Office writer on same-sex kiss: "...it gets so creepy."

Do these actors never learn? This is from Kristin Veitch of E! Online who was reporting from the 2007 William S. Paley Festival which hosted The Office crew on Friday night. Apparently, the "Gay Witch Hunt" episode from earlier this season came up and Steve Carrell and Oscar Nunez even re-enacted it. That's cool, but unfortunately, Paul Lieberstein, a writer for the show who also portrays Toby Flendereson had this to say about the kiss that aired on the show:

What was in the script was that Michael, he would kiss Oscar on the cheek. And we did several takes of that, and then once, Steve doesn't let Oscar turn away. And he gets closer, and as actors, we're in the scene acting, watching, and he gets closer and closer, and oh, it gets so creepy!

Because you know there is nothing so horrifying, so absolutely terrifying as being kissed by a man! I bet Lieberstein would rather the alien from Alien burst out of his chest than have to kiss another guy. (Note to Lieberstein: You should probably avoid Europe at all costs. Straight men kiss there all the time.) I suppose it's possible Lieberstein meant something else, say, perhaps anyone getting kissed by Michael (Carrell) would get creeped out. Unfortunately, Nunez (Oscar) had this say about the kiss:

There reached a point where he just went too far, and I just went, This a-hole! And I just went, Aw, yeah, it's happening...

Every time one of these straight actors opens their yaps about same-sex kissing, it just makes me appreciate the Matthew Rhys and Christopher Meloni that much more. EDITOR'S UPDATE: Judging from the comments below, I may have missed the point here and the whole thing is about Michael being creepy. I did watch the episode, but am not a regular viewer of the show. If that is the case, it's unfortunate that it wasn't made clear so folks who don't follow it regularly wouldn't get the mistaken impression these guys were "creeped" out by the same-sex aspect. Perhaps I was thrown by the fact that it was E! Online that first reported Jason Lewis' discomfort with kissing a guy. Anyway, feel free to keep adding in your comments.