Mindy Kaling Has Reportedly Given Birth To a Baby Girl
Congratulations are in order for Mindy Kaling—well, maybe. She reportedly gave birth to her first child, a baby girl, on December 15. And according to E! News, the actress named her daughter Katherine.
News first broke of Kaling’s pregnancy back in July. Since then, she’s kept details of her pregnancy as low-key as possible. Though she told Willie Geist during an appearance on Sunday Today, “I’d like to be the fun mom. I know I’m gonna be the dorky mom. So it could be kind of fun, too. I think that would be nice.”
She also noted that she felt some trepidation about becoming a first-time parent, simply because she didn’t know what to expect. “It’s so unknown to me,” Kaling said. “I have a lot of control over a lot of aspects of my life, and this is one where I’m like, okay, it’s out of my hands, which is kind of a fun feeling.”
Kaling added that she had all the motherly inspiration she needed at home with her own mother, Swati. “My mom was incredibly fierce and so devoted to us, just loved us and really wanted us to be happy no matter what we did,” Kailing told Geist. “My career choice was not something that she was familiar with, and she was just so supportive of that. And if I could give that to my child, just that open-mindedness, I’d be so happy.”
While Kaling will certainly have a fun holiday season with her new daughter, she won’t have the luxury of taking too much time off. Her latest film, A Wrinkle in Time, will be released in theaters in March—meaning Kaling will likely be back on the interview circuit soon. But then again, maybe her little one can just tag along and make each appearance all the more adorable.
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