It turns out Mindy Kaling isn’t so good at hiding secrets.
At least, one secret in particular.
The actress was in the early stages of her pregnancy – around two weeks along – while she was filming Ocean’s 8.
And with it still being too early to share her happy news with her co-stars, she was forced to think on her feet.
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Kaling – who welcomed her daughter late last year – said:
“I remember we went to dinner once when I was two weeks pregnant and I couldn’t tell anybody.”
After initially claiming it was due to superstition that sh didn’t share the news, her co-star, Sandra Bullock, replied:
“It’s not superstitious! You just don’t mention it until you’re the first trimester in.”
Kaling was forced to adapt quickly, fibbing that she was on antibiotics.
Bullock added:
“[Sarah] Paulson and I kept trying to get you to order a cocktail, and you’re like, ‘I’m on strict antibiotics.’
“And we’re like ‘What kind of antibiotic is that?’”
When she was challenged by her co-stars again, the soon-to-be mum began to “spin a web of lies”.
She said:
“Then I said they were antipsychotics.
“I had to spin a web of lies. I just wish I had been able to actually drink with them.”
Ocean’s 8 is due to arrive in cinemas in Ireland next month.
