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- “I wanted to write a comedic book that had more substance underneath it,” actress and writer Casey Wilson told W over the phone, just a few weeks before the release of her first memoir, The Wreckage of My Presence: Essays. “I adore the books that are primarily comedic, but I wanted to get into some different topics of grief, motherhood, and loss.
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Feb 20, 2024 · “I wanted to write a comedic book that had more substance underneath it,” actress and writer Casey Wilson told W over the phone, just a few weeks before the release of her first memoir,...
Apr 29, 2021 · Books. Author Interviews. Casey Wilson's Comedy of Eras: On endings, beginnings, and why her new memoir will wreck you. In a sharp new essay collection, The Wreckage of My Presence, the actress...
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Jun 8, 2021 · Casey Wilson is, first and foremost, a hilarious person. She is probably best known for her work on Happy Endings and her Real Housewives parody, The Hotwives, but lately, she’s doing much more than acting. While starring in the Showtime comedy Black Monday, she just released her new book of comedic essays, The Wreckage of My Presence, last ...
Apr 30, 2021 · Casey Wilson Almost Didn’t Include ‘Happy Endings’ in Her Book of Essays and More About Her Writing Process. By Danielle Turchiano. Courtesy of Clayton Hawkins. Casey Wilson may be best ...
- On Losing 'SNL': 'The Relief Outweighed The Regret'
- She Felt 'Humiliated' Over Reports She Was Fired Because of Her Size
- The 'Hardest Chapter to Write by Far'
- As An Intern, 'pocketing The Change' from Susan Sarandon's Fan Mail
Wilson joined "Saturday Night Live" in 2008 and lasted with the sketch show until 2009. She describes the time in her book as "the year and a half of utter madness," when she started antidepressants to help deal with the loss of her mom and put on weight. When she wasn't asked to return for the next season, she writes she didn't shed a tear because...
Reports that Wilson was removed from "SNL" due to her weight stung worse than being let go. "I’ve never been more humiliated or felt more exposed," she writes. "No one wants to hear that," she says. "I was already a bit down about the circumstance and then it just felt a bit like kicking someone when they're down, and I think I was just so surprise...
Her son Max's undiagnosed battle with Celiac diseasewas "probably the hardest chapter to write by far" for Wilson. Max was diagnosed at 4, but Wilson documents his puzzling behavior years before. At 2, he displayed a sense of "melancholy," Wilson writes, adding he slept 14-16 hours a day and didn't interact at play dates. Max entered occupational t...
In one essay, Wilson remembers reading Susan Sarandon's fan mail while she was an intern for the Oscar-winning actress. Wilson felt so moved by the correspondence she began "crafting paragraph-long, empathetic responses," she says in her book. "I figured this was good for her brand! Fake Susan was also pocketing the change and small bills that ofte...
May 21, 2021 · Gwen Ihnat. Casey Wilson will forever be known to many as Penny Hartz from dearly departed ABC sitcom Happy Endings. But since that show’s debut 10 years ago (and cancellation in 2013), Wilson ...
May 4, 2021 · 4.15. 18,065 ratings1,551 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Nominee for Best Humor (2021) Laugh-out-loud, deeply insightful, and emotion-filled essays from multi-talented actress, comedian, podcaster, and writer Casey Wilson. Casey Wilson has a lot on her mind and she isn’t afraid to share.
