COSTUMES ON OUR WALL-O-WEEN.
GET READY AND MAYBE YOU’LL BE ON
THE WALL.
>> YOU ARE A LUCKY DOG.
YOU HAD A CHANCE TO HANG OUT
WITH MINDY KALING.
SHE’S BEEN MAKING HEADLINES.
>> EARLIER THIS MONTH SHE
WELCOMED HER SECOND CHILD.
SHE’S CHOOSING TO RAISE HER TWO
KIDS ON HER OWN.
I CAUGHT UP WITH HER TO TALK
ABOUT HER FAMILY, DATING LIFE
AND, OF COURSE, "LEGALLY BLONDE"
3.
>> MINDY KALING MADE HER MARK IN
HOLLYWOOD, WRITING AND STAR IN
SITCOMS LIKE THE OFFICE.
AND "THE MINDY PROJECT."
>> IN THE ELEVATOR MY HAIR CAME
UNDONE.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
I’M BASICALLY SANDRA BULLOCK.
>> HER MOST RECENT PROJECT WAS
KEPT UNDER WRAPS UNTIL A FEW
WEEKS AGO.
>> I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU DID IT
BUT YOU HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL
SECRET SURPRISE.
>> I HAD A BABY.
I THINK TODAY IS HIS SEVEN WEEK
BIRTHDAY.
THIS TIME HAS BEEN SO
CHALLENGING.
I HAVE THIS LITTLE CUDDLY 9
POUND HUMAN LIVING WITH ME.
IT’S BEEN THE MOST FUN,
UPLIFTING THING.
>> I GUESS DURING THE PANDEMIC
MUST BE A DIFFICULT TIME TO BE
PREGNANT BUT ALSO IN SOME WAYS
YOU DIDN’T SEE ANYBODY.
>> WITH HIM I JUST OCCASIONALLY
WOULD HAVE MEETINGS.
SO FROM HERE UP I WOULD HAVE TO
LOOK NICE.
BUT I WAS JUST KIND OF PREGNANT
AND NO ONE SAW.
I JUST THOUGHT, WHAT IF I COULD
GET AWAY WITH THIS.
>> WHAT DOES HIS SISTER THINK?
IS SHE JUST THRILLED ABOUT THIS
LITTLE MAN?
>> SHE WAS VERY SUSPICIOUS AND
WORRIED ABOUT HIM IN THE
BEGINNING.
I THINK IN HER MIND SHE THOUGHT
HE WOULD COME OUT AS A
2-YEAR-OLD.
SHE KEPT SAYING I’M REALLY
WORRIED ABOUT MY TOYS.
WHEN SHE SAW HE WAS THIS
HELPLESS ADORABLE BLOB BUT NOT
INTERESTED IN TOYS AT ALL, SHE’S
LIKE, OH, I LOVE THIS GUY.
>> HER LATEST WORK IS A
COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, "NOTHING
LIKE I IMAGINED EXCEPT
SOMETIMES."
AN INTIMATE LOOK OF WHAT IT’S
LIKE TO BE MINDY.
>> I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU
CATEGORIES AND YOU TELL ME HOW
THEY COMPARED TO HOW YOU
IMAGINED THEM AND REALITY.
MOTHERHOOD.
>> I IMAGINED THAT WITH
MOTHERHOOD THAT SOMEHOW MY
PERSONALITY WOULD COMPLETELY
CHANGE, THAT I WOULD BECOME THIS
INCREDIBLY MATERNAL PERSON WHO
DID ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
I DIDN’T CHANGE.
SOMEHOW MY HEART EXPANDED A
LITTLE BIT.
>> WHAT ABOUT DATING?
>> I HAD THIS OUTDATED FEELING
THAT NO PERSON WOULD REALLY BE
INTERESTED IN DATING SOMEONE
WITH KIDS.
EVEN THOUGH I KNEW EMPIERRICKLY
THAT WASN’T TRUE.
