On a brand new episode of We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle, Melissa McCarthy joins Glennon, her wife Abby, and sister Amanda, to talk about an array of both hilarious and serious topics. One of which is Melissa's experience of the sex talk as a kid – and the way she went about talking to hers about it.
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Melissa’s personal experience with curiosity in Catholic school was less than stellar. Circumstances of which she exposes at the start of the episode. That said, when it came to getting answers about certain uncomfortable questions from her parents, that wasn’t much of an improvement, though she knows that was just a sign of the times… and the Mid-West.
“My parent who are wonderful, wonderful human beings," Melissa began, “at that age if you asked a question that was kind of complicated they’d be like ‘don’t worry about it,’ and we were done. They said it lovingly, they were incredibly loving parents, but we just didn’t delve into things.”
“I probably don’t do enough, like we had the talk, which happened incredibly awkwardly,” Melissa admitted about discussing sex with her two teenage daughters. “I always thought I’m gonna do it so early, because we’re open about everything, and they can come to me about anything. But there still is a Mid-Western, former Catholic person that’s like… if you talk about sex the lightening bolt comes down.”
Melissa went on to admit the talk with her girls didn’t happen until the night before they were set to learn about it at school. Noting ”I’m certainly not having someone else initiate that conversation with my child. So we were literally in the backyard, picking up after the dogs,” McCarthy revealed, explaining just how mortified her girls were by the whole interaction.
Awkward situation aside, Melissa expressed, “I think they know that as long as whoever you’re with is incredibly kind and respectful and only lifts you up, we talk about that a lot. Whoever your love will be, and it may change… That person has to be incredibly happy when you succeed, and incredibly supportive when you fail, and if those are ever switched that's the biggest red flag on earth.”
Other things to look forward to include, Catholic school tales, why Melissa is a shark, and her brilliant strategy to “Run Around the Block” in almost any difficult situation. Lots of anecdotes about Melissa’s life with her husband Ben Falcone, plus Melissa’s and Abby’s experiences with ghosts, and more.
On We Can Do Hard Things, Glennon Doyle does the only thing they’ve found that has ever made life easier. Drop the fake and talk honestly about the hard. Each week they bring their hard to you and ask you to bring your hard to them, and we will do what we were all meant to do down here: Help each other carry the hard so we can all live a little bit lighter and braver, more free and less alone.
Listen to the full episode with Melissa McCarthy above.
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