--- title: John Krasinski Praises Wife Emily Blunt to Stephen Colbert description: Stephen Colbert does not understand how he got her canonical: https://time.com/4169180/jon-krasinski-emily-blunt-stephen-colbert/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-06T16:08:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:28:22.100Z og:title: Watch John Krasinski Recall the First Moment He Met Emily Blunt og:description: Stephen Colbert does not understand how he got her og:url: https://time.com/4169180/jon-krasinski-emily-blunt-stephen-colbert/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch John Krasinski Recall the First Moment He Met Emily Blunt twitter:description: Stephen Colbert does not understand how he got her twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch John Krasinski Recall the Very First Moment He Met His Wife Emily Blunt by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 6, 2016 4:08 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 6, 2016 4:08 PM UTC John Krasinski stopped by _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_ Tuesday to promote his new film, _13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi._ The [Michael Bay-directed movie](http://time.com/3976605/michael-bay-benghazi-movie-trailer/) depicts the 2012 attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi and stars a [newly buff](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/john-krasinski-shows-off-newly-buff-body-bulging-biceps-in-mens-health-w159905) Krasinski. Krasinski also took a little time to talk about his wife, fellow actor Emily Blunt. “I want to preamble that I like you and I’m a fan of yours,” Colbert says, “when I ask, how did you get Emily Blunt?” Krasinski seems to agree that the British actress (who recently [became a U.S. citizen](http://time.com/4026340/emily-blunt-us-citizenship/)) is a bit out of his league. He said he was so nervous when he first met her that his opening line was just him standing there with his mouth gaping open. She was very friendly though — and obviously, the rest is history. Oh, and even though Krasinski is all [conventionally hot now](http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/12/oh-okay-so-john-krasinski-is-hot-now.html#), Blunt still [prefers](http://www.eonline.com/news/728514/john-krasinski-says-emily-blunt-hates-his-new-muscles-she-would-way-prefer-to-have-doughy-guy-back) the older, “doughy” version of her husband. John Krasinski Praises Wife Emily Blunt to Stephen Colbert ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4169180/jon-krasinski-emily-blunt-stephen-colbert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4169180/jon-krasinski-emily-blunt-stephen-colbert/"},"headline":"Watch John Krasinski Recall the Very First Moment He Met His Wife Emily Blunt","datePublished":"2016-01-06T16:08:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:28:22.100Z","description":"Stephen Colbert does not understand how he got her","url":"https://time.com/4169180/jon-krasinski-emily-blunt-stephen-colbert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4169180/jon-krasinski-emily-blunt-stephen-colbert/","name":"Watch John Krasinski Recall the Very First Moment He Met His Wife Emily Blunt"}}]}] ```