Star of NBC’s The Office , Ellie Kemper, has confirmed that wedding bells are in her future.
The 31-year-old sitcom actress dished to late-night host Conan O’Brien about her writer soon-to-be husband, and her grandfather’s reaction to meeting her intended a few Thanksgivings ago. Kemper is engaged to Michael Koman- who, coincidentally, worked for O’Brien for “many, many years,” as O’Brien pointed out during the interview with the Office star on his show Conan . Kemper, who plays Erin on the popular NBC property, tells this story about her grandpa’s comments after “grilling” Koman:
“So we finished dinner and we went to the kitchen to have dessert. There was a pumpkin pie and a pecan pie out, and my grandpa said, ‘Ellie, what kind of pie are you gonna have?’ and I said, ‘I don’t know, grandpa. They both look really good. I think I’ll have pecan.’ He said, ‘Are you sure, Ellie, because it’s okay to keep your options open. You don’t have to settle on a pie right now.’”
She continues:
“He was like, ‘Who knows what other pies might present themselves? Maybe your mom has a blueberry crumple in the back. Maybe Mrs. Burke will stop by with an apple crisp.’ I looked at over at Michael who’s stricken, because obviously, he thinks he’s talking about Michael.”
However, Kemper insists, her family is very “warm, welcoming people” and that “Michael is a delight.” She also says they’ve met her fiance “several times” since the pie discussion. Kemper did not say if the couple has yet set a date for their wedding.
