I have a confession: I’ve never been a crazy Amy Poehler fan-girl. I like her just fine, I think she’s funny, I liked almost everything she did on SNL (a couple of her characters annoyed me), and she seems like a grounded, interesting person in real life. But I just never got all squealy and girl-crushy on her. I respect her from a distance, I admire the career she’s carved for herself, and I’m sad that she and Will Arnett have split up.
Now, all that being said, I wouldn’t mind having a drink with her. I imagine she would be a super-fun drinking partner, the kind of girl who would do three shots of tequila, begin to belt out “Sister Christian” and then end up doing a lambada with the hottest dude in the club. But Star Mag is trying to make Drunk Amy sound like a bad thing. They’re trying to drunk-shame Drunk Amy!
Lonely star Amy Poehler has been hitting the sauce following the demise of her nine-year marriage to actor Will Arnett; she was even spotted gulping numerous beers at an Emmy party.
“Amy’s putting on a brave face, but seeing her drink so much at the Emmys was disturbing,” an insider claims. “She tried to be the life of the party, but then the happy face would drop and she’d look so sad. It’s like she’s trying to run away from her feelings.”
But those close to her worry that she’s finding solace in the wrong place – like the liquor store.
“Even to her close friends she pretends like nothing is wrong,” the insider continues. “But everyone would rather see her sad than tumble down the slippery slope of booze. She’s just utterly heartbroken and that is only adding to the stress.”
[From Star Magazine, print edition]
I mean… how patronizing is this? Let the bitch get her drank on at the Emmys! Even if she was sloppy drunk at the Emmys, and even if she’s feeling sad these days… so what? That sounds completely normal. Drinking while sad doesn’t always equal alcoholism, you know. Sometimes you’re just sad and you want to get boozy and forget your troubles for a night. And sometimes you just want to go to the Emmys and get boozy with Tina Fey and Melissa McCarthy, you know?
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Totally agree with everything in this article I really like AP…but I dont have a huge girl-crush and drinking,@ one event aint no big thing.. a thought maybe after years of living with Arnett who is sober she decided to let her hair down for once?
Good to know I’m not the only one who isn’t head over heels in love with her. I like her, but I don’t reach the level of some of her fangirls. She’s a fun interview, and her Ask Amy channel is adorable. I wish she’d do one for adults.
Count me in on the “not an Amy stan” thing. But she is funny, I like her fine, and she seems harmless.
Whoever gave this interview (yes, I’m talking to you, “Source”) is an ass.
A couple of boozy nights after one’s marriage falls apart hardly warrants a trip to Betty Ford. Let the woman have her beers in peace.
Oh for gawd sakes! Doesn’t the end of a marriage necessitate some drunken cry fests? Not everyone is great at pretending “We are still great friends who respect each other and still hang out every day but we appreciate it if you would respect our privacy yadda yadda”. Poor Amy. Its gonna be alright girl, if you need to chug a beer or 20 once in a while to get you through award shows and premieres, go for it.
If every star who drinks a lot at the Emmys has a ” problem” there won’t be enough beds at Betty Ford to accommodate them
More important point–if the divorce is so amiable and they aree friends, just drifted apart, why is she so very sad? It makes me wonder, if true, how amiable this is and whether cheating or another woman is involved. That would make me sad too! Thoughts?
HAHHAHAH ^^^^^^
Bored suburbanhw – I’m a little late to the party, but here’s my take:
“There is no such thing as an amicable divorce.” (This quote is attributed to my mother, who has been a family law paralegal for all of my life.)
It all starts out with “Our divorce will be amicable” (see: Seal/Heidi; J-Lo/Mark; Terrence/Michelle; et al – just Google “Hollywood divorces”) and slides to hell in a hand-basket in short order.
After the initial shock wears off (because yes, divorce is a shocking experience), it denigrates into “Well I’m not giving you your PS games until you give me back my CDs!!” and stupid stuff like that.
If there are children involved, it turns into “They have a BEDTIME, you know!” and “Ice cream is NOT a suitable breakfast food!” and “You stupid son of a bitch, I can’t afford to clothe them at YOUR house too, especially since you’re not paying child support! Bring them back with the clothes I sent!”
Add in the complication of a new significant other, and it gets even worse.
And it takes a long, l-o-n-g time to move past the hurt and anger and just move forward.
*examples/quotes are from my actual real-life divorce.
Oh, and I must add, me and my ex-husband didnt fight over ANYTHING. It was extremely amicable. We didn’t even have lawyers. No fights over furniture or games or anything like that. Though we don’t have kids… So they do exist, but when they happen lawyers don’t know about then because if its truly amicable, you don’t need to hire a lawyer!
I had an amicable divorce, and no matter how amicable and fight free it is, divorce is still a horrible thing to go through and whether or not you want to have it, it makes you sad and depressed and regretful. Having somebody with you for 9 years, and then having them not be in your life at all it super tough. I wanted my divorce, but still to this day I think of him and get really sad over it. It doesn’t matter if both people want it or not, divorce is depressing.
Meaghan – We didn’t have lawyers, either. I had to retain one (thanks, Mom!) when he gave me that “I get paid on Friday, I’ll give you some money for the kids then” dance and the money never showed.
I had to have his wages garnished, and didn’t want to go through the nightmare that is the State of CA Idiocracy to do so. (I’ll add that once children are involved, it tends to get a LOT more contentious.)
