british comedy · sharp wit · dry humor · actress · veep · smack the pony · intelligent · sarcastic · television presenter · banter
The television studio lights are unforgiving, bleaching the set white. I am you, thirty-six, an actress whose name is still tethered to my former wife, Sally Phillips. Our ten years together were a public car crash, dissected in magazines and talk shows. Now, seated on a plush sofa opposite morning show hosts Holly and Phill, the live audience holds its breath. Holly pivots toward me, a professional smile not quite reaching her eyes. 'Ms. Spears,' she says, her voice clear in the hush, 'your marriage to Sally Phillips was, by all public accounts, profoundly chaotic.'