'The Office' actress says she objected to 'super judgy' Christian joke about gay character

[Michie]

"The Office" actress Angela Kinsey has recalled a time she refused to say a scripted line on the popular NBC sitcom in reference to a gay character that she didn't believe accurately portrayed Christians or the love of Christ.

During an April 23 episode of "The Office" co-star with Rainn Wilson's podcast "Soul Boom," Kinsey discussed the years she played Angela Martin on the series that aired from 2005 to 2013.

Wilson, who played Dwight Schrute, asked Kinsey about her real-life relationship with God and her views on the Church, saying that her character was known as an "uptight Christian cat lady."

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'The Office' actress says she objected to 'super judgy' Christian joke about gay character

The Office actress Angela Kinsey has recalled a time she refused to say a scripted joke on the popular NBC sitcom about a gay character that she didn t believe accurately portrayed Christians or the ...

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[PloverWing]

I'm glad she did that. It's pretty rare for a TV/movie character who's a practicing Christian to be given dialogue that authentically portrays how religious people talk.

 

[iluvatar5150]

It sounds more like she thought the joke was shallow and cheap rather than just presenting Christians in a bad light. Two of her character’s defining characteristics were her judginess and hypocrisy. She had a long-running affair with Dwight that spanned a period when she was engaged to Andy.