Fears for Mindy Kaling after NZ river taste-test

  • 24/02/2017

Three's The Project host Josh Thomson has expressed fears for the health of US star Mindy Kaling after she tasted a New Zealand river.

"I'm in New Zealand, by a legit stream, and they say the water is so clean in New Zealand that you can drink from the stream. So I thought I would try," she said in an Instagram video.

She then sampled the water - and was impressed.

"Okay New Zealand. That's some hella good stream water."

However Thomson warned Ms Kaling on Friday the stream was next to a dairy farm - and joked Kaling was hospitalised as a result of her drink.

"Our thoughts are with her as she battles the evil giardia," he said.

However there was good news for the stream. Host Jesse Mulligan said Environment Minister Dr Nick Smith had now classified it as "drinkable"- so she should be fine.

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