Mean Baby, Fascinating Adult

Dolls of Our Lives

Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney

Society & Culture, History

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Earlier this year, Selma Blair published her memoir entitled Mean Baby. Described as “mean” in her early years, Blair has been searching for labels that fit for decades. A self-described seeker, Blair has looked to psychics, fellow celebrities, teachers, and writers to figure out how to write her own story. In this book, Blair talks about some of her more famous roles (Cecile in Cruel Intentions, Vivian in Legally Blonde) and her great loves (a prep school, actor Jason Schwartzman, and her son, Arthur). A note from us: readers/listeners should know that Blair describes her experiences with eating disorders, mental health, substance abuse, and chronic illness with great detail.

Original air date: September 28, 2022

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0:00.0	I'm ready and Raymond is purring on the bed, so he's also ready.
0:13.2	Oh my God, Raymond, I hope you read the book.
0:15.7	There's nothing like coming to a book club meeting.
0:18.0	If we can tell you haven't read it, Raymond loves Selma Blair.
0:21.6	He gives that vibe, like he has a similar dark loner energy you might say
0:27.4	chaotic at first he thought this was a Tony Blair autobiography and I said no no no Selma and he said oh yeah I love her haircut.
0:35.0	Ooh you know what I do too.
0:38.2	Well first welcome to American Girls the podcast where we're reliving the American Girl series book by book and
0:45.0	accept her and patron where we kind of do whatever and we have a YOLO lifestyle that
0:49.3	draws on both your suggestions and ours for things we think live in the world of the show.
0:54.0	Sorry to interrupt a conversation about Raymond and who he may or may not have thought
0:58.8	this episode was about Allison. Yeah I mean I told him I said no we are reading a book by the woman who
1:06.0	played Chris Jenner in American crime story like obviously that takes I mean an icon
1:18.3	this woman icon I think she is one of the most interesting looking people in Hollywood every time I see her on a screen I think think, wow, amazing skin, captivating look.
1:24.0	Selma Blair is also super smart and a very good writer.
1:28.0	Yes, so if you can't tell we are talking about Selma Blair. Today's episode we will be covering
1:35.2	Selma Blair's memoir Mean Baby, which came out in 2022. I'm really excited to talk about this with you Allison because I kind of came into this book not knowing a whole heck of a lot about her.
1:50.0	Basically, I knew she was recently diagnosed with MS or like in the past couple of years.
1:54.0	I knew her from Cruel Intentions obviously. I knew her from that.
1:58.0	What's that movie she's in with Cameron Diaz?
2:02.0	It's not great. Do you know what I'm talking about?
2:05.0	She has played, she was in Cathin Kim, she was in Portlandia. I am, I have been on her IMDb.
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