Mindy Kaling Responds to Criticism Around Her Role as Scooby Doo’s Velma

CLIP07/22/21

Mindy Kaling talks about breaking barriers with her role in Monsters at Work, how supportive her daughter is of her work on the show and how people responded to her landing the role of Velma in the Scooby Doo spinoff.

Appearing:Seth Meyers

Tags: late night, Seth Meyers, mindy kaling, Responds, Criticism, role, Scooby Doo, Velma

S8 E13610 minInterviewTalk and InterviewLate Night

2020-2021

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