On July 24th I missed the birth of my son.
I was in West Virginia with the president. Deirdre and I were fighting.
There was no way back to New York.
Then I get fired, my marriage is on the brink, I’ve missed the birth of my son, and the late night comedians are coming for me every night.
I went to a PR crisis manager. He told me to buy a villa in Italy and come back in 2022. You’re never recovering from this.
F*ck that, I went on Colbert, I went on Bill Maher, I faced Saturday Night Live, and I faced the music.
Nine years later my son turns nine on July 24th.
My marriage is intact, stronger than ever, honestly, because we refused to make it disposable.
The firing was the hardest thing that ever happened to me. It also made me more psychologically minded, more empathetic, more human.
And you probably wouldn’t know who I am if it hadn’t happened.
If you’re going through something hard right now, stay in it.
Don’t walk away. The thing that breaks you is often the thing that builds you.