Mindy Kaling on her breakup with BJ Novak: I was miserable & so beautiful
Here are some photos of Mindy Kaling out and about in NYC over the past few days. She’s been making the media rounds and hustling for The Mindy Project, which more people should be watching. She’s stopped by Watch What Happens Live, Today, the Howard Stern show and more. And she’s giving great quotes everywhere she goes. Last night, I listened to most of her Stern interview – go here to hear. Stern was really nice to her and he wants to find her a boyfriend. During the Stern piece, she also talked about dating BJ Novak back in the day and how he broke up with her, saying:
“He broke up with me. It was years ago that that breakup happened.” Mindy says she was “so sad” when they split. “Not angry, sad,” she said. “That was the hottest I’ve ever looked because I stopped eating. When I get depressed I stop eating. So I was so miserable and so beautiful. I remember waking up, barely getting out of bed and we worked together but I didn’t care. I had no makeup on…I was real miserable.”
Stern asked if Novak was the best sex she’s ever had. “It was pretty damn good,” Kaling admitted. “Real good. He’s a smart and funny guy.”
When asked if she would have married Novak if he proposed when they were together, she said, “At the time? Oh yeah. I was 24. For the record if anyone asked me to marry me I would have said yes.”
But there’s no bad blood between Kaling and Novak. They are still “best friends” and work together. “I love him, I think he’s a great person but I’m not holding a candle for B.J.” she dished.
BJ has always been really nice about Mindy in the press, always talking about how cool, talented, smart and funny she is. It sort of sucks, because they are perfect for each other. Sigh.
When Mindy was on Watch What Happens Live, she also revealed that she was up for a role in Bridesmaids – she auditioned for the role that went to Maya Rudolph. Mindy told Andy Cohen that: “I practiced it so much and was so into it and I loved that whole cast. That was one that was a heartbreaker.” She also joked that she’s been offered “a lot of searing dramas, like 12 Years a Slave. I was like, ‘I can’t do it! Tell Lupita to do it. I don’t have the time.’ [Michael Fassbender] was mad. It was a thing.”
Mindy also has a great interview with Time Mag – she’s into Game of Thrones, she adores working with Chris Messina (they have so much chemistry), and she loves reading fan-fiction.
Photos courtesy of WENN, Fame/Flynet.
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