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Mindy Kaling Explains How She Turned Into The Office's Michael Scott After Having Kids: 'So Funny and Sad'


Mindy Kaling is a mom to three kids: Katherine, 6, Spencer, 4, Anne, 10 months. The comedian explains how she's become 'The Office' character Michael Scott after welcoming her children.

As a guest on The Drew Barrymore Show on Friday, Dec. 6, alongside the cast of her Max series The Sex Lives of College Girls, the comedian, 45, opens up about what she's like as a mom to her three children: daughters Katherine, 6, and Anne, 10 months, and son Spencer, 4. Kaling actually recalls her thought process while writing the scene, sharing, "I wrote that episode and I remember at the time, I was 25. While chatting with PEOPLE in September, Kaling shared she's started to hang onto all of her gorgeous red carpet outfits, because she now has someone to pass them on to.

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