Rosemarie DeWitt
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Podcast Appearances
And you're like, why do you get so much air time?
Yeah, that was my mom's dad.
Yeah, that was my mom's dad.
Yeah, that was my mom's dad.
Yeah, that's what they called him. That was his kind of moniker because he was a washed-up fighter at like 30, and then he was like a longshoreman. He had three kids, and then he just started taking fights during the Great Depression to pay the bills. It wasn't about like... His like unlived life. It was just they needed to put food on the table. Right.
Yeah, that's what they called him. That was his kind of moniker because he was a washed-up fighter at like 30, and then he was like a longshoreman. He had three kids, and then he just started taking fights during the Great Depression to pay the bills. It wasn't about like... His like unlived life. It was just they needed to put food on the table. Right.
Yeah, that's what they called him. That was his kind of moniker because he was a washed-up fighter at like 30, and then he was like a longshoreman. He had three kids, and then he just started taking fights during the Great Depression to pay the bills. It wasn't about like... His like unlived life. It was just they needed to put food on the table. Right.
And he just started winning because he was so hungry and he became the champ.
And he just started winning because he was so hungry and he became the champ.
And he just started winning because he was so hungry and he became the champ.
No, I just found out.
No, I just found out.
No, I just found out.
Yeah. We lived with him. And I remember, like, hiding behind the chair. You know, when I was little, we lived with him for a little bit. We smoked a pipe. You know, I have very specific memories. And there's some family lore and, like, stories that you hear over in your head.
Yeah. We lived with him. And I remember, like, hiding behind the chair. You know, when I was little, we lived with him for a little bit. We smoked a pipe. You know, I have very specific memories. And there's some family lore and, like, stories that you hear over in your head.
Yeah. We lived with him. And I remember, like, hiding behind the chair. You know, when I was little, we lived with him for a little bit. We smoked a pipe. You know, I have very specific memories. And there's some family lore and, like, stories that you hear over in your head.
And then when I was like, you know, in my early 20s, like different directors were attached. They were going to make a movie about him. And I was like a stalker. You know, I was like, I have to be in this movie. And by then, like, my mom wasn't alive.