Mindy Kaling Reveals Absurd Question She's Received During 'Ocean's 8' Press Tour

Mindy Kaling hit Seth Meyers‘ couch on Late Night on Thursday (May 24) and talked all about Ocean’s 8, the text chain she shares with her castmates and the absurd question she received during their press tour.

The 38-year-old actress revealed the interviewer couldn’t figure out how she managed to play a character who knows about diamonds. “Mindy, you play a jeweler. Now, you are not married and have never been engaged, so how do you know about diamonds?,” Mindy recalled.

“Cause it’s all about diamonds and stealing diamond necklaces and I was like, sorry,” Mindy continued, “so he was basically like, ‘How, you, a famous spinster? How would you—you’ve never been anywhere near a diamond before. No man has ever—as though if you’re not married and engaged, you’ve never seen a diamond.”

“It also seems to me that he has a fundamental misunderstanding of acting,” Seth added. “But he was so incredulous,” Mindy joked, “he was like, ‘I can’t put this together! No man has ever loved you. So in what way would you—.”

Click inside to watch the rest of Mindy Kaling’s appearance on Late Night…