Why Mindy Kaling Turned Down Date Set Up by Reese Witherspoon

“When I was younger, I was yearning for professional success and personal success and both weighed on me equally,” she shared. “Now that I have professional success, it’s hard to muster up the energy. Both were sort of quenched when one was fulfilled.”

“When I was younger, I felt like, ‘If I don’t have a date on Saturday night, I’m a loser. I failed,’” Mindy continued. “Now, as you get older and smarter, you’re like, ‘Well, I don’t care about that. And no one cares if I do either.’”

Plus, the Legally Blonde 3 writer emphasized that being mom to her kids Katherine, 7, Spencer, 5, and Anne, 19 months, is extremely fulfilling, especially given that she has historically prioritized “funny, mean” guys over “someone earnest.”