United Kingdom, June 9 -- Mindy Kaling says getting fired from her own sitcom was her "worst experience" in Hollywood.

Before the 46-year-old actress found fame on The Office and The Mindy Project, she and college friend and co-writer Brenda Withers were working on a show about their real life friendship, only for bosses to recast them with "much better-looking actors".

She told The Hollywood Reporter: "I've had some bad experiences in Hollywood, but this was the worst experience.

"They [The WB] loved the idea of a show based on our friendship [her and Brenda Withers, her college friend with whom she co-wrote Matt and Ben], but they didn't want us to play the leads.

"So we had to write the show, and then we had to audition against oth...