'My friend’s husband': Mindy Kaling playfully roasts Prince Harry and the Internet loves it

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Mindy Kaling sparked laughter across social media after she playfully roasted Prince Harry at a recent BetterUp summit.

The actress jokingly referred to him as a book author who is married to her friend.

Mindy Kaling jokes she's going to check out Prince Harry's book 'Spare'

Kaling took to Instagram on April 11 to post a picture of herself smiling alongside the Duke of Sussex while she took a playful jab at his 2023 memoir 'Spare', which stirred controversy upon its release.

“Met my friend’s husband at a work event. Seemed pretty cool. Said he wrote a book. Gonna go check it out!” she captioned the picture.

On Wednesday, April 10, 'The Office' star who is friends with Meghan Markle met Prince Harry at a BetterUp summit held in San Francisco, according to Daily Mail.

Kaling and the renegade royal who were both speakers at the event are the chief impact officer for the tech organization.

'The Mindy Project' star also shared pictures from backstage which included a snap from her dressing room captured before the discussion.

Mindy Kaling opens up on parenting approaches

Kaling hosted a conversation titled "Leading with Laughter," along with author Adam Grant at the event where they opened up about their parenting approaches.

The 44-year-old actress who has two children, daughter Katherine, six, and son Spencer, three, said "Gentle parenting I am rethinking."

"It’s this thing lots of LA and New York and certain progressive cities do, and sometimes you just have to scream at your kids … so I am rethinking it!” Kaling joked.

In 2022, she made an appearance on Markle's now-defunct podcast 'Archetypes' and candidly spoke about the societal expectations of a woman being single in her 40s.

Internet reacts to Mindy Kaling roasting Prince Harry

After Kaling playfully roasted Prince Harry as her "friend's husband" who "wrote a book," netizens laughed at the actress' sarcastic remark.

"And this is why she is comedy genius," a user wrote on X (formerly Twitter) and another user wrote, "He looks more like he's laughing than smiling. She probably cracked him up before the snap."

"'My friend’s husband' I love her," a user tweeted, and another user wrote, "She's hilarious! I wonder if she told him she had written a book as well."

"This is why she has written her own tv shows. Girl is fire," a netizen remarked and one user wrote, "Meghan & Mindy being buddies is my Roman Empire."

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