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Wednesday 12 July 2017
Sitcom ‘Odd Mom Out’ back for

season 3; NY’s rich, watch out

By LYNN ELBER “Momzillas,” a 2007 collec- on shoes and never will,
AP Television Writer tion of essays. adding that some people
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jill Kargman, whose latest “want to all be the same
Kargman knows what it’s book is “Sprinkle Glitter on because they feel part of
like to be an ill-fitting peg, My Grave,” is far better something” but that her
an experience she brings equipped to deal with life’s goal was to be an individ-
to brilliant comedic life in curveballs — which she’s ual.
Bravo’s “Odd Mom Out.” learned can be the same — Don’t live and die by
The sitcom lampoons wherever or whoever you your looks.
snooty New Yorkers whose are. “People say to me, ‘Don’t
parenting skills are not en- She’s heard that from peo- you get nervous dancing
In this April 17, 2017 file photo, Jill Kargman attends the Fourth
Annual Turtle Ball in New York. hanced by their wealth, ple who live in small towns with your cellulite” showing,
Associated Press in contrast with the com- in America or cities abroad a reference to such “Odd
fortably off but un-posh Jill and who say their experi- Mom Out” scenes in which
Weber (Kargman) and her ence echoes hers despite Jill indulges in enthusiastic,
freewheeling, openheart- its Manhattan setting. It’s underwear-only shimmying
ed style. the same message she at home.
The fictional Jill is a married gets from gay admirers, “I don’t give a (expletive)
mother of three, as is the who see in her a soul mate. about my body. I do not
real-life one, and they’re With that in mind, here are care about my jiggling
equally funny and sharp in Kargman’s universal tips for stuff. ... I’m a mom, what
their ability to observe and standing tall when you feel do you expect?” she said,
cope with life’s challenges. small: adding, “Who am I trying to
It wasn’t always so, said — Make one close friend, impress? Nobody.”
Kargman, as the show she or maybe a handful. — Make sure your kids un-
created and stars in re- “That’s all you need,” she derstand the artifice of per-
turns for its third season at said. “I don’t have a mass fection.
10 p.m. EDT Wednesday of people. Find friends, While she enjoys social
on the Bravo channel, best stay loyal to them. That will media for allowing her to
known for its reality shows. protect you. The friendship stay in touch with friends
Episode one is online at vault has to close and only and family and providing
BravoTV.com. open for really special peo- a “keyhole into people’s
“I didn’t have that ‘brash’ ple.” lives,” Kargman is con-
at 28. I have it now that I’m — Help your children learn cerned by overly doctored
43,” she said, recalling one to navigate the world by and curated posts.
painful mom-on-mom con- being open and keeping it “My daughter will say,
frontation with her trade- in perspective for them. ‘Look how skinny she is’ or
mark candor. “That continues to be a ‘Look how pretty she is,’ “
It occurred at a dance struggle,” Kargman said, Kargman said.
class for her daughter, Sa- especially given her fam- She’s got a ready reply.
die, when Kargman called ily’s proximity to great “I’ll say, ‘That took 30 self-
her over to join in a par- wealth. She recalled ies, two filters, a beautify
ent-daughter circle on the daughter Ivy, then 3, asking app, and it’s all a facade.
floor. why she was the only mom As Chris Rock said, ‘It’s the
“I said, ‘Sadie, come sit “who doesn’t have red ambassador of themselves,
down Indian-style. And one bottoms on your shoes?” it’s not their real self.’ “q
of the moms said, ‘That’s — translation: why no Chris-
really offensive. Now one tian Louboutin heels?
Like
says that anymore. It’s “I didn’t know whether to Like
‘criss-cross, applesauce’ be proud of her powers
now,’” Kargman recalled. of observation or horrified us on
“I apologized and went that I’m raising her in that us on
home and starting crying,” kind of environment,” she
Facebook
husband told her to makes Kargman told her daughter Facebook
she said, at which point her said.
notes about that mo- it was because she doesn’t
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