Mindy Kaling welcomed her son Spencer Avu 11 months ago and spent the first few months of the pandemic pregnant, which she says was a real gift.

Kaling added that her experience with expecting a baby while the world was in lockdown was much less stressful than her first pregnancy with daughter Katherine Swati, who is now three. “It was a real gift to be pregnant during the pandemic. I felt scrutinised during my first pregnancy and I think that it was such a joy to spend the last seven months of my pregnancy under the cover, [as] nobody was out and nobody was taking photos,” said the actor-producer.