Everything Mindy Kaling Has Said About Embracing Her Body

Mindy Kaling’s career launched in 2002 when she debuted a play she wrote at the New York International Fringe Festival. The success of her play led to her job as a writer, director, producer, and performer on comedy fave “The Office” (via Business Insider). That was over two decades ago, and, despite her body changing over the years, she’s not bothered. “I would love to be the size I was when I was 32 or something, but I just refuse to beat myself up about it,” Kaling said in Shape in 2021.

She proved that in 2019 with a viral Instagram post featuring two pictures of her in bikinis and a video of her telling an important story poolside. “What I was struck about Hawaii is that everybody wears bikinis,” she said in the video about visiting a friend in The Aloha State. “It does not matter what your body type is. You rock a bikini.” Her caption drove the message home further, as she proclaimed, “IDK who needs to hear this but… WEAR A BIKINI IF YOU WANT TO WEAR A BIKINI.” Inspired followers even went on to tag Kaling in their own bikini selfies.

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