Almost 18 months after the birth of her daughter,Mindy Kalingis still keeping mum on the identity of her father — but maybe not forever.
In a new interview withThe New York Times, theLate Nightactress and mother of one opens up about why it has been important to her to keep conversations aboutKatherine Swati‘s paternity out of the spotlight.
“My feeling is that until I speak to my daughter about that, I’m not going to talk to anyone else about it,” says Kaling, who will celebrate her 40th birthday this month.
The star adds that she was “surprised athow much I enjoy being a mom” — mostly because she wasn’t in tune with a “maternal instinct” in herself before Katherine’s arrival on Dec. 15, 2017.
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Despite her biggest role now — as a mom — Kaling says the fact thatshe is “someone who loves work”is something that “will never change.”
“But the kind of work that I do has changed,” she tellsNYT. “When I did the first season ofThe Mindy Projectat Hulu, they were like, ‘You could do as many episodes in a season as you want.’ And I was like, ‘Can we do the maximum?’ ”
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Kaling found early motherhood “very funny, and at times very gruesome” — but that doesn’t mean she will necessarilyuse those experiences to influenceany future work projects.
“I don’t know that I would ever write about it,” she reveals toNYT. “I do think that a child appreciates you for none of the things that you are proud of.”
“The qualities in my life that I’m really proud of, like being a funny writer or a good dresser or a great boss or a good listener — I don’t know that my daughter loves me for any of those reasons,” Kaling continues. “To her,my value is something completely different.”
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source: people.com
