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

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

The actress, known for her role as boozy supplier relations representative Meredith Palmer The officeresponded to her former costar’s coronation as PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive with a spicy co-signing on Wednesday. “It’s been so long!” Flannery told TMZ. “John Krasinski has been robbed every year since 2005, in my opinion. It’s about time.’

Flannery believes Krasinski’s appeal should be obvious to anyone who has seen him. “Have you seen him lately?” she asked. “Have you seen him since? Jack Ryan? He’s so worked up. He’s so hot my eyes melt every time I see him in person. He and Emily (Blunt, his wife) look so handsome that I have to squint. He’s really, really hot. Is no one paying attention? I’m so glad people are finally paying attention.”

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The actress hypothesized that elements of Krasinski’s film character would appear as the everyman Jim Halpert The office have caused the public to overlook his sex appeal. “I’m not drunk, I’m really telling you, John has always been cute and really cute, but I feel like people haven’t seen his sexy nature because he’s so cute,” she said. “So it’s the perfect marriage of two things: cute and handsome and sexy and funny and smart, and I mean, he’s way more than Jim.”

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

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She concluded her remarks by praising Krasinski’s versatile abilities as an entertainer. “He has so many talents,” Flannery said. “He’s a great director, he’s a great 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 tiring. So John isn’t exhausting. And yes, you immediately see a spark in someone, and John has always had that.”

Flannery is not alone Office star to respond positively to the news. Angela Kinsey, who played Angela Martin on the sitcom, shared similar sentiments in an interview with Entertainment weekly. ‘I’m so stimulated by it. 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 consider him my little brother, so this is like your little brother getting the sexiest man in the world! You’re kind of like, ‘What’s happening?’ But he’s such a sweetheart.”