Mindy Kaling Calls B.J. Novak an “Integral Half” of Her Household
When you might know her as Kelly Kapoor or Mindy Lahiri onscreen, it seems Mindy Kaling goes by just a few completely different names offscreen.
And that is a selection that The Workplace alum—born Vera Mindy Chokalingam—made early on in her profession.
Nonetheless, Mindy gave followers a glimpse of the initials she prefers to make use of in actual life in an Instagram Story on Feb. 23. Whereas making ready for a flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco, she confirmed off a pink, monogrammed baggage tag with the initials VMK connected to her suitcase—revealing that she apparently makes use of a hybrid of her actual identify and stage identify in her private life.
Though the baggage tag nonetheless makes use of the Ok for Kaling, it nonetheless acknowledges the V in Vera, her start identify.
It wasn’t till she began her profession in stand-up comedy that the By no means Have I Ever creator thought to alter her moniker for work.
“Emcees for these comedy exhibits would have hassle saying it, after which they’d make a joke about my final identify,” she shared with NPR in 2020. “As a performer, these comedians would simply butcher it after which be like, ‘I do not know what it’s! Simply this woman, Mindy.'”
