The actress gushed over the fellow “Office” alum while accepting her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Tuesday.

Novak, who played one-half of on-again, off-again dysfunctional couple Ryan Howard-Kelly Kapoor on the beloved NBC series, was on hand to deliver a speech for Kaling, which he wrapped up with a sweet nickname that may have referenced “The Office.”

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