Jenna von Oy (Blossom's Best Friend!): Don't Live in Your Own Shadow

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Mayim Bialik

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Wellness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Thebigbangtheory, Spirituality, Selfimprovement, Mentalhealth

4.7 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Jenna von Oy (“Six” from Blossom!) reunites with Mayim to discuss coming of age on television, their mixed feelings about 90’s nostalgia, and the evolution of Jenna’s sexuality. They reminisce about all things Blossom - the origins of its “hat culture”, their on-set inside jokes & pranks, the groundbreaking nature of the show, why the odds were stacked against them, and their excitement about a potential Blossom reboot. Jenna explains how she cultivated emotional agility to handle rejection as a child actor, her people-pleasing tendencies that developed from portraying “girl next door” qualities, and how her role in her family changed after she found success acting, including the hard financial lessons she had to learn. She also opens up about the acceptance she found after beginning a relationship with a woman.

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0:00.0	We would like talk about all of the boys on the show, which had I really been able to
0:08.8	come out of my show a little more.
0:10.1	Probably would have been looking at some of the female guest stars on our show too.
0:15.1	But I didn't know that yet.
0:18.2	Then I was like, no, women were never on my radar.
0:20.2	And then I really thought about it.
0:21.4	In retrospect, I think they probably really were.
0:24.4	And I just didn't give my side and allow myself that.
0:30.0	But like, making myself happy, I started actually questioning what does that look like.
0:35.5	And that was one of those things where I just realized that I had fallen in love with this woman.
0:39.8	And here we are.
0:43.4	By and large, people were really accepting.
0:48.0	I feel closer to some family members than I've ever felt before.
0:53.5	Because I think that authenticity was such a breath of fresh air.
1:00.0	And while unexpected was, you know, they knew that that was me saying,
1:06.9	hey, you may or may not have a response.
1:10.0	That's fun or comfortable for me.
1:13.8	And this may be an uncomfortable conversation for you.
1:16.8	But here we are.
1:19.4	I have friends that I expected at living this house, obviously,
1:25.8	that the landscape is so challenging.
1:32.1	It is such a misunderstanding, especially at this time.
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