Miss Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? { Emily Meade }

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Society & Culture, Tv & Film, Relationships

4.4 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Tori sits down with actress Emily Meade (The Penguin, The Deuce, Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?) for an honest conversation about growing up in Hollywood, navigating male-dominated sets, and finding self-worth beyond looks.

They share career challenges and funny and surprising behind-the-scenes stories, discuss the pressures women face in the industry, touch on Emily’s experiences with being psychic and empathetic, and reflect on how speaking out during the Me Too era impacted her career.

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0:00.0	This is an IHeart podcast.
0:13.3	Misspelling with Tori Spelling, an IHeart Radio podcast.
0:19.4	Emily Meen?
0:27.8	Yes. Are you a masochist? Ooh, good question. I'm obviously a masochist because I continuously put myself in painful situations over and over. So like, I must be
0:36.4	emotionally. I'm asking you because this is like hitting me on a
0:41.9	personal level as well. Do you think that is masochism emotional or like family trauma that's not
0:50.2	dealt with? The second one. Yeah.
0:55.0	You're right.
0:55.4	Wow.
0:57.3	Are you a little psychic?
1:00.4	I think, yeah.
1:00.9	Are you? Yeah.
1:01.7	Yeah.
1:02.4	You're very.
1:03.6	Yeah.
1:03.9	I'm very curious about the book you were showing on Instagram.
1:06.5	Oh, there you go.
1:07.3	Yeah.
1:07.5	Okay.
1:08.2	Yeah.
1:08.7	I am, yes.
1:09.8	I'm trying to deal with that because I actually think my lack of control over it is fucking with my life. But yes, I think it is the trauma and the pain being familiar more than it. Maybe that's why I'm zero masochic- because I feel like people who are masochists, like maybe they don't, didn't
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