--- title: John Krasinski Shocked a Customs Agent With His Marriage description: On Jimmy Fallon's 'Tonight Show,' John Krasinski recalled shocking a customs agent by revealing he's married to Emily Blunt. canonical: https://time.com/5227689/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-customs-agent/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-04T15:26:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:51.332Z og:title: John Krasinski Made a Customs Agent Angry When He Said He's Married to Emily Blunt og:description: The British customs agent couldn't believe it og:url: https://time.com/5227689/john-krasinski-emily-blunt-customs-agent/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt641d0cf8f054c512/69892ccc656a3fb7b5bd4100/screen-shot-2018-04-04-at-11-05-24-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1675 og:image:height: 942 og:image:alt: john-krasinski-jimmy-fallon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Krasinski Made a Customs Agent Angry When He Said He's Married to Emily Blunt twitter:description: The British customs agent couldn't believe it twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt641d0cf8f054c512/69892ccc656a3fb7b5bd4100/screen-shot-2018-04-04-at-11-05-24-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Krasinski Made a Customs Agent Very Angry When He Said He Was Married to Emily Blunt > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 4, 2018 3:26 PM UTC  John Krasinski tells Jimmy Fallon he made a customs agent mad when he revealed he's married to Emily Blunt John Krasinski tells Jimmy Fallon he made a customs agent mad when he revealed he's married to Emily BluntYouTube  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Apr 4, 2018 3:26 PM UTC Actor and director John Krasinski is riding a high from the [positive reviews](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a%5Fquiet%5Fplace%5F2018/) of his new horror film _A Quiet Place_. But leave it to a London customs agent to keep his ego in check. During a visit to [Jimmy Fallon](http://time.com/5177293/jimmy-fallon-parkland-pledge-march-for-our-lives/)‘s _Tonight Show_, Fallon casually asked Krasinski about his wife, fellow actress [Emily Blunt](http://time.com/5084758/krasinski-emily-blunt-acting/). Based on the audience’s warm applause, Krasinski admitted he knew he had “married up.” “They don’t have to tell me, the customs agent in London did,” he joked. He had been visiting Blunt regularly in London while she was shooting the remake of [_Mary Poppins_](http://time.com/4473276/emily-blunt-mary-poppins-different-julie-andrews/), in which she plays the titular character. But at one point he ran into a bit of a snag in the customs line. “I hit this guy, he’s about my age, he looked like he was about to get a little surly with me,” Krasinski recalled for Fallon. The agent definitely did not recognize Krasinski, and the first strike was that Krasinski had to explain that he was an actor in a remake of the British [_Office_](http://time.com/5212729/the-office-michael-scott-kanye-west-albums/) TV show. But when he shared who he was visiting, the agent definitely had some knowledge of the star’s wife. “Her name’s Emily Blunt,” Krasinski explained. “And he goes, _you_? _You_? _You_ married Emily Blunt? Ok, go. _Go_. 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