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‘Modern Love’: Bridget Everett Says A Best Friend Can Be Your Greatest Love

‘Modern Love’: Bridget Everett Says A Best Friend Can Be Your Greatest Love

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Stories of romantic love are everywhere, but the actor, singer
and comedian Bridget Everett says that friendships deserve our
attention, too. Onscreen and in everyday life.

Last Fall, Everett appeared on Modern Love to talk about her HBO
Original series “Somebody Somewhere,” which centers on a close
friendship. Now she’s nominated for an Emmy Award for writing the
show, along with Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen.

In “Somebody Somewhere,” Everett stars as Sam, a woman struggling
with grief and self-doubt after losing her sister. As Sam grows
closer to her friend Joel — played by Jeff Hiller, an Outstanding
Supporting Actor nominee — the future starts to look more
bearable.

In this episode of Modern Love, Everett tells Anna Martin why
she’s looking for a friendship like the one Sam and Joel have on
the show. She also reads a Modern Love essay called “When Your
Greatest Romance Is a Friendship,” by Victor Lodato. Lodato was
in his 40s when he fell into a platonic life partnership with an
artist in her 80s, who lived across the street.

In April 2024, Lodato published “Honey,” a novel inspired by
Austin Brayfield, the friend he wrote about in his essay.

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