On the flip side: What is the biggest romantic fail you’ve experienced?
I went on this first date once, and the guy was really cool. He was so handsome and very articulate. We went to this really nice dinner, and then afterwards he was like, “We’re going to go to this acrobatic cabaret show in this club downtown.” He wanted to take these weed brownies before we went, and I was like, “I’m a happening young man in New York City! I can hang!” So we ate the brownies, and then it was just a disaster. It was so bad. I was violently high. He was very pushy. We got to the club and then the show didn’t start for, like, seven hours. I was like, “I can’t, we have to go. I can’t do this.”
So how did you get out of it? How did you make your exit?
I was so stoned that I kept trying to wander away from him. Like, when he was in line outside and then in the club. And he kept being like “Stop walking away.” He got real pushy real quick. I ended up going home with him because I don’t know why. I don’t know why. I guess because I was that stoned. And nothing happened. He tried so hard for, like, an hour, and I just rolled over and faced the wall and was like, “Let me pretend to be asleep.”
What’s the most inappropriate thing a fan or a stranger or someone who knows you from your work has said to you?
Nothing terrible, really. I mean you get the occasional requests for pictures of your feet, to which I’m just like, “Very flattered by your interest, not going to happen.” I guess it’s become a thing, especially for the younger generation, that they just—especially fans of a show like You—but they’ll say things like, “kill me” or “choke me” or “run me over.” Part of me thinks it’s hysterical, and then another part of me is like, “Do you need somebody to talk to? Can I refer you to a service or maybe get your parents involved?”
You season 2 is now streaming on Netflix.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
Christopher Rosa is the staff entertainment writer at Glamour. Follow him on Instagram @chris.rosa92.
