Charlene deGuzman Has Unsexy Stories About Sex

The Hilarious World of Depression

American Public Media

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4.8 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Actor and writer Charlene deGuzman grew up thinking that women should be like the centerfolds her father had plastered all over the garage: alluring to men and ready for sex. As an adult, this led to a sex and love addiction where the line between sex and love got blurry. Eventually, she hit bottom amid a failed relationship, a disastrous reaction to that failed relationship, substance use, and suicidal thoughts. She got help and, this is a bit unusual, made a critically-acclaimed movie about her recovery experiences.

Learn more about Charlene, including where to watch "Unloveable," at charstarlene.com.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	This is a story of sex and love and the confusion between one and the other.
0:05.4	There's also plenty of depression in there.
0:07.4	Oh, and filmmaking.
0:09.4	Is depression funny?
0:11.4	It's gotta be where else I'd die.
0:14.4	It's the hilarious world of depression.
0:31.4	I'm John Moe and I'll say up front that this episode contains some pretty frank discussions
0:36.7	about sex.
0:38.2	The discussions about sex are not sexy.
0:41.2	Far from it.
0:42.2	They're honest and that's what our guest has been doing in the last few years, getting
0:46.2	honest about the role of sex and love and mental health in her own past.
0:52.1	I'm Charlene Deguzman and I'm an actor and a writer and we're in Pasadena.
1:00.0	Is that right?
1:01.0	Yeah, like Pasadena.
1:03.0	Charlene Deguzman has worked as a musician and dancer too.
1:06.7	She co-wrote and stars in the movie Unlovable, which is based on her life.
1:11.2	The film tells a story of Joy who's trying to pull herself together.
1:15.0	Joy's life and Charlene's had fallen apart due to an addiction to sex and love.
1:20.8	This is from the movie.
1:22.6	How are you?
1:24.3	I lost my boyfriend.
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