Rashida Jones reveals why she was let go from ‘The Office’ after 1 season

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Rashida Jones was at peace when it was time to clock out of work for good. On Tuesday’s episode of the “Good Hang” podcast, the actress, 49, got candid on briefly appearing on “The Office” as Karen Filippelli, who was an employee of Dunder Mifflin’s Stamford branch.“I had done a year on ‘The Office’ and they let me go, which made sense.

It made sense,” Jones told host Amy Poehler, who the actress co-starred with on “Parks and Recreation” for seven seasons.“You had such a tough job there, because everybody wanted Jim and Pam, and then guess who shows up?

A very likable, cool … and everyone was like, ‘Oh no, wait,'” the host replied.Karen went head to head with Jenna Fischer’s Pam for Jim’s affection.“It did not feel that way,” Jones quickly stated. “People did not like me.

Like, fans were not about it.”Karen first appears in Episode 1 of Season 3 in 2006, when Jim (John Krasinski) has just transferred from Scranton to the Stamford branch.The two flirt back and forth until Jim dumps Karen in the season finale.