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Mindy Kaling on the Challenges That Come with Being a Single Mom and Hollywood Super Producer · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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Speaker 2: Mindy Kayling made the decision to have kids as a
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Speaker 2: single mom a few years ago and never looked back.
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Speaker 2: But she opened up to WSJ magazine about some of
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Speaker 2: the challenges she faces as she raises two kids aged
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Speaker 2: five and three on her own, saying, it's really rewarding,
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Speaker 2: but in terms of my career as a single mom,
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Speaker 2: I'm the bread winner in the house, so there's a
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Speaker 2: lot of panic that comes with that, but the buck
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Speaker 2: stops with me. I have to earn money for them.
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Speaker 2: Having kids is everything. Wanting to be a good role model,
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Speaker 2: wanting to produce content that doesn't embarrass them and makes
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Speaker 2: them proud. It's another layer to my life and a
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Speaker 2: complication that I welcome, Mindy Kayling there. Her next project
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Speaker 2: that she's both writing and producing is about a woman
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Speaker 2: running a professional basketball team, Starr Kate Hudson. Look for
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Speaker 2: that Netflix soon that's
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