Mindy Kaling is finally addressing those longtime rumors she’s secretly dating B. J. Novak — admitting that while she understands how it looks, they are not together!

The actress opened up about her super-close bond with her former “The Office” costar and ex-boyfriend, revealing BJ is basically family at this point … especially with her three kids, who adore their godfather.

Addressing the internet’s obsession with whether BJ secretly fathered her children — the 46-year-old says she totally understands why people think that … and if she were looking at their relationship from the outside, she’d probably have the same questions too.

Honestly, fair enough. The two did actually date from 2004 to 2007 … and they are obviously still tight … so yeah, the rumor mill was always gonna run wild.🤷‍♀️

But as of now, Mindy told Bustle she’s happily single. Despite growing up obsessed with romance and writing love stories into her shows, she says she’s surprisingly content without a serious partner these days.