WORLD’S BEST BOSS! Steve Carell never initially planned to leave The Office. In a 2020 interview, it was revealed that when his contract was up after Season 7, he casually mentioned in a BBC interview that he might move on if the network wanted him to — but NBC never followed up. His contract quietly expired, and the network made little effort to renegotiate. Carell later reflected that it seemed as though they “didn’t really care” if he stayed. Having made his decision, Carell informed the cast