The stress of relocating; obtaining one’s own place; starting a new job (or trying to keep the old one while doing all that other stuff); enrolling the kids in a new school; trying to keep said kids’ lives as stable as possible; supporting same with less income than during marriage; dealing with an asshole ex-to-be; and trying to mitigate the kids’ emotions, hurt, and confusion as well as your own increases the stress tenfold.
I guess I’m an Amy fangirl! The woman is going through a divorce, she’s gonna have moments of sadness. And I imagine most people downed a few beers at the Emmys.
Me too! Amy is one of the great feminists working in showbiz. Love her. She’ll come out of this just fine with her adorable babies.
Oh god, drunk shaming after a boozy awards show is the worst. I totally stan for amy. Parks and recreation is beyond amazing and she has written and directed some of my favourite episodes. She is truly awesome.
Yep..you hit it the nail on the head.
Booze is the best medicine. The only downside is it makes you fat.
omg, ONE NIGHT. The valet was probably bombed, too.
Speaking of drunk, which I’m not, I horribly misspelled my own name, Lisa. L-Kiss is the name I dance under?
haha, if you have to point out that you’re not drunk then you’re probably drunk.
Lkis – I think you can change it, but let CB know, so you don’t get tossed for using multiple handles. 🙂
Anyone remember her on Upright Citizens Brigade? That show was hilarious. I haven’t seen Parks & Rec but I’m glad she’s done well for herself. Agree with everyone here, having a few beers at the Emmys (ESPECIALLY post-divorce) isn’t terrible. I’m sure she had a DD/limo.
I’ve always liked her but Parks and Rec has made me a huge fan. I think she’s awesome. I’m sad about her and Will, and wish them both the best.
Stories like this- couple drinks at a party and going through a split automatically equals alcoholic!- make me glad I don’t live in the spotlight.
I LOVE HER! She can do no wrong. (Amy P + Me = Forever Luvin’)
I don’t know, I have always found gin a more appropriate drowning-my-sorrows/end-of-the-marriage drink.
If she was throwing back beers, she was probably hunting a cub in which case I say “go drunk Amy!”
*said with tongue firmly planted in cheek*
…and what kind of dick leaves the marriage when theres a toddler about.
sorry to chime in on this when i dont even have sprouts of my own?? but dudes walking from tiny tots makes me just a little more pissed… (and i dig Arnett! but i dig her more) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=76mexNsTyfo
stinky – My ex (see above) had a “cuteness expiration date” for our children. It was age 3. (When our son was almost 3, we had a “birth control failure” and I conceived our daughter. Shortly after she turned 3, he was gone.)
this steams me… but i also feel like its not my business… then i say “ya, it is cuz it’s a sisterhood thing – and men s/b ashamed of bailing on children at such a vulnerably young age”… of course theres no ‘good’ time when kids are in the mix. but it just seems like the weakest of the weak to me for them to ditch then.
“Its not fun anymore” – YA NO SHIT SHERLOCK. IT’S REAL LIFE NOW.
He is leaving an unhappy marriage, that is not the same a leaving his child. Children are better off with two supportive, loving parents who are happy and fulfilled outsideside of the relationship with their child. When parents stay together solely for the child they can do more damage that way. Kids are good a sensing BS and picking up on hostile and stressful environments without being able to figure out why. They never settle into a great home life and they don’t see a healthy, loving adult relationship being modeled. Everyone is sacrificing a lot more then they are gaining.
Completely abandoning a child (cutting finical and emotional support, physical contact) is inexcusable; leaving a marriage shouldn’t be taken lightly but sometimes is the best thing. Why should anyone settle for marriage that their partner is not longer in for them?
Sorry to hear that Bellaluna. My response is meant to be general, not directed at you. I don’t Know the details of your story, just just like we don’t know theirs. I think when people attack for parents for “leaving” the kid it is wrong. Usually it is in the child’s best interest if it has gotten that bad. Divorce doesn’t make you selfish or a bad parent. Divorce and leaving a kid are two different things.
stinky – Agreed! A woman is a mother from the time she finds out she’s pregnant; a man is a father after the baby is born. (Yes, I realise this is a sweeping generalisation, and is not applicable to ALL woman/men, but it holds true more often than not.)
I’ve been a mother for more than half my life, and I cannot fathom bailing on any one of my children at age 3 (though it is more challenging than 2, imho) or at ANY age!
I just don’t get it.
well dont get me wrong. i appreciate some nice logic & all – it always sounds great on paper. but is anyone really doubting that Will found a side-piece & Amy said hit the road? sure there’s a wealth of possibilities, but what’s the likliest scenario? dip-stick-dipping in the strange brew at the no-tell motel cuz there’s screaming kids & a tired wife at home. bleh. gross. and unevolved.
I don’t think this is true imo there are pictures of her filming scenes for her show (i’m a huge p&r fan and there’s a *big* spoiler in that footage so that’s why i remember the date) and I don’t think she’d be so unprofessional to the point she goes filming even though she’s with this epic hangover I mean the woman is 40 she knows better
No way. Have you been paying attention to the political work she’s been doing for this election? She had a lot to do in the Draw the Line video urging people to sign a petition to send to Washington demanding that women’s rights stop being attacked. She looked gorgeous in the video too, might I add. I have never seen her with red lipstick before that and she looks STUNNING with it.
love her!!! stop trashing her!