Rainn Wilson in August n Chicago. Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images

Rainn Wilson believes “The Office” would have to be different today.

During a recent appearance on “The Last Laugh” podcast , the actor, who played Dwight Schrute on the hit NBC comedy, talked about how cringey parts of the series could be.

Wilson cited “the Benihana Christmas episode” in which “Michael [Steve Carell] and Andy [Ed Helms] draw with a Sharpie on one of the Asian women that they’ve brought back to the Christmas party is jaw-droppingly, kind of horrific.”

“And it’s a tricky conversation. It’s like they’re clueless, and in their cluelessness, they’re racist and insensitive, and they’re always saying the wrong thing,” Wilson said. “And that’s Michael, Dwight, and Andy…and Kevin [Brian Baumgartner] for that m

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