Melora Hardin Inspired This Major Storyline For Jan On The Office

By the end of "The Office"'s third season, Jan Levinson had gone from an uptight, straight-laced boss to unemployed and completely unhinged (via Cheat Sheet). One of the most shocking twists of Jan's character is when she gets a boob job to win Michael back after he breaks up with her. According to Melora Hardin in an interview with Rolling Stone, she inspired this storyline inadvertently in a conversation with Greg Daniels, an executive producer and co-creator of the show.

According to Hardin, at an event where "The Office" was being previewed to advertisers, she said to Daniels, "It's funny, I'm looking around at the females in our cast, and I'm thinking nobody in our cast has a boob job." Hardin went on to explain that for Daniels', "wheels just started turning in that moment. It was just so funny to see. That was when he thought, 'Ding-ding-ding-ding! Jan's getting a boob job!' When Michael broke up with her, in order to get him back, she goes and gets her boobs giant. I just think that's hilarious, and obviously the beginning of her losing her s***."