I was a fan of Lena Denham until I read her awful memoir that basically described an insufferable person with very little clue of how terrible she is. I remember putting it down feeling gross and never could feel the same about someone I previously admired. Has anyone else had a similar experience? What memoir?
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Friends, lovers, and the big terrible thing by Matthew Perry. Loved watching him on friends but then I listened to his memoir when it came out and yikes.
Literally my own teenage diaries will do this to me. If only I could reach through the pages and slap that idiot😅
I read Andy Cohens “daddy diaries” and I have some mixed feelings.
I’m a big Andy fan and think he is funny and has interesting life but he does kinda come off as occasionally mean to rando fans/ service people if he’s having a tough day.
Gerry Adams, leader of Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland. I was somewhat sympathetic to their objectives (still am) but after reading a bit in his memoirs that he was a childhood bully and his victims enjoyed it – bleurgh.
Brooke Shields. Not that I admired her in the first place but her tale of post partum depression sounded interesting. Wasn’t all that interesting. Vapid disappointment.
Prince Harry, like, just shuuuut up!
Ugh. Lena. It ruined Girls for me.
Jai Pausch… (wife of Randy “**the last lecture**” Pausch) Randy’s book and battle with cancer was crafted to be inspirational and uplifting, her retelling of the events from her perspective was really just wiping her ass with every page of Randy’s book…
Tan France from Queer Eye. I always liked him on the show but in his memoir, he comes across as flaky and entitled. At one point he talks about how he had so many jobs as a young adult bc he would quit without notice after a week or just not show up for work if he didn’t feel like it
Amy Poehler. Terribly written, nothing much to say, gushes about Louis CK
I was too young when I first read Stephen King’s memoir and his descriptions of alcoholism put me off him for years. Now I get that his memoir is a really honest story of addiction and recovery, and the credit he gives his wife makes me respect him more. There’s good writing advice too.