Mindy Kaling Reveals Why She Isn't Dating BJ Novak

Mindy Kaling and BJ Novak have been friends for years, and they even dated at one point. Their roles as Kelly and Ryan in The Office caused fans to ship these two even more, but Mindy is setting the record straight about their relationship.

While on The Drew Barrymore Show on Tuesday (December 6), Drew actually shared with Mindy, “I was on a date once and BJ Novak sat down and I remember thinking, ‘Oh I wish I was on a date with him. He’s so attractive. Why is he not with Mindy Kaling? I wanna be with Mindy Kaling. Why are they not together?’”

Click inside to read Mindy’s response…

“Wait, wait, your first reaction was, ‘Wow he’s so attractive?’ He’s gonna be so excited about that,” Mindy said.

She then said BJ was a “wonderful friend.”

“He loves children and they’re so attached to him. He’s really part of our family,” she added. “But we’ve known each other for a long, long time and I think anyone who’s been friends with someone for 18, 19 years and at one point dated and now doesn’t, they maybe understand this. You have exes that you wouldn’t necessarily marry now.”

A few months ago, Mindy responded to the rumors that BJ is the father of her two kids.