Story highlights Mindy Kaling takes a dig at Newark on "The Mindy Project"Newark's ex-mayor Cory Booker responds with a dinner invitation(CNN) It's like a modern romcom featuring a television star and a politician -- complete with a social media twist. What started out as a diss on Hulu series "The Mindy Project" may lead to a dinner date between the show's actress Mindy Kaling and New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker. A recent episode of the show featured Kaling's character, Mindy Lahiri, puzzled that the senator attended a friend's event. "Cory Booker? I can't believe he came," Kaling's character said on the show.

Source: CNN March 25, 2017 09:22 UTC