Wednesday, May 20, 2026

“The Office” Star Craig Robinson Said He Was Quitting Comedy — And Everyone Believed His Hoax

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“The Office” star announced on social media a few days ago that he was quitting comedy for a new career.

Of course, this was repeated everywhere by everyone on the internet. The statement became headlines in every bit of the media.

And of course, it’s not true. It was a prank leading up at AT&T commercials featuring the B team cast of “The Office.”

This is what’s wrong with the internet. Nothing is fact checked. Every single statement is immediately disseminated as a headline for click bait.

It was a good move by the ad company involved but bad for all the media that just ate it up. (We did not bite at this.)

Reporters — make a call! So easy!

Sad.

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Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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