Mindy Kaling REACTS to Rumors She and B.J. Novak Had a Falling Out _ E! NewsMindy Kaling REACTS to Rumors She and B.J. Novak Had a Falling Out _ E! News
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00:00 Mindy Kaling is responding to rumors that she and BJ Novak had a falling out.
00:06 After celebrity gossip account Des Moines shared a blind item suggesting that the office
00:11 alums had agreed to put some distance between them, Mindy was quick to set the record straight.
00:17 Do you have a question, Kelly?
00:18 Yeah, I have a lot of questions.
00:20 Number one, how dare you?
00:22 In response to rumors that she and her longtime BFF and former boyfriend had a serious falling
00:28 out, the 44-year-old comments on the March 23 post seemingly poking fun at the rumor
00:35 by writing, "OMG I hate him so much."
00:39 However, the duo's relationship is lifelong, with Mindy appointing BJ as the godfather
00:46 to her two children, daughter Katherine and son Spencer.
00:51 And while the Sex Lives of College Girls creator has kept the identity of the children's father
00:56 a secret, the move has prompted many online to speculate that BJ is actually their father.
01:03 However, both parties have simply allowed the rumors to roll off their back over the
01:08 years.
01:09 Mindy tells Marie Claire in August of 2022, "It doesn't bother me.
01:15 He's the godparent to both my kids, and they have such a great relationship.
01:21 And so far, the rumors haven't affected my happiness at all.
01:25 It hasn't affected my kids or BJ.
01:29 If that's what is going to be titillating to people, I'll take it."
01:33 Mindy has also been clear about why the pair works so well as friends and nothing more,
01:39 saying this to Drew Barrymore in December of 2022, "I think I dream of you being like
01:46 the ultimate couple because you seem like best friends, and you're just both so wonderful."
01:51 "He is a wonderful friend, and he's the godparent of both my kids.
01:56 And he loves children, and they're so attached to him.
01:59 He's really part of our family.
02:00 But we've known each other for a long, long time, and I think anyone who's been friends
02:04 with someone for 18, 19 years and at one point dated and now doesn't, like, they maybe understand
02:09 this."
02:10 "I think I dream of you being like the ultimate couple because you seem like best friends,
02:17 and they're so attached to you."
02:20 "I think I dream of you being like the ultimate couple because you seem like best friends,