Mindy Kaling recalls being 'confined to bed' for six weeks
Mindy Kaling has opened up about her struggles after her last pregnancy.
Mindy Kaling was "confined to bed" for six weeks after her last pregnancy.
The 46-year-old actress was urged to rest by doctors after privately welcoming her third child, a baby girl called Anne, in February 2024.
Mindy told the Giggly Squad podcast: "I was on bed rest for my last baby, who is two. The last six weeks, I was confined to bed. It was heaven to just lie in bed, take all of my Zooms and it was like, 'I have a medical condition.'"
Mindy joked that the enforced rest even gave her an excuse to take important meetings in her pyjamas.
The actress - who also has Katherine, eight, and Spencer, five - said: "I have to look bad Zooming with Bela Bajaria from bed wearing sweatpants and she just has to deal with it. It's the best."
Meanwhile, Mindy previously admitted that she feels most comfortable writing about "strivers and dorks".
The Hollywood star is a huge fan of the hit TV drama series Euphoria - which stars the likes of Zendaya, Jacob Elordi and Sydney Sweeney - but Mindy doubts she could write a similar type of TV show.
Mindy - who rose to fame playing Kelly Kapoor in The Office, the hit TV sitcom, between 2005 and 2013 - told The Hollywood Reporter: "I love Euphoria and I think [creator] Sam [Levinson] is like a genius. I think he has a lot to say about things like sex and drug use and addiction and those are incredibly interesting, but we don’t have a ton of experience in that."
Mindy admitted that she struggles to relate to some of the storylines in Euphoria.
The actress said: "I watch that show on the edge of my seat, vicariously, but I feel like nerds lusting over guys is more what we feel comfortable writing about so that’s why we do this. We write about strivers and dorks and people who are underestimated."
