Carell stopped playing his character Michael Scott on the sitcom after the show’s seventh season in 2011. In his new book “The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s”, Andy Greene, I include interviews with many of the staff members, including that it is revealed that Carell never planned to leave the show when he did.
The show’s stylist, Kim Ferry commented: “He did not want to leave the show, he told the chain that he would sign for a couple more years … but the chain let time go by and they never offered him a new contract.” “The Office” ended after nine seasons in 2013, the past few years has been rumored about a possible reunion, while NBC director Robert Greenblatt revealed that he has been in contact with the show’s creator, Greg Daniels, about a potential new season.
