Mindy Kaling Addresses Relationship & Family Dynamics With B.J. Novak: ‘I Don’t Blame You for Thinking Me & B.J. Novak Are a Thing’

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    1. alwaysouroboros on

      I honestly don’t think there is anything she could do that would ever convince the general public they aren’t involved in some capacity, so why not just live her life.

      Even if she stopped being so close people would just claim they finally ā€œbroke upā€. It’s a lose lose at this point. If they are casually involved, clearly they don’t want it to be public. If they aren’t, they are just very close.

    2. indomiegorengkuah on

      She didn’t really deny he’s the father lol, either: he is or she wants to keep it vague so it gets them more attention

    3. Positive-Aide7544 on

      Honestly if she chose him as a sperm donor I get it. Even NDAs don’t stop people from talking so I would choose someone from that world if I was in her position.

    4. undeadtradwife on

      Nobody thinks they’re ā€œa thingā€ we think she’s hopelessly in love with him and he’s stringing her along to stroke his own ego 😭

    5. lucretia-mott on

      I must say, after like two decades of this . . . I find these two to be exhausting.

    6. pearshaped34 on

      I don’t think people think they’re a thing they think his her baby daddy who exclusively dates 20-somethings he meets on Raya.

    7. Thin-Direction on

      If my father pretended to be my uncle cause he didn’t want to claim my mother and preferred much younger white women I would perish. I feel bad for the kids.

    8. I don’t think they are together now. He’s dating someone pretty young, I think.

      He’s the father of her children, 100%.

    9. Cold_Breadfruit_9794 on

      I can’t believe she really just copy and pasted the Ryan & Kelly dynamic into real life. The Office never really ends

    10. AmethystApothecary on

      I feel in the minority in thinking he is not her baby daddy, that their on/off relationship being the base for Ryan and Kelly was greatly exaggerated and they were probably not that serious when dating, that they probably are just friends now and Mindy isn’t secretly pining over him but instead keeps her relationships private and that she doesn’t answer for a few reasons: she doesn’t owe anyone an answer, it’s none of your business, and even if she flat out denied it (which I feel like she has said things that contradict him being the baby daddy) you all would still be like “lol don’t believe her” so it’s completely useless.

      People will believe it because they want to, it’s juicy, and without knowing these two individually it’s very relatable scenario.

    11. Radiant_Priority9739 on

      So they dated years ago, were always close and hes the father of her kids?

    12. Revolutionary_Sir_ on

      they keep this shit going to stay relevant … these two are so fucking annoying

    13. I’m so bored of their is he/isn’t he. I wonder if they love the attention they get for it.

    14. spewedicing on

      i never really bought what they were selling. but i have found myself in a very close platonic friendship with someone of the opposite sex. nobody wants to believe it but we are in fact just friends.

    15. YouNeedCheeses on

      We get the same nothing-burger statements from these two about this every eight months.

    16. Any_Shower_9075 on

      People need to leave her alone. She’s a successful woman who wanted children and 99% chance is she used a sperm donor to achieve her goal. I don’t understand why people can’t grasp that. She didn’t have to be with anyone to have kids!

    17. intheafterglow23 on

      I can’t wait for her eldest daughter’s tell all memoir in like 15 years

    18. the thing that drives me most insane about this is people refuse to use logic. ON WHAT PLANET does your on and off again fwb who will never commit to you also agree to father and raise to children with you? (but secretly)

    19. KittyIsAn9ry on

      Ugh, she said nothing AGAIN. Shit or get off the pot Mindy, I’m so tired of hearing about you and BJ. If you’re not together, great, please let’s talk about anything else!

    20. Logical_Quote_5073 on

      Mindy wants us to think they’re a thing because she herself has wanted them to be a thing for years and years and years.

    21. AnneMarieAndCharlie on

      is he still dating that tiktok comedian he was playing like a damn fiddle

    22. Coriolanuscangetit on

      Ok so she didn’t say that he’s not the father of her kids. She said they are not currently dating, and she is single.

      I’m not sure I’ve ever seen the will-they-won’t-they branding tool taken quite this far before, but this is a smart lady and it’s keeping people interested in her life and her work. So…more power to her, I guess.

    23. It’s wild how many people assume she’s the one pining after him and not the other way around based solely on how the Ryan/Kelly dynamic was.

    24. impl0sionatic on

      It’s really wild to me how much Kaling changed as a person after reaching a certain level of success after The Office. Her early memoirs and persona were really inspiring to me but these days it’s as if everything I read about her is a little bit wonky or out of touch.

    25. AfroPuffs90 on

      Girl, just say NO HE IS NOT THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN!! Or don’t and allow the speculations to run wild šŸ«