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This actress, who was in an earlier blind item was having a tough time defending her position of why she went and supported this disgraced comic at a recent show he put on.

It took some shine off her always on luster.

Mindy Kaling

Aziz Ansari

Mindy Kaling Defends Aziz Ansari and His Post-Scandal Comedy Tour

As comedian Aziz Ansari continues his “Road to Nowhere” tour, his comeback journey has drawn at least one high-profile supporter: Mindy Kaling. The writer-performer and Ocean’s 8 star repeatedly defended her decision to attend one of Ansari’s shows in an Instagram comment: “I’m a feminist and standing up for women is very important to me. I’m not rehabbing him Bc I think he did a fine job doing it himself,” she said.

Kaling initially posted a photo of her ticket stub and was met by a wave of concerned fans who expressed disappointment at her support of the comedian.

Kaling then spent a portion of Friday evening alternately replying to fans and deleting comments they left on her initial post, including one that likened Ansari’s behavior to that of singer R. Kelly. “I think comparing Aziz to R. Kelly was offensive and degrading to the victims of R. Kelly, so yeah, I deleted it,” she said, according to BuzzFeed. When another user criticized her for defending Ansari, Kaling replied, “I am a champion of women. I am also a champion of my friend and do not believe they are mutually exclusive.”

Ansari has returned to the mainstream stand-up stage following a 2018 Babe.net article in which an anonymous woman recalled going on a date with the comedian, in which Ansari allegedly pressured her repeatedly into having sex. Ansari claimed at the time he was “surprised and concerned” by the allegation and that he had perceived their interaction to be consensual, adding, “I continue to support the movement that is happening in our culture. It is necessary and long overdue.” – Source


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