I was staying in a friend’s mother’s guest room in Beverly Hills. I had just gone through a big breakup — a falling out with my best friend, which felt like a worse kind of heartache. On one of our last good days, we both auditioned to play a girl with such debilitating acne that she was canceling plans with her friends. And soon she was canceling plans with me. She was late to the monthly comedy show we did together, coming from an influential birthday party I wasn’t invited to.

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