Steve Carell trolled everyone by saying ‘The Office’ was coming back
The Acton native was doing his part to promote another classic NBC comedy's return.
At 3:57 p.m. EST on Wednesday, the world stood still for comedy fans.
Acton native Steve Carell, who played bumbling manager Michael Scott on the beloved NBC comedy The Office, tweeted to his 4.97 million followers that the show was coming back.
https://twitter.com/SteveCarell/status/821823812387753984
Fans obviously went nuts.
https://twitter.com/jakehwilkins/status/821824686665371651
If this is a joke pic.twitter.com/y78YJpSUuK
— The OFFICIAL Gene Taylor Fan Club Account (@DerekLitke) January 18, 2017
https://twitter.com/Bearskopff/status/821825459553964033
But the actor dashed dreams of a Dunder Mifflin reunion only six minutes later when he corrected his “typo.”
https://twitter.com/SteveCarell/status/821825239629692928
Carell was referring to the long-rumored return of Will and Grace, which NBC confirmed on Tuesday would be coming back for a 10-episode run.
It’s exciting news for Will and Grace fanatics, to be sure, but fans of The Office were peeved.
https://twitter.com/shalomshuli/status/821830639552970754
https://twitter.com/robbystarbuck/status/821828910941773824
https://twitter.com/kprice_photo/status/821835597539143680
Even Carell’s Office co-star, Newton native B.J. Novak, was upset.
I’ll turn my car around
— B.J. Novak (@bjnovak) January 18, 2017
After the furor died down Thursday, Carell tweeted one more time, blaming the whole saga on his longtime Office nemesis.
https://twitter.com/SteveCarell/status/822110246281674752
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