The TRUE nature of Meghan Markle and Mindy Kaling’s relationship revealed

On Tuesday, Meghan Markle‘s highly-anticipated home entertainment show finally made its way to Netflix as she hosted famous friends like Mindy Kaling and Abigail Spencer in her kitchen – but some episodes weren’t complete without a few ‘awkward’ moments, according to a body language expert.

The show, aptly named With Love, Meghan, was originally slated for a January release, but was pushed back due to the wildfires that were ravaging the Los Angeles area at the time. 

However, the new series didn’t disappoint, as eight episodes made their release on the streaming platform early this week, including one that featured comedian Mindy Kaling.

The two, who first met after The Office star appeared on Markle’s now-defunct Spotify podcast, Archetypes, reunited in her kitchen to film the second episode.

The Duchess was teaching Kaling all of her tips and tricks for hosting a children’s birthday party, which included making a rainbow fruit salad and ladybug crostinis with tomatoes.

And, while the episode seemingly went off without a hitch as they successfully threw an adorable garden party in Markle’s backyard, there were some seemingly high-tension moments captured.

‘Mindy is greeted in the hallway, but the body language looks awkward,’ body language expert Judi James told DailyMail.com exclusively about Kaling’s entrance on the show. 

‘There is an air kiss but it is overly-formal and Mindy bends her knees and pushes her pelvis back to avoid torso-touch,’ she continued.

The two, who first met after The Office star appeared on Markle’s now-defunct Spotify podcast, Archetypes, reunited in her kitchen to film the second episode

The Duchess was teaching Kaling all of her tips and tricks for hosting a children’s birthday party, which included making a rainbow fruit salad and ladybug crostinis with tomatoes

As the episode continues, the former Suits actress had to correct Kaling on her last name, as the Mindy Project star kept referring to her as ‘Meghan Markle.’

The Duchess insisted that she’s no longer ‘Markle’ but ‘Sussex’ as they made tea sandwiches together – which proved to be a ‘rebuke’ from the Duchess, according to James.

‘Meghan keeps her eyes down on the sandwiches in a cut off ritual to hide her eye expression but her face contorts into a wince of pain and possible frustration as her voice rises to its highest “annoyed child” pitch,’ James said.

‘Meghan turns to use eye contact and an assertively pleading eye expression with a clawed hand finger pinch of precision raised in the air,’ the expert continued. 

She also noted that the Duchess ‘hunches her shoulders to make her point of correction even more emphatic, balling her hand into a fist and rolling it in front of her heart to point out that “it’s our family name.”‘

‘This is an emotive, serious looking correction which Mindy watched wearing a polite smile,’ James added.

However, that wasn’t the only correction that the mom-of-two offered Kaling during their time together. 

Markle also corrected the comedian’s pronunciation of expensive kitchenware brand Le Creuset.

The Duchess insisted that she’s no longer ‘Markle’ but ‘Sussex’ as they made tea sandwiches together – which proved to be a ‘rebuke’ from the Duchess, according to James

‘The correction of her accent seems to lead to some lingering trace of resentment from Mindy who jokes to camera that, “Some of us have been to Europe,”‘ James told DailyMail.com

But no matter the awkward moments, it seems like Kaling really enjoyed being on the show, as she spoke about the experience during an interview late last month

‘When Mindy refers to Meghan’s bowls as “heavy-a** Le Creu-say” Meghan is quick to correct her pronunciation with no trace of humor in her tone,’ James observed.

She even noted that when Kaling humorously tries to lift the lid of her Le Creuset like they were weights, Markle ‘turns away to her fritatta,’ which she was plating up. 

‘The correction of her accent seems to lead to some lingering trace of resentment from Mindy who jokes to camera that, “Some of us have been to Europe,”‘ James told DailyMail.com. 

But no matter the awkward moments, it seems like Kaling really enjoyed being on the show, as she spoke about the experience during an interview late last month.

‘I was on maternity leave with my daughter in March and April, and Meghan texted me that she was doing a show where she was going to cook for her friends,’ Kaling, who has three children, told TIME Magazine. 

‘Would I want to come to Montecito and have her cook for me? I wanted to get taken care of in that moment of my life. That was a fun maternity leave field trip,’ she continued.

‘And I left with a basket of fresh produce and homemade jam and hot sauce because she knew I loved hot sauce. She’s a very generous woman who knew I needed a break.’