Billy Eichner
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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When my mother did die and it was time for my dad to go to therapy, because obviously that was devastating for him, he went.
He went immediately and went on Prozac and it changed his life.
He'd never been happier.
Yeah.
But she didn't want to go.
I think there were things she wanted.
She was this bright and sunny person.
And that was not, like I said, that was not an act.
But I think she was very resistant to openly discussing anything that she didn't feel great about.
Yeah.
People are complicated.
That vulnerability.
She didn't want to admit it out loud.
It's hard to admit it out loud.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So I talk about my bar mitzvah party a lot in the book.
I...
being a young, culture-obsessed gay child, I art-directed my bar mitzvah reception as if it was the friggin' Met Gala.
I mean, I acted like I was Truman Capote planting his black and white ball at the plaza.