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Jenny Slate Opens Up About ‘Purple-Dark Hole’ Emotions After Giving Birth


Jenny Slate opened up about the ‘purple-dark hole’ emotions she felt after giving birth in 2021 in her new book 'Lifeform'

“I cannot tell if it is inside of me, or spotlighting me, or like a price tag on me, like maybe it states how much time I am costing everyone or wasting for myself,” Slate, 42, wrote in her memoir Lifeform, released on Tuesday, October 22. After giving birth, Slate confessed that she “felt a bit timid” to be around her newborn, adding that she “did not want to intrude” while doctors and nurses tended to her daughter. Slate shared that she learned that the doctors took Ida because she “could not breathe.” The comedian confessed that she “felt so ashamed” not knowing what was “wrong” with her child and that she could “not fix” the problem herself.

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