Mindy Kaling Says BJ Novak is Her Daughter's Godfather!

Mindy Kaling steps out to celebrate partnership with DSW on Friday afternoon (May 3) at Home Studios in New York City.

The 39-year-old actress opened up to Good Housekeeping at the event about her relationship with former The Office co-star and ex-boyfriend BJ Novak.

“If I was on the outside looking at it, I would think the same thing,” she said about rumors swirling around about their relationship. “But the truth is that B.J. is so much more like family now than a platonic friend. He’s the godfather to my daughter, he comes over like once a week. Sometimes he’ll come over just to hang out with her.”

“In the When Harry Met Sally version of platonic friends, I too think that’s strange,” she said. “But when you’ve known someone for as long as I’ve known him — the time that we met each other, which was like 24. Now, we’re both almost 40. It’s such a long time that he truly is just a part of my family.”