TODAY’s Jenna Bush Hager sat down with “The Office” star during the “In Search of a ‘Soul Boom’” panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado on Monday, June 26.
“There’s a number of different reasons,” Wilson said. “One, is I grew up a member of the Baha’i faith … people don’t know this but I have a secret inner Oprah.” The actor has gone on a profound journey of discovering what makes him truly happy. It’s something that he struggled with while on “The Office,” he said.
Being open about his struggles and journey, the actor now encourages people to be honest and vulnerable. Wilson followed up his book with a new Peacock series, “Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss,” in which he visited countries like Ghana, Thailand, Bulgaria and Iceland, searching for the secrets to happiness.