Mindy Kaling Explains How She Turned IntoThe Office's Michael Scott After Having Kids: 'So Funny and Sad'

Mar. 15, 2025

Mindy Kaling.Photo:Natasha Campos/Getty Images for Andie Swim

Natasha Campos/Getty Images for Andie Swim

Mindy Kalingmay have played Kelly Kapoor onThe Office, but since having three kids, she says she’s much more like Michael Scott.

As a guest onThe Drew Barrymore Showon Friday, Dec. 6, alongside the cast of her Max seriesThe Sex Lives of College Girls, the comedian, 45, opens up about what she’s like as a mom to her three children: daughters Katherine, 6, and Anne, 10 months, and son Spencer, 4.

During the discussion, she reveals how she’s become just like Steve Carrell’s character on the NBC sitcom, Michael Scott.

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Mindy Kalings kids Kit, Spencer, and Anne.Mindy Kaling/Instagram

Mindy Kaling/Instagram

Kaling actually recalls her thought process while writing the scene, sharing, “I wrote that episode and I remember at the time, I was 25. I was so far from thinking of having kids and I thought, ‘Oh, that’s like, so funny and sad that like a grown-up would wanna have kids to have friends.’”

She continues, “Now cut to me being like, ‘Oh, I can’t wait — I have two daughters — I can’t wait until they get older so they can be my pals.'”

“I am Michael Scott,” Kaling jokes. “But I just want them to become like in their twenties and be my pals.”

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Mindy Kaling kids.Mindy Kaling Instagram

Mindy Kaling Instagram

The proud mom is not only looking forward to her daughters becoming her “pals,” but she alsocan’t wait until they can fit into her red carpet gowns.

While chatting with PEOPLE in September, Kaling shared she’s started to hang onto all of her gorgeous red carpet outfits, because she now has someone to pass them on to.

“I used to be like, ‘Well, I could never wear it again. So I don’t need to keep it,’ " Kaling told PEOPLE. “Sometimes I would ask to keep them or buy them, but rarely.”

“Now that I have two daughters, I was literally like, they’re going to be so annoyed that there’s so many gowns that I didn’t keep,” she joked. “So now I’m making a more considerate effort.”

source: people.com