--- title: Mindy Kaling Opens Up on Her Need for Privacy With Daughter description: Mindy Kaling got real when talking about the importance of privacy when it comes to her daughter and her relationships. canonical: https://time.com/5601349/mindy-kaling-on-daughter-privacy/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-06-05T16:12:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:59:06.720Z og:title: Mindy Kaling Discusses Why She Needs Privacy With Her Daughter og:description: The 'Late Night' star isn't afraid of setting boundaries og:url: https://time.com/5601349/mindy-kaling-on-daughter-privacy/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Mindy Kaling Discusses Why She Needs Privacy With Her Daughter twitter:description: The 'Late Night' star isn't afraid of setting boundaries twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # 'It's Really Essential to My Life.' 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As _The Office_‘s Kelly Kapoor, she was an avid oversharer about her office paramours — with her romance with Ryan Howard (played by Kaling’s good friend and fellow writer BJ Novak) being such a draw for viewers that many _Office_ [fans have suspected that Kaling has a relationship with Novak.](http://time.com/4771597/mindy-kaling-bj-novak-relationship/) In real life, Kaling has built a personal connection with her fans via social media that includes candid tweets and Instagram stories about making homemade baby food for her daughter, Katherine. All of which to say is that Kaling is hardly a reclusive public figure. However, in an interview with [_Glamour_](https://www.glamour.com/story/mindy-kaling-june-2019-cover-story), Kaling revealed that even though she’s an active social media user, she does have one boundary when it comes to sharing about her life and it involves Katherine. “I’m on social media and like sharing with people what my interests are and how my day’s going and all of that, but I do feel entitled to have privacy about my daughter and my relationships,” she said. “It’s really essential to my life that there be something not everybody knows about. That’s a boundary, but it’s a very small boundary. 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