Mindy Kaling Gets a Sweet Surprise from Her 3 Kids After Hollywood Walk of Fame Ceremony: 'We're So Proud'

Mar. 15, 2025

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

Natasha Campos/Getty Images for Andie Swim

AlthoughMindy Kaling’skids didn’t attend herHollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, they did have a sweet surprise in store for her when she got home.

On Tuesday, Feb. 18, the actress and mom of three, 45, shared a photo on her Instagram Stories of a sign her three kids — daughters Anne, 12 months, and Katherine “Kit,” 7 and son Spencer, 4 — made her in honor of her big day.

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Mindy Kaling’s present from her kids.Mindy Kaling/Instagram

Mindy Kaling/Instagram

Despite her kids not being able to join her at the ceremony, Kaling did have another special person — longtime friend and her kids' godfatherB.J. Novak— alongside her as she received the honor. Novak, whom Kaling noted is an “important and integral part of my family,” spoke on her behalf at the ceremony, calling her an “incredible mother of three.”

“Mindy respects and understands [fame] in a very intuitive way because in addition to being a brilliant and wildly successful showrunner, an incredible mother of three, a deep and caring daughter and friend and mentor to so many,” he shared.

“You’d be on the walk of talent if they had one,” he added. “You’d be on the walk of friendship. You’d be on the walk of compassionate parenthood, but let’s face it all of these would be terrible field trips, so here you are instead, very deservedly, a person who means so much to so many on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.”

B.J. Novak and Mindy Kaling.Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty

Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty

In an interview withWSJ. Magazinein February 2024, theNever Have I Evercreator opened up about howmotherhood has changed her perspectiveon life.

“It’s really rewarding, being a mom and spending time with these two people who look like me,” Kaling shared with the outlet. “I love them, and they’re so funny. In terms of my career, I’m a single mom, I’m the breadwinner in the house.”

“So there’s a lot of panic that comes with that, the buck stops with me, I have to earn money for them,” she added. “Having kids is everything — wanting to be a good role model and wanting to produce content that doesn’t embarrass them and makes them proud is another layer to my life and a complication that I welcome.”

source: people.com