From Modern Love: Bridget Everett Says a Best Friend Can Be Your Greatest Love

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The New York Times

News, Society & Culture

4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

We’re off for Thanksgiving weekend, but we are excited to bring you a great episode of the Modern Love podcast. Stories of romantic love are everywhere, but the actor, singer and comedian Bridget Everett says great friendships deserve our time and attention, too. Not just onscreen, but in reality. On the HBO Original series “Somebody Somewhere” (now in its third and final season), Everett stars as Sam, a character inspired by the actor’s own life. She tells the Modern Love host Anna Martin about how heartbreaking, hilarious and central platonic friendship is in the fictional world of the show, and in Everett’s own relationships. Everett also reads a Modern Love essay called “When Your Greatest Romance Is a Friendship,” by the novelist Victor Lodato. Lodato was in his 40s when he accidentally found his “person” and became the platonic life partner of an artist in her 80s who lived across the street. “Somebody Somewhere” is now streaming on Max. To listen to more episodes, please search Modern Love wherever you get your podcasts.

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0:00.0	Hi there, it's Lulu. We're taking this week off for Thanksgiving, but we'll be back with a new episode next Saturday when David interviews actress Tilda Swinton. In the meantime, I wanted to share with you a conversation I deeply enjoyed from our colleagues at the Modern Love podcast. Host Anna Martin spoke with Bridget Everett, who stars in the HBO series
0:21.3	Somebody Somewhere about the power of platonic love.
0:27.5	Love now and love.
0:29.1	Love was stronger than anything.
0:33.1	And I love you more than anything.
0:36.3	What is love?
0:37.1	There's to love. Love. love you more than anything. Just love, love.
0:40.6	From the New York Times, I'm Anna Martin.
0:43.1	This is Modern Love.
0:44.6	Every week, we bring you stories and conversations
0:46.7	inspired by the Modern Love column.
0:49.0	We talk about lovers, families, friends,
0:52.3	and all the messiness of human relationships. Today, I talk to the actor,
0:57.3	singer, and comedian, Bridget Everett. On the Peabody Award-winning HBO series, Somebody
1:03.4	Somewhere, now in its third and final season, Bridget stars as a 40-something woman named Sam.
1:09.8	Sam has always loved to sing,
1:12.1	but over time she's lost her self-confidence,
1:14.3	and she's given up on music entirely.
1:16.5	It's only after Sam becomes best friends
1:19.0	with a sweet, supportive man named Joel
1:21.3	that she starts to build herself back up.
1:23.9	He even pushes her to sing again.
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