For eight years, Jenna Fischer performed Pam Beesly on the beloved sitcom The Workplace. Throughout that point, her character’s romance with co-worker Jim Halpert, performed by John Krasinski, was on the coronary heart of the hilarious present.
Nevertheless, Fischer has had her personal romances within the public eye. The Emmy-nominated actress was married to filmmaker James Gunn from 2000 to 2008. She then obtained remarried in 2010 to Lee Kirk. Followers of The Workplace might even acknowledge Fischer’s second husband from a particular cameo look he made on the present.
Who Is Lee Kirk?
Very like Fischer, Lee Kirk has been in present enterprise for almost 20 years. According to Broadway World, Kirk is initially from Dallas, Texas. He reportedly graduated from the Theatre Faculty at DePaul College in Chicago, Illinois. He’s additionally reportedly a founding member of Saint Ed, a theater collective.
According to IMDb, Kirk obtained his begin writing and showing in a number of video shorts earlier than writing his first feature-length movie, Pants on Fireplace, in 2008. Since then, he wrote and directed the movies The Big Mechanical Man (2012) and Atypical World (2016).
Kirk additionally wrote the performs Unhappy Completely satisfied Sucker and Champion, which have made the rounds at a number of theaters over time.
Kirk Rejected Fischer’s Movie Concept When They Reconnected In 2008
Fischer and Kirk first formally met at a movie competition years earlier than they fell in love. According to Fischer’s interview with Vulture, they picked names out of a hat pairing actors and actresses with screenwriters. She was picked to do Kirk’s film.
Nevertheless, on the time, they have been each in relationships with different individuals. In response to that very same interview, Fischer additionally appeared in a music video he wrote, though it’s unclear which one she was referring to. But, since they have been acquaintances, Kirk got here to thoughts in 2008 when Fischer began assembly with writers so she may produce a movie.
According to a separate interview with Red Book Magazine, Fischer pitched Kirk an concept that he “very politically” turned down. Nevertheless, it doesn’t look like there have been any onerous emotions.
In flip, Kirk pitched Fischer the concept for a movie a few silver-painted road performer. Fischer cherished the concept, they usually started engaged on the film The Big Mechanical Man.
On the time, Fischer was nonetheless within the midst of her divorce from James Gunn, and Kirk had simply gotten out of a seven-year-long relationship. In response to Fischer’s Vulture interview, they stored issues platonic for months previous to starting a romance. Fischer famous wanting to maintain issues skilled for concern of jeopardizing the venture.
Nevertheless, love at all times finds a means. Slowly, their conferences to debate the movie slowly began turning into dates, and the remaining was historical past. The Big Mechanical Man premiered in 2012.
Their First Public Look As A Couple Was At The 2008 Emmy Awards
As reported by People, Fischer and Kirk first stepped out as a pair in September 2008 on the Emmy Awards. In June 2009, lower than one yr after going public, the couple reportedly obtained engaged whereas vacationing in Europe. In a pleasant parallel, followers of The Workplace have been additionally celebrating Pam Beesly and Jim Halpert’s engagement on the present on the time.
Fischer and Kirk obtained married on July 3, 2010. Fischer later revealed on an episode of her podcast Office Ladies that Survivor host Jeff Probst really officiated their wedding ceremony. In response to Fischer, she, Kirk, and Probst turned nice mates after assembly at an Emmys celebration.
“We ended up really hitting it off, especially Jeff and my then-fiancé, Lee, really hit it off because they had tennis in common. They play tennis together,” Fischer casually revealed on her present.
The couple’s first youngster, a boy named Weston Lee, was born in September 2011. The couple additionally welcomed a daughter named Harper Marie in Might 2014.
Kirk Had A Completely Awkward (And Intimate) Cameo In ‘The Office’
When you’re a fan of The Workplace and also you acknowledge Kirk from someplace you simply can’t put your finger on, we are able to clear up the thriller. You almost certainly acknowledge Kirk as Pam Beesly’s lactation marketing consultant from the Season 6 episode “The Delivery.” After Fischer’s character gave beginning, the present put collectively the proper cameo for Kirk.
Within the episode, Kirk performs a lactation marketing consultant who helps Pam and Jim after their child has hassle latching on to breastfeed. Within the awkwardly intimate cameo, Kirk’s character makes Jim uncomfortable by getting handsy with Pam’s breasts.
According to Office Ladies, which Fischer co-hosts along with her real-life greatest buddy Angela Kinsey, the hilarious second was really impressed by Kinsey’s personal troubles breastfeeding.
Kirk really appeared on his spouse’s podcast and revealed that the second was a bit awkward for him as nicely. Since he and Fischer hadn’t had youngsters but, the concept of a lactation skilled’s occupation was nonetheless a bit overseas to him as nicely.
However, it delighted followers. It’s definitely particular that Fischer and Kirk have the episode to look again on. In a means, it acts as this hilariously awkward time capsule for the early days of their relationship. It’s clear that, since that cameo, Fischer and Kirk’s relationship has solely gotten stronger.