“Incredible. Incredible,' actor Jenna Fischer said of the revelation on her 'Office Ladies' podcast with Angela Kinsey.
” involved Jan telling Michael the identity of the father of her unborn baby was the now-retired tennis great, said Fischer and Kinsey .Kinsey explained what was cut from the show:
Jan looks to Michael like she’s expecting him to be very impressed. And Michael says, ‘The tennis player?’ And Jan says, ‘Well, it’s a little more than that. He’s the sixth-ranked player in the world and he’s won four grand slams.’ And Michael says, ‘That’s a lot of grand slams, I guess.’ And Jan says, ‘And he’s a humanitarian — something with orphans.
Roddick was friends with actor Rainn Wilson, who played Dwight Schrute, and would visit the set, Fischer recalled. “I have to imagine that the reason they wrote it as being Andy Roddick’s sperm was a little bit of a nod to Andy, who has an amazing sense of humor,” she added. “I am so sad for his sake that this did not stay in the episode.”And relive the episode here: