Mindy Kaling Always Has Snacks Ready for B.J. Novak’s Visits

At all times ready. Mindy Kaling is so shut B.J. Novak that her kitchen is stocked in case he stops by for a go to.

“I need to have a tacit coverage in my home that you could assist your self. You don’t even have to get a serviette or a plate. Simply get a snack. My pricey good friend B.J. Novak will come over every time he’s on the town, and he by no means says he’ll keep for a meal, however he at all times eats a meal’s price of snacks,” Kaling, 43, advised Higher Houses & Gardens for his or her June cowl story, which was revealed on Wednesday, Could 10.

The actress continued: “I’m not going to pin this on him as a result of I really like snacks, too. However we at all times be certain that we have now little crunchy snacks out for him … So, nice snacks! That, to me, is what makes my home really feel like a house.”

Kaling, who’s a mom to youngsters Katherine, 5, and Spencer, 2, broke down her choice for an “open-door” coverage in her residence, including, “Being a hostess and somebody who has a door wide-open coverage is my dream, the place you may run round barefoot, there’s tons of meals and children, the place issues really feel stunning and casual on the similar time.”

Novak, 43, and Kaling initially met whereas engaged on NBC’s sitcom The Workplace. They dated on and off from 2004 to 2007, which mirrored the connection between their onscreen characters.

After the office comedy got here to an finish, Novak mentioned the challenges that got here with attempting to maneuver on whereas remaining on good phrases with Kaling.

“At any time when we date anybody else, I believe there’s a interval the place the individual may be very skeptical of our friendship,” the director, who’s the godfather of Kaling’s two youngsters, advised Leisure Weekly in 2013. “‘Everybody appears to suppose you two is likely to be a pair, and I don’t imply to get in the best way. ‘Are you positive you’re not courting? Are you positive you’re not going to finish up courting?’ It’s such a standard factor to have that platonic greatest good friend that turns into a bit bizarre while you begin courting somebody.”

The Mindy Mission star, for her half, weighed in on her resolution to keep up a close-knit friendship along with her ex. “He’s not my boyfriend, however he isn’t my greatest good friend,” she advised InStyle in 2015. “I suppose you may describe our relationship as a ‘romantically charged camaraderie with loud arguments,’ however I don’t suppose Fb would settle for this as a brand new standing.”

Extra not too long ago, Kaling addressed fan hypothesis that Novak is the daddy of her kids. “It doesn’t hassle me,” she advised Marie Claire in August 2022. “He’s the godparent to each my youngsters — they usually have such an important relationship. ”So [the speculation hasn’t] affected my happiness in any respect, it hasn’t affected my youngsters or B.J. If that’s what’s going to be titillating to folks, I’ll take it.”

The previous couple poked enjoyable at their courting historical past one month later whereas presenting on the 2022 Emmys.

“To all of the nominees we need to say, congratulations you lazy sons of bitches. How are you getting away with it? We did 22 [episodes] a yr. It could take up your complete life. [There] was no time for different tasks and no time for a social life. You had no alternative however to type sophisticated relationships together with your costars,” the Velma star joked whereas presenting the Excellent Writing for a Restricted or Anthology Collection or Film award in September 2022.

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The Premise creator for his half, added: “Now you may simply write some self-contained masterpiece, solid it with film stars, Shoot it for a couple of weeks and return to your fancy luxurious compound. Possibly you shot the entire thing at your fancy luxurious compound in all honesty.”