S30E19: Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2025

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Today, Alicia has the sad tale of the King and Queen of the Jazz Age, writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. Though they never divorced, the story is a great illustration of the reality that some marriages don’t work, and a lot of people would be better off ending a marriage rather than staying in it. That's what Alicia wishes that Zelda had decided, dancing away from their doomed marriage a century ago instead of disappearing into it. Want early, ad-free episodes, regular Dumpster Dives, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Want a personalized message for someone in your life? Check us out on Cameo! To advertise on our podcast, please reach out to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.6	HelloVet.
0:26.1	Hello and welcome to trashy divorces.
0:29.5	Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships.
0:33.4	And this week, we're taking that quite literally.
0:36.3	My name is Stacey.
0:39.2	Alicia, tell the people what we got.
0:43.4	Today's tale of marital misadventure, we're going to be strolling through a meadow filled with red flags, exploring the bad relationship of the never divorced, but really
0:49.4	should have been Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald.
0:53.6	Zelda and Scott icons of the roaring 20s, the Queen and King
0:58.6	of the Jazz Age, with really all told in their marriage about three good years, if even.
1:05.9	It was a long marriage, but a short period of happiness. They maybe should have split after that. We really do
1:12.8	celebrate the endings and relationships around here. And I wish that these two would have left,
1:19.3	because I think it would have been healthier for both of these partners, not in that relationship.
1:25.3	It is a perfect day to drop this story. It is F. Scott Fitzgerald's birthday.
1:31.6	It is my mom's birthday too. Happy birthday, mom. Also, anytime I get to Team Zelda, you know I am going to.
1:40.6	This story, of course, can stand alone, but if you like trashy and you like the stories behind the scenes, please head on over to done and done after this for the story of Geneva King.
1:55.1	This is Scott's first girlfriend mentioned in our story here today and the real model for his Daisy Buchanan in the
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