WHAT I FOUND WITH DATING --
OBVIOUSLY I HAVE A 7 WEEK OLD SO
NOT FOCUSED ON DATING AT ALL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO GOT MARRIED
IN THEIR 20s GOT DIVORCED AND
HAVE KIDS NOW AND ARE INTERESTED
IN FINDING A WOMAN WHO HAS GONE
THROUGH SOMETHING SIMILAR.
IT’S INTERESTING SEEING THE NEW
POOL OF MEN THAT ARE OUT THERE
AND APPEALING TO ME.
>> RAISED IN BOSTON AND DAUGHTER
OF INDIAN IMMIGRANTS, MINDY HAS
ALWAYS DESCRIBED HERSELF AS KIND
OF HINDU.
RECENTLY HER PERSPECTIVE ON HER
FAITH HAS CHANGED.
>> I WOULD GO TO RELIGIOUS
FUNCTIONS BUT FELT PRETTY
SECULAR.
IT WASN’T UNTIL I HAD MY
DAUGHTER AND MY MOTHER PASSED
THAT I FOUND LIKE MY FAITH FELT
LIKE SOMETHING THAT BONDED OUR
GENERATIONS TOGETHER BECAUSE OF
THE RELIGIONS WE DO.
>> SPEAKING OF FAITH, YOUR
CO-STAR IS THE GODFATHER OF YOUR
CHILDREN.
DO YOU SIT DOWN AND SAY LIKE
THESE ARE THE GUIDELINES.
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OF HIM?
>> HE’S THE FUNNIEST THING
BECAUSE HE’S SO ATTACHED TO MY
OLDER CHILD, MY DAUGHTER.
I SAID, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO
ME, IT’S NOT LIKE I HAVE A
HUSBAND AND YOU HAVE TO JUST
TAKE THE KIDS.
HE’S LIKE, OH, MY GOD.
DON’T TEMPT ME.
HE SAID, CAN YOU SUE FOR GOD
PATERNITY RIGHTS, BECAUSE HE’S
THE GODFATHER, BECAUSE HE JUST
LIKE LOVES HER SO MUCH.
>> BETWEEN HER PROJECTS AND
PARENTING, SHE’S COLLABORATING
WITH CAMPBELL’S SOUP AS A PAID
SPOKESPERSON FOR EAT RIGHT
CAMPAIGN.
>> I LOVE THIS IDEA OF EATING
RIGHT.
IT NORGSENCOURAGES YOU DON’T HAV
BE PERFECT.
EATING WELL IS CHOOSING
NOURISHING FOODS FOR YOURSELF
AND YOU.
I’VE BEEN TRYING TO EMBODY THAT
TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITIES
WHILE GETTING UP AT 3:00 IN THE
MORNING TO FEED MY NEW SON.
>> ALSO ON MINDY’S PLATE THESE
DAYS, A MAJOR HOLLYWOOD SEQUEL.
>> YOU ARE WRITING "LEGALLY
BLONDE" 3, WHICH IS SOMETHING
WHEN WE ANNOUNCED IT, HODA AND I
LITERALLY CELEBRATED.
WHAT HAS THAT BEEN LIKE?
>> IT’S REALLY DAUNTING.
IT’S SUCH AN ICONIC MOVIE.
THE THING THAT MADE IT APPEALING
IS THE FACT SHE’S 20 YEARS
OLDER.
WHAT IS THE 42-YEAR-OLD VERSION
OF ELLE WOODS.
WHAT IS SHE LIKE?
STILL CHIPPER?
HAS LIFE GOTTEN HER DOWN AT ALL?
IS LIFE THE SAME?
FOR ME I THOUGHT MAKING HER THAT
AGE AND HAVING HER GO THROUGH
THE SAME KIND OF THINGS I’VE
GONE THROUGH MADE IT FUN.
>> WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
MINDY.
YOUR BOOK IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
IT’S GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH,
AND WE NEED IT.
>>> SO I ALSO ASKED MINDY IF SHE
WAS GOING TO BE IN THE MOVIE.
>> AND?
>> SHE WANTS TO WRITE HERSELF
IN.
THE THING IS, WHO AM I?
SHE SAID THIS HILARIOUS THING
ABOUT BREASTFEEDING SHE FINDS
HERSELF WATCHING LIKE "MIND