Diamantopoulos played Brian the boom mic operator on ‘The Office’—and still gets flak for flirting with Jenna Fischer’s Pam, though he says there’s been ‘a bit of a shift’ in public opinion

Fans of The Office aren’t shy about telling star Chris Diamantopoulos they were not happy with his character.

Diamantopoulos, 49, who now costars in the Prime Video series The Sticky, played a memorable role in the final season of the hit NBC sitcom.
His character Brian, the boom mic operator in the show’s faux documentary, developed feelings for Pam Beesly (Jenna Fischer) and caused a rift between fan-beloved couple Pam and Jim Halpert (John Krasinski). He became a support system for Fischer’s character, shocking fans of the long-running show.

Even 11 years after The Office‘s 2013 finale, Diamantopoulos says that fans still “scream at me walking down the street, ‘How dare you try to break up Jim and Pam?’”