Rashida Jones Understands Why "The Office" Let her Go: "People Didn't Like Me"

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Rashida Jones Says it "Made Sense" she was Let Go from "The Office"
by Ryan Coleman
March 26, 2025


Rashida Jones was on "The Office" for a good time, not a long time. But it maybe wasn't even a good time, either.

On Tuesday's episode of the Good Hang podcast, Jones reflected on her brief stint as Karen Filippelli, an employee of the rival Dunder Mifflin Stamford branch and also rival to Jenna Fischer's Pam for the affection of John Krasinski's Jim.

"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 would go on to costar with Jones on "Parks and Recreation" for seven years.



"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," Poehler responded, attempting to bolster Jones critical estimation of her own time on the NBC sitcom.

"It did not feel that way," Jones quickly cut in. "People did not like me. Like, fans were not about it."

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