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Actress Mindy Kaling announced her “Scooby-Doo” Velma character is South Asian and made it clear she didn’t “care” if “people freak out” about the animated mystery hunter no longer being a white character. During the Warner Bros. Discovery Upfront presentation Wednesday, the 42-year-old star and executive producer of the upcoming adult animated series, titled “Velma,” showed the audience an image of her character who is now South Asian, reported Entertainment Weekly. Kaling’s solo-series is reimagined from the popular 1969 cartoon “Scooby-Doo.” On the show, it was Velma who was often the one who solved the mysteries and was definitely seen...
