Aug 23, 2022
Today on the Rarified Heir Podcast we talk to Jennifer Pentland, daughter of comedian and lighting rod Roseanne Barr and boy does Jennifer have a story to tell. Jennifer’s memoir, This Will Be Funny Later is the focus of our conversation as she writes boldly and with humor about her experience growing up with a mother who rocketed to fame almost overnight. So how does one go from a ‘normal’ life in Denver to superstardom in the 80s and 90s? We find out on this upcoming episode. Jennifer’s raw and very funny take on what it was like growing up with fad diets, institutionalization, self-harm, personal chefs, tabloid journalists, divorce, weight issues and much more is a remarkable journey…with humor!
This episode might also have been the most mobile we’ve ever recorded. With a computer on her dashboard of van and trailer during a family trip, Jennifer talks openly and honestly (with a little internet lag) about being a goth, Laura Scudder’s Peanut Butter, watching Rodney Dangerfield sweat on a treadmill, cults, cutting, art classes, moving home to the mainland, throwing water balloons at yellow journalists to her mother’s delight and about a thousand other things. She’s intelligent, insightful and remarkably self-effacing. We have said it before on past episodes but you can now add this latest episode with Jennifer Pentland as another brutally honest Rarified Heir Podcast interview like none other. And somehow there are laughs. Lots of laughs. Take a listen.