Bret Easton Ellis
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And so how did mom and dad stay together?
You want to play the music again?
No, my mom and dad divorced when I was 17.
And so, yeah, I mean, but it wasn't uncommon among, you know, a lot of kids that I knew in L.A.
No, everyone.
There were divorces going on.
There were families breaking up at a school I went to at least.
Everyone I knew was divorced.
Yeah.
So, I mean, it didn't – it wasn't like – divorce was not like the psychic disaster that I think a lot of parents worried is – that they worry about.
that their kids are going to experience.
I was glad.
I don't remember having feelings about my parents getting divorced.
I know there's a lot of like, what about the kids?
I remember thinking, good, let's get the mongoose and the snake out of the same fucking cage.
Can we do that?
And then you guys can just go be poor and pathetic on either ends of the valley.
On your own, though.
It's quite a pep talk.
Hey, Dad, you can move to a shitbox in North Hollywood.