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Rainn Wilson Says ‘The Office’ Was “A Little Bit Chaotic” After Steve Carell Left

Years after Steve Carell left the cast of 'The Office', some fans remain divided over whether the show was better or worse after his departure.

Rainn Wilson recently recalled what it was like behind the scenes of the NBC mockumentary sitcom following the exit of Carell’s foolhardy Dunder Mifflin branch manager character Michael Scott after Season 7 in 2011. Co-star Jenna Fischer, who played receptionist and struggling artist Pam Beesly, previously argued the show was “ really good the whole time,” adding that some of her “favorite episodes were in Seasons 8 and 9 after Steve had left. In series creator Greg Daniels’ upcoming Peacock spin-off The Paper, the same documentary crew follows Domhnall Gleeson as the eager publisher of The Truth Teller, a struggling Toledo, Ohio newspaper, which he tries to revive with the help of volunteer reporters.

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