Amy Poehler knows how to promote her upcoming book, Yes Please, which arrives in stores (and in your Kindles) on Oct. 28. Yesterday’s coverage of Amazing Amy (see what I did there?) discussed her divorce from Will Arnett and how Louis CK’s advice helped her cope. I appreciated Amy’s candor on how she and Will were able to co-parent their two children during their split. It’s not easy.
There’s much more to this memoir of sorts. Amy’s book includes a chapter called “Obligatory Drug Stories,” which sounds … suspect. I do appreciate her honesty (if she’s not embellishing the truth). This chapter will also make for a fun read and some decent gossip:
On cocaine: “I tried cocaine, which I instantly loved but eventually hated. Cocaine is terrific if you want to hang out with people you don’t know very well and play Ping-Pong all night. It’s bad for almost everything else…The day after cocaine is rough.”
On ecstasy and/or Molly: “I remember a wonderful UCB (comedy group United Citizens Brigade) New Year’s Eve party where we all danced and drank water and loved each other. I also remember the next day when I thought I had no friends and I was so sad I wanted to sink into the carpet and permanently live there.”
Life as a single mother of two: “The next day is the thing I can’t pull off anymore. How do you explain to a 4- and 6-year-old that you can’t play Rescue Bots because you have to spend all day in bed eating Cape Cod potato chips and watching The Bicycle Thief?”
She doesn’t even smoke pot much anymore: “I can’t perform, drive or write stoned, and therefore I smoke pot a lot less than I used to.”
On mushrooms: “Everyone needs love, never hurt a living thing [and] don’t worry about the choices you make because everything will be fun because life is a closet filled with pool toys.”
[From Radar Online]
I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that some of these antics took place during SNL cast parties, which are notorious for their shenanigans. Some of these revelations make me feel exhausted. I don’t judge Amy for her drug experimentation, and she seems to give the message that drugs (other than weed, which she still enjoys on occasion) are pointless wastes of time, money, and energy. Does it seem like Amy’s bragging? I think she’s simply trying to entertain her audience. The fact that she calls them “obligatory” drug tales seems tongue-in-cheek instead of wholly factual. That’s fine. She’s a comedian. She tells tales. No one expects everything to be true.
Book cover courtesy of HarperCollins; photos courtesy of WENN
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