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After forging their friendship in the combative atmosphere of “The Office” writers’ room, B.J. Novak and Mindy Kaling’s bond remained strong long after they bid Dunder Mifflin adieu — Kaling even asked Novak to be the godfather of her two children. “He loves children and they’re so attached to him. He’s really part of our family,” Kaling said on “The Drew Barrymore Show.” Drew Barrymore wanted to know why she and Novak never got back together, and Kaling explained, “We’ve known each other for a long, long time, and I think anyone who has been friends with someone for 18, 19 years and at one point dated and now doesn’t, they maybe they understand this.” She also placed Novak in the category of exes that she doesn’t view as marriage material at this point in her life.
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In a 2014 appearance on “The Howard Stern Show,” Kaling revealed that Novak left her heartbroken when he dumped her years ago, and the situation wasn’t made any easier by the fact that they worked together. She also confessed that she happily would have married Novak back then if he’d popped the question. However, she added, “I was 24. For the record, if anyone asked to marry me, I would’ve said yes.” Luckily, Novak didn’t need to put a ring on it to have a meaningful relationship with Kaling. He told The Guardian, “We’re very close in sort of a natural, eternal way.”
