B.J. Novak Reflected on His ‘Toxic’ and ‘Romantic’ Relationship With Mindy Kaling
glamour.comsince they first met on the set of The Office in 2004. The pair were hired as writers for the popular comedy and joined the core cast as characters that would turn from friends to lovers.
Life imitated art when Novak and Kaling became real-life lovers that were "" and "never really not dating.” Their relationship status has changed since their early days on The Office, but Novak highlighted their ups and downs when he presented Kaling with the Norman Lear Achievement Award at the Producers Guild Awards.
Novak started his speech by addressing how he admired Kaling's ability to care about anything and everything, even the tempo for singing the Happy Birthday song.
He also shared details about their that neither had previously mentioned in public, touching on the passion they felt in each other's presence. “We were in love with each other, and we were reckless idiots, and the two of us would argue about all of these things forever,” he said to Kaling, who smiled in the crowd.
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