topic, stating that fans believe Jim “manipulated” his wife Pam (Jenna Fischer). “When you ask it like that, it makes me uncomfortable,” the Something Borrowed star said. “Can you imagine if that’s what it was? … Well, they’re on to me, because I played it as a supervillain.

That’s why I did Fantastic Four, to balance it out, I had already done the villain.”Krasinski made his debut as Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four earlier this year with a surprise cameo in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.

Earlier in the interview, the Massachusetts native told Fallon, 47, how honored he was to take on the iconic role. “It was a big moment for me,” he explained.