Nicole Avant: The Receipt That You’ve Loved

Literally! With Rob Lowe

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Nicole Avant and Rob Lowe have been friends since the days of The Brat Pack! In this episode you’ll hear Nicole talk to Rob about growing up in Los Angeles in the 80s, being raised by the Black Godfather Clarence Avant, and what it was like regularly finding larger-than-life legends like Hank Aaron and Quincy Jones in your living room. Nicole also speaks on the trauma and aftermath of her mother Jacqueline Avant’s tragic death.

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0:00.0	grief is the receipt and the proof that you loved. That is why you grief, you loved.
0:21.3	Hey everybody, it's Rob Lowe. This is literally, I'm very excited about this particular
0:28.4	episode because it's one of my dearest friends, Nicole Avant. She has got an amazing memoir
0:35.8	coming out called Think You'll Be Happy, moving through grief with grit, grace and gratitude.
0:43.3	This story you're about to hear is unbelievable. Nicole comes from a legendary
0:52.4	entertainment family. Her father has a documentary about his life on Netflix right now called
0:58.6	the Black Godfather, Clarence Avant, the chairman of Motown Records and Nicole herself has lived
1:06.9	an amazing life. She's the ambassador to the Bahamas, appointed by President Barack Obama.
1:11.6	She's married to Ted Sarandos from Netflix. Just an amazing, amazing woman, an amazing,
1:17.1	amazing life. And I think you're really going to like this talk.
1:29.7	Let's have a girlfriend. My goodness. We finally did it. I know. We're here. I'm so excited about this.
1:35.5	I know so much. So weird. So we have known each other. Well, I mean, the first time we laid
1:42.8	eyes on each other was early 80s, early 80s, early 40s, maybe, way I'm yours.
1:49.2	Yeah. Show me. Do you have the photo? I have the photo. I have the photo. Hold on.
1:55.3	Right here. And this was as you're you're you're in Beverly Hills High School. Beverly High.
2:00.5	And the 80s. Oh my god. Look at the bleach gene. The white bleach genes tucked into the
2:07.4	black boots. Look at how cute you are. Okay. Now, wait. Now, who's that Melissa Paul?
2:12.3	Melissa Paul. That's Cassius. Yes. Now, is that Laura Wasser? That is freaking Laura
2:20.1	Wasser. I am so glad I behaved myself. Laura Wasser is the number one divorce attorney in the world.
2:28.1	You don't want Laura Wasser on your phone sheet. Every time Ted runs into an LA, she says,
2:34.1	hey, how you doing? We're good. We're good. We're great. You know, I've known Laura since we were
2:39.9	three. We went to nursery school together. And this is the party. I crashed. Yes. You crashed.
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