“Stolen every year since 2005”

Kate Flannery said her former castmate was “so hot my eyes melt every time I see him in person.”

Kate Flannery always thought John Krasinski’s sexiness deserved recognition.

The actress, best known for playing the drunken supplier relations rep Meredith Palmer in The officereacted to his former co-star’s crowning as PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive with a spirited co-sign on Wednesday. “It’s so long awaited!” Flannery told TMZ. “John Krasinski has been robbed every year since 2005, in my opinion. It’s so timely.”

Flannery thinks Krasinski’s appeal should be obvious to anyone who has seen him. “Have you seen him recently?” she asked. “Have you seen him since Jack Ryan? He’s so excited. He’s so hot that my eyes melt every time I see him in person. He and Emily (Blunt, his wife) are so handsome I have to squint. He is really very sexy. Nobody pays attention to it? I’m so happy people are finally paying attention.”

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The actress speculated that elements of Krasinski’s on-screen character, as Jim Halpert, in The office made the public forget her sex appeal. “I’m not drunk, I’m telling you for real: John has always been adorable and really cute, but I feel like people haven’t seen his sexy side since he’s so cute,” she declared. “So it’s the perfect marriage of two things: cute and hot and sexy and funny and smart and, I mean, he’s so much more than Jim.”

Flannery recognized Krasinski’s It factor from their first days together. The office. “John was always one of the nicest, funniest, smartest kids,” she recalls. “I mean, when I met him The office he had done nothing. I hadn’t really done anything of note either. We also became famous together, and John always had that something, that something really special.”

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She concluded her speech by praising Krasinski’s multifaceted abilities as an artist. “He has so much talent,” Flannery said. “He’s an incredible director, he’s an incredible actor. He’s really funny, he’s really smart – (but) he doesn’t have to be funny. Because some people have to, and it’s exhausting. So John’s not exhausting. And yes, you see a spark in someone right away, and John always had that.”

Flannery is not the only one Desk star to react positively to the news. Angela Kinsey, who played Angela Martin on the sitcom, shared similar sentiments in an interview with Weekly Entertainment. “It tickles me so much. I found out this morning,” she said. “I love John. He’s such a good person and I’m so happy with all the success he’s having. But I think of him as my little brother, so it’s like your little brother becomes the greatest man. sexiest guy in the world! You’re like, “What’s going on? But he’s so cute.”