{"id":2232806,"date":"2024-04-29T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devout-star-of-the-office-reveals-how-she-killed-scripted-joke-with-jesus-as-the-punchline\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T15:25:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T19:25:34","slug":"devout-star-of-the-office-reveals-how-she-killed-scripted-joke-with-jesus-as-the-punchline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/devout-star-of-the-office-reveals-how-she-killed-scripted-joke-with-jesus-as-the-punchline\/","title":{"rendered":"Actress from &#8216;The Office&#8217; Shares How a Scripted Joke with Jesus Fell Flat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdevout-star-of-the-office-reveals-how-she-killed-scripted-joke-with-jesus-as-the-punchline%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2232806&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The actress from &#8216;The Office&#8217; revealed how \u2063she objected to a denigrating joke involving Jesus in the show.\u2064 Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-gather-at-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoots-house-to-slam-her-job-performance\/\" title=\"Hundreds Gather At Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot\u2019s House To Slam Her Job Performance\">protest led<\/a> to the joke being removed, highlighting the importance of standing up for beliefs\u2063 even in the entertainment \u200dindustry. This incident \u2063sparked a deep conversation on faith and respect in\u2063 the workplace. The actress\u2063 from &#8216;The Office&#8217; stood up against a disparaging joke about\u2062 Jesus in the show, resulting in its \u2062removal. This \u2063emphasized the significance of defending beliefs, even in the entertainment sector. The incident sparked a meaningful\u200b dialogue on faith and workplace respect.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Devout Star of &#8216;The Office&#8217; Reveals How She Killed Scripted Joke with Jesus as the Punchline<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/%20\"><span>Michael Schwarz<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 29, 2024 at 9:12am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>When Jesus blessed those who suffer persecution and revulsion on His account, He did not mean only the Christian martyrs.<\/p>\n<p>He also meant well-known Christian actresses on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-spent-20-years-in-prison-for-a-double-murder-he-didnt-commit-dna-evidence-exonerated-him\/\" title=\"He Spent 20 Years In Prison For A Double Murder He Didn\u2019t Commit. DNA Evidence Exonerated Him.\">popular television shows<\/a> who speak up rather than allow casual slanders against Him.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday on the podcast \u201cSoul Boom,\u201d hosted by longtime actor Rainn Wilson \u2014 best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0386676\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Office<\/a>\u201d from 2005 to 2013 \u2014 former co-star Angela Kinsey, who played Angela Martin on the long-running sitcom, revealed that she once successfully protested a line in the show that she regarded as denigrating toward Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>After ranging across a variety of topics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/office-actor-brutally-roasted-giving-thoughts-rich-men-north-richmond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilson<\/a> and Kinsey began to reminisce about their time on \u201cThe Office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They marveled, for instance, at the fact that they and their former co-stars still maintain a text thread. They talked of the show\u2019s remarkable popularity. And Kinsey lamented the disappearance of \u201cdestination television\u201d that \u201cbrings people together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The combination of nostalgia and obvious friendship between the two led seamlessly into a thoughtful question from Wilson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou grew up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hateful-demonstrations-cripple-elite-college-campuses-opposite-happened-major-christian-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christian<\/a> and had a very, kind of, loving, wholesome relationship with the church, with prayer,\u201d Wilson began.<\/p>\n<p>On the show, however, Kinsey played what Wilson regarded as a puritanical caricature \u2014 an \u201cuptight, Christian, cat lady.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Would you make a similar stand for Christ in your own job?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Having drawn that thoughtful distinction, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/office-star-calls-hollywood-anti-christian-bias-new-hit-show-makes-sickeningly-clear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilson<\/a> then asked if the caricature ever caused Kinsey any problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, yeah, actually there were one or two times where there would be a joke written for her that I thought was just really stereotypical, maybe one-note,\u201d Kinsey replied.<\/p>\n<p>She then recalled a specific instance in which she objected to a line written for her character.<\/p>\n<p>Actor Oscar Nunez played Oscar Martinez, a character in \u201cThe Office\u201d who happened to be gay. And the script for one episode had Angela acting \u201csuper-judgey\u201d toward Oscar in a way that left Kinsey so uncomfortable that she addressed the concern with Greg Daniels, one of the show\u2019s creators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never went up to Greg about any joke,\u201d Kinsey said. \u201cBut there was a joke at Oscar\u2019s expense, and I went up to Greg, and I was like, \u2018You know, I can\u2019t\u2019 \u2014 she sort of, I think Angela Martin invoked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vile-biden-comes-fire-invoking-jesus-promoting-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesus<\/a> in the moment \u2014 and I just was like, \u2018I don\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-covid-19-flip-flops-a-timeline\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s COVID-19 Flip-Flops: A Timeline\">feel good<\/a> about it. I don\u2019t feel good about that. You know, I don\u2019t feel like that\u2019s what Jesus represented to me.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To his credit, Daniels removed the joke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd he was like, \u2018OK.\u2019 And he heard me, and he took the joke out,\u201d Kinsey recalled.<\/p>\n<p>In all, Kinsey and Wilson spent nearly six minutes discussing faith. At one point, in fact, they shared a prayer of thanksgiving together.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/office-actress-angela-kinsey-reveals-she-asked-producer-take-out-anti-christian-joke-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, does not profess <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wonder-woman-fights-two-new-enemies-latest-comic-homemaking-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity<\/a>. He adheres to the deistic Baha\u2019i faith, which originated in 19th-century Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Readers may view the entire episode below. The segment on faith and prayer began around the 39:10 mark and continued until around the 45:00 mark.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>WARNING: The following video includes vulgar language that may offend some readers. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hYyvbdrrflE?si=dBC_1M3mmlQFX1TA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account,\u201d Jesus said in the Sermon on the Mount (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+5%3A11-12&#038;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matthew 5:11<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Judging by his willingness to remove a joke that included what Kinsey regarded as a denigrating inference about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/america-needs-jesus-tucker-carlson-sits-christian-nationalist-warned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jesus<\/a>, Daniels certainly did not seem determined to revile or persecute anyone. In fact, he probably did not think anything of it until she objected.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, every such objection risks a kind of persecution. A lesser producer, for instance, could have caused trouble for Kinsey. She might have lost her job, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/important-day-gina-carano-elon-musk-team-bring-lawsuit-straight-disney-lucasfilm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">others have<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, it is not only the experience of actual revulsion and persecution that matters to our Lord. When we place ourselves at risk of those things on His account, we also find ourselves \u201cblessed.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">elites<\/a> get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-to-push-back-track-coach-fired-after-not-enforcing-schools-senseless-outdoor-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"\u2018Time To Push Back\u2019: Track Coach Fired After Not Enforcing School\u2019s \u2018Senseless\u2019 Outdoor Mask Mandate\">real choice<\/a> for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45760\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45760\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45760\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45760\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45760\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress from &#8216;The Office&#8217; shares incident where a scripted joke involving Jesus failed to land as expected. 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