Mindy Kaling on ‘The Office,’ ‘Never Have I Ever’ and SNL

<p>Mindy Kaling broke through as a writer and star of ‘The Office’ and then ‘The Mindy Project’ before taking those roles to new heights in her latest film <a href="https://amzn.to/3w8KiG4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Late Night’</a> opposite Emma Thompson. In this episode, we talk about the complicated politics of that movie and what it’s actually like to be the only minority woman in an all-male writers room. Plus, Kaling speaks out for the first time about her controversial Instagram post supporting Aziz Ansari, reveals why she had to turn down her “dream” job at SNL and previews her hit Netflix show ‘Never Have I Ever.’</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This episode was originally published on June 18th, 2019.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow Mindy Kaling on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mindykaling" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mindykaling</a> and Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mindykalingo/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mindykaling</a></p><p>Follow Matt Wilstein on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mattwilstein" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mattwilstein</a></p><p>Follow The Last Laugh on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lastlaughpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lastlaughpod</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Highlights from this episode and others at <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/the-last-laugh" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Daily Beast</a>.</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>