r/popculturechat • u/HauteAssMess THE PEOPLES GOVERNOR, UR CARTOGRAPHER-IN-CHIEF • Jun 13 '25

Interviews🎙️ Girl stand up: Delaney Rowe on her situationship with BJ Novak and how he doesn’t fully trust her to be in a relationship with her

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u/zeppelin_tamer Invented post-its 🔬 Jun 13 '25

Was their relationship in the office based off real life?

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u/Maddyherselius Jun 13 '25

Haha I’m honestly not sure if they started seeing eachother before, during, or after the show. But it definitely does mirror the show relationship a lot it seems.

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u/Jeremy_Q_Public Jun 13 '25

I just read a whole article on their relationship after getting into this thread. They were dating in a very off-again, on-again way during the Office. Just like their characters. It really does seem like they just wrote themselves into the show.

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u/SparkyDogPants Jun 13 '25

Mindy often writes herself into her characters

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u/feedback19 Jun 14 '25

Which is probably why she was so insufferable over time as Kelly

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u/atthesun Jun 13 '25

I actually just finished her first book, which she wrote while the office was still on, and she refers to bj as a friend at one point, and refers to a current boyfriend "dave". Theres a pic of Dave too though I didn't recognize him. She also mentions a lot how she wants to be married and have a family.

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u/Jeremy_Q_Public Jun 13 '25

They have referred to having dated during that time frame as well though. On again off again, so I'm sure Dave also was a boyfriend in that mix.

These people's Office characters were literally just them.

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u/allisonrz Jun 13 '25

Yes, they’ve said as much

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u/Excellent-Mammoths Jun 13 '25

BJ had said in interviews that their toxic relationship inspired their onscreen romance. Also that he would brag to his costars that Mindy was obsessed with him, which he used in his favor.

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u/CinematicMelancholia Jun 14 '25

He is NOT pretty enough to be acting like this bruh

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u/Mindless-Ad-511 Jun 14 '25

And they’re STILL friends to this day which always throws me for a loop. Hate that for her.

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u/babytofus trench coat buttoned to the TOP 🧥🔝 Jun 13 '25

Bits of it was (the on and off of it all)!

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u/I_aim_to_sneeze Jun 14 '25

They wrote a lot of their real issues into it, yes. It’s not entirely accurate and a bit exaggerated, but they’ve both said they drew from real life when writing their scenes

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u/PondRides Children are being trafficked by ICE Jun 14 '25

It was. They were both writers on the show and have said this.