Gigi Levangie, BEEN THERE, MARRIED THAT

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🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Gigi Levangie is the author of Been There, Married That, a funny take on a ruthless Hollywood divorce. She also wrote The Starter Wife and Maneater, which were both adapted into award-winning miniseries. She was a screenwriter for “Stepmom” starring Julia Roberts. Gigi and I talked about everything from marriage and divorce, LA vs. NY, the advice she gives friends on whether or not to stay in their marriages, and how to deal with divorce and blended families. Gigi is absolutely hilarious and finds the humor in just about everything. I loved every minute of it.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Zibi Owens, and you're listening to the award-winning podcast.
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0:21.1	This week's episode has been sponsored by A Thing or Two, which is a podcast hosted by Claire
0:25.5	Mazer and Erica Strullo, who you might know is the co-founders of the website of a kind,
0:29.9	RIP, or the co-authors of the book Workwife, which I've had on my podcast.
0:34.9	They're all about discovery and enthusiasm.
0:37.3	This podcast has been described as
0:39.0	an unique mix of urgent discussions of non-urgent things and thoughtful discussions of
0:43.2	important and otherwise ignored things. And I'm very much on board with that take. Claire and
0:48.8	Erica also send out a weekly companion newsletter with a diehard following. You can sign up to
0:53.2	receive it at Claire and Erica.com. So thanks so much to Claire and Erica and they're a fantastic podcast,
0:59.1	a thing or two, which you should definitely check out. I'm here today with Gigi Lavange,
1:03.5	who's the author of several novels, including The Starter Wife, which was adapted as an
1:07.9	Emmy-winning miniseries starring Deborah Messing and Man-Eater, which was
1:11.4	adapted for a Lifetime miniseries starring Sarah Chalky. Her latest novel is Been There, Married That. She also wrote the screenplay for the movie Stepmom with Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. Her articles have appeared in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Glamour, and she currently lives in Los Angeles. So welcome, Gigi.
1:27.7	Thanks for coming on moms. Don't have time to read books. Thank you so much for having me, Zibby. Gigi's being so patient because I just had about 15 minutes of technical difficulties when my computer decided to, you know, update for no apparent reason. So anyway, thank you so much for being so chill. Thank you. Okay, Been There, Married
1:45.1	that, loved this book, laughed like the entire time I read it. What is Been There, Married
1:50.4	that about and what inspired you to write it? Okay, it's basically a funny take on a ruthless
1:56.6	Hollywood divorce. It's about a Hollywood writer who one night finds herself locked out of her own home.
2:04.7	And afterwards, she has to navigate a high-stakes divorce with her OCD producer, husband,
2:10.8	with the help of her jailbird sister. And it's also, at the same time, she's dealing with
2:16.1	perimenopause and a pre-pubescent teenager, basically it's also, at the same time, she's dealing with perimenopause and a prepubescent teenager,
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