The office co-stars BJ Novak and Mindy Kaling They remain close friends, even more so after the 44-year-old was named “godfather” to his two eldest children. Katherine Swati and Spencer AvuIn recent events the 45-year-old actress welcomed her third childAnne, in February – has not made public who the father of any of her children is.
This duo met when they were both 25 years old and filmed the comedy series in 2004. Although they have a very close friendship, the couple had dated from 2004 to 2007. Their relationship could be considered complicated as the duo has given their respective opinions on the matter.
The mother of three shared with Vulture In 2021, “No one, including us, ever knew if this was a date or if it wasn’t a date. We were never really dating, we never really stopped dating. We didn’t know. No one knew… The only thing we knew for sure was that we would always find one of us by each other’s side, even if we didn’t get along.
Benjamin Joseph even weighed in on the matter when he gifted his former lover the Norman Lear Award for Achievement in Television““We were in love with each other and reckless idiots… we would go to our respective offices and slam the door shut where we would continue to argue on AOL Instant Messenger,” Novak joked. “It was 2005. My username was @DaxSucks because I imagined myself in a rivalry with actor Dax Shepard. Hers was even stupider: @Fairfax1240 because that was her home address.”
At present, the Revenge The actor has already met the little girl, referring to her as “adorable and the best” according to People.
With their long friendship, The Mindy Project The star is well informed about the type of person she is. She recalled Entertainment Tonight, “He’s so good with kids!… He literally wrote a best-selling book called The book without pictures “For children… It’s something that comes naturally to him, you know, like being with children… So he’s a great godfather.”
She said Marie Claire“He is the godfather of my two children and they have a wonderful relationship.”