Bemused, Andy Roddick provided a possible explanation for his inclusion in the original script.
“I knew Jenna [Fischer] and her husband Lee [Kirk] back in the day,” Roddick said, “and they knew that I was a huge fan of the show.”
Though the women of the podcast never confirmed his answer with the writers of the episode, Fischer and Angela Kinsey echoed the same sentiment, speculating that his love for the show is likely the reason why he was named in the episode.
“Andy Roddick was friends with Rainn Wilson, and he was a big fan of ‘The Office,’ and he came by the set,” Fischer said. “I have to imagine that the reason they wrote it as being Andy Roddick’s sperm was a little bit of a nod to Andy, who has an amazing sense of humor. Me and Lee got to know Andy and Brooklyn through our love of tennis.”
