Mindy Kaling is getting candid about her weight loss journey. During the May 27th episode of “The View,” the actress revealed to cohosts Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin that she’s wanted to lose weight since she was a preteen as she discussed the public’s reaction. “I think we all think it’s weird when public figures lose weight because we want this, I don’t know, this perfectly consistent narrative of their lives. But I have wanted to lose weight
since I was 12 years old. You know, I’ve been writing jokes about diet and body image since, you know, for 20 years now,” she shared in part, adding, “So when people are surprised or shocked that I wanted to lose weight, I’m like, ‘How is this news?’ This has been part of my personality since the Clinton administration.”
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