The Office co-stars B.J. Novak and Mindy Kaling stay shut associates, even moreso after the 44-year-old was named ‘Godfather’ to her two eldest youngsters – Katherine Swati and Spencer Avu. In current occasions the 45-year-old actress welcomed her third youngster, Anne, in February – she has not made public who the daddy is to any of her youngsters.

This duo met again once they had been each 25 and filmed the comedic collection in 2004. Though they’ve a really shut friendship, the pair had dated from 2004 till 2007. Their relationship may very well be thought-about a sophisticated one for the reason that duo have gave their respective opinions on it.

The mother-of-three shared to Vulture in 2021, “No one, including us, ever really knew, ‘Is this dating? Is this not dating?’ We were never really dating, we were never really not dating. We didn’t know. No one knew…All you’d know for sure was that you’d always find one of us next to the other, even if we weren’t getting along.”

Benjamin Joseph even chimed in on the matter when he offered his once-lover with the Norman Lear Award for Achievement in Television, “We were in love with each other, and we were reckless idiots… we’d go to our respective offices and slam the door where we would continue arguing over AOL Instant Messenger,” Novak quipped. “It was 2005. My screen name was @DaxSucks because I imagined myself in a rivalry with actor Dax Shepard. Hers was even stupider — @Fairfax1240 because that was her home address.”

In current time, the Vengance actor has already met the baby referring to her as “adorable and the best” as per People.

With their lengthy friendship, The Mindy Project star is effectively educated on the form of individual he’s. She recalled to  Entertainment Tonight, “He’s very good with children!…He literally wrote a bestselling book called The Book With No Pictures for kids…It comes very innately to him, you know, like being with children…So he’s a great godfather.”

She advised Marie Claire, “He’s the godparent to both my kids — and they have such a great relationship.”