It’s a 10 second clips that’s been making the rounds on social media.
A reporter with E! Online asked Mindy Kaling “what’s your type?”
It was an apparent reference to Kaling’s preference for dating exclusively white men on her program, The Mindy Project.
Jezebel, which has called out Kaling for her choice of men, seemed to like the questioning– commenting that it “didn’t seem pointed enough.”
Aerogram had a different take. Its story started off “What not to do if you are a hack Red Carpet host at the 2014 Oscars, rubbing elbows with Hollywood glitterati:Ask them something as dopey as “What color guys do you like?”
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What do you think? Should the reporter have asked the question? It was quite different from the usual questions about which fashion designers the celebrity might be wearing or softballs about their latest project. Refreshing or obnoxious?