Thursday, Mindy Kaling sat with Good morning, America and discussed that time one of his co-workers The office it made her feel terrible for her body.
When she was 25, she worked as a writer and as an actor The office, one of her co-stars made a suggestion for a fun “joke”: that her character suggest that her character, Kelly Kapoor, drop 15 pounds. “This is my biggest insecurity and someone just yelled at me,” he said Thursday. “It’s really devastating.”
This shitty joke and a relatively painful experience is what Kaling brought with her in her other creative endeavors. “I had an estimate of how I am,‘ People are examining [me], and not just examining [me], they are verbalizing their displeasure with my appearance because I don’t see it in a certain way, ”he said.“ That kind of dissonance has really affected so much of what I write. [and] the kind of characters I play. ”This is clearly demonstrated in the previous clip, where By Chris Messina activated character The Mindy Project suggests the same to Kaling’s character, but finds himself with the outrage and anger he deserves.
Kaling also talked about his most recent work, the Netflix show I’ve never done it before, which is a charming teen comedy that is probably meant for kids, but is also great for adults (hello). Devi, played by Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, is precisely the kind of character Kaling wanted to see on TV when he was older: a “dark-skinned Indian girl” who becomes the main character. “He’s real, he goes out with guys and guys like her, the guys hate him, he goes in and out of the drama, he fights with his friends, but he’s normal and he’s the character from the point of view, so you can look at him and feel— I’ve seen you use a phrase used by people much younger than me, ”said Kaling.
What is the lesson here, if any? Don’t say things about other people’s bodies! Also, look I’ve never done it before, it’s very pretty, it can make you cry if the wind blows well, and also, Paxton Hall-Yoshida forever. [People]
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