Mindy Kalingis showing off her summer style!
On Friday, the actress and writer shared photos of herself wearing various bikinis toInstagram, captioning the post with an inspirational body-positive message.
“IDK who needs to hear this but… 🗣 WEAR A BIKINI IF YOU WANT TO WEAR A BIKINI,” she wrote. “You don’t have to be a size 0. Swipe for my storytime and have a great summer ❤️.”
TheLate Nightstar, 40, then added a note to her caption encouraging her followers to “tag” her in their own bikini pictures: “If you want to buy ANY high waisted bikini and wear it, tag a pic so I can comment)!”
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In the same post, the mother of one also shared a video where she explained that she was inspired to post the photos after recalling trips to visit her best friend in Hawaii.
“What I was struck about Hawaii is that everybody wears bikinis,” Kaling said. “It does not matter what your body type is. You rock a bikini. ‘Cause you’re in Hawaii!”
“There’s so much body positivity there that I, who was always really shy about my body, would wear bikinis,” she continued. “And it’s summertime, so I thought it’d be fun to do a little fashion shoot where I rock some high-bottomed bikinis!”
“Killin it!!!!!” modelTess Hollidaysaid, whileTory Burch,Yara ShahidiandJessica Mulroneyshowed their love through emojis.
The Mindy Project alum recently opened up about why she’s kept the identity of her daughter’s father a secret, sayingin a June interviewthat, “until I speak to my daughter about that, I’m not going to talk to anyone else about it.”
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The Officestar added that she was “surprised athow much I enjoy being a mom” — mostly because she wasn’t in tune with a “maternal instinct” in herself before Katherine’s arrival
Kaling has certainly been keeping busy since welcoming Katherine.
“I wanted to take the themes and the essence of the movie and apply it through my eyes of what I would like to see that I haven’t seen yet,” she said. “I know so many beautiful, funny, interesting African-American girls and so many handsome, hilarious British-Pakistani and British-Indian guys and I don’t think anyone would put them together if I’m not going to do it.”
source: people.com
