Sex and the City Creator Candace Bushnell on Dating, Rejection, and Success
The Lo Life
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5.0 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2022
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
NY Times best-selling author Candace Bushnell, AKA the real-life Carrie Bradshaw, joins Lo on the mic in this episode to talk about career, dating apps, and pandemic relationships. Candace has written over 10 novels with millions of readers enjoying her stories for the last 20 years. From Lipstick Jungle to creating Sex and the City, Candace has paved the way for women’s voices to be heard and their stories to be told. She now plays the role of matchmaker as she helps her friends date by setting them up on Match. I mean, who better than Candace to help you find your next match? Candace is giving Lo advice on navigating the lows of your career, dealing with rejection, and finding the perfect first date attire. And, of course, she's answering Lo’s famous round of rapid-fire questions.
It’s not easy to date during a pandemic, and Candace is sharing why online dating is the new way to go and what trends she’s seeing on the apps, including one that might not quite be catfishing but definitely bends the truth. While she’s currently taking a break from the dating scene, she loves to help others find their person, and explains why she decided to team up with Match after her one-woman Off Broadway show. Lo also opens up about his current thoughts and feelings on the dating world, including why nowadays he’s getting all riled up just going to Chili’s... how things have changed. Whether you’re a Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda, or Samantha, you’re going to love this episode.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation. |
| 0:17.4 | Hello, bienvenito. |
| 0:20.0 | Aloha and welcome to an all new episode of the Low Life podcast. |
| 0:24.1 | I'm your flaming hot and spicy, saviom, blanc, drinking, edible gummy bear, eaten, fashion stylist, and host, Lo van Rump. |
| 0:34.0 | And I'm so happy to be here with you today. |
| 0:36.6 | No place I'd rather be than here with my low lifers. This is my safe place. If you're new to this podcast, first time listener, hey, putta, welcome. You've come to the right place. We have a great show in store for you today. If you're an OG listener, you've been here since day one. My rider dies. My kings, my queens. It is so good to be here with you today. I hope you were having a beautiful week so far. And if you're not having a good week, you're feeling stressed, depressed, anxious, little too much on your plate. Don't you worry, boo-boo. We have a great show in store for you. We're about to turn that frown upside |
| 1:11.1 | down with today's episode. I'm so excited about this guest. This is someone I wanted to have on |
| 1:16.2 | the podcast since day one. Didn't think it would happen, though, because I don't know her. I've |
| 1:20.4 | never even met her, but I'm legit a big fan. Love her books. And I was very excited when she said |
| 1:26.8 | yes to coming on this podcast. Actually |
| 1:29.2 | couldn't even believe it. It was like, wait, really? Damn. Okay, cool. I'm so excited. But before we |
| 1:35.9 | get into today's episode, nobody asked, but mental health wise on a scale of one to 10, |
| 1:42.8 | one let's say is your local Taco Bell. Yeah, going through |
| 1:46.6 | the Taco Bell drive-thru and getting diarrhea. That's what a one is right now. We've all been there |
| 1:53.2 | at some point. Myself included, you know, you go through that drive-thru, you get yourself a crunch |
| 1:58.2 | wrap Supreme, maybe a double- deck or taco. Feels good in the |
| 2:02.6 | moment. 30 minutes later, boom, Taco Bell's going to hit you like a bitch. Hershey squirts time. |
| 2:09.7 | So that's a one rock bottom moment. At 10, I'm going to go with a fancy, schmancy, five star, delicious |
| 2:16.5 | steakhouse. Your Mortons, a Mastroes, a |
| 2:19.5 | Flemings, a Ruth Chris steakhouse. Ooh, Ruth Chris. I haven't been there in so long, but I love |
| 2:25.5 | their sweet potatoes. So that would be a solid 10 for me. And today, right now in this moment, |
| 2:31.9 | I'm feeling a solid 7.8 out of 10. That's what this week is, |
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