Seriously. What were the MSNBC writers thinking? Or was this ad lib?
Jennifer Senior, author of the new parenting book All Joy and No Fun, was on “The Cycle” this afternoon to discuss her new book about the high price of parenting as well as its immeasurable rewards. Earlier today she appeared on “Morning Joe.”
Here’s host’s Abby Huntsman‘s intro to the interview with Senior: “Having kids can simultaneously be one of the most nerve-wracking and fulfilling times of your life. Just ask my mom and my dad who have been doing it for the better part of three decades. I come from a family of seven kids and I have no idea how my parents do it. Sleepless nights. Skinned knees. Broken hearts in the teenage years. Enough said.”
But really nothing could’ve prepared us for this: “My oldest sister was a complete angel,” Huntsman said, talking a million miles per hour. “I was a nightmare. I was SUCH a whore [could be perceived as horror but it sure sounds like whore].” Flashed on the screen was an old photograph of Abby in diapers and her sister on the floor in a mess of clothes.
She said, “There I am, I made a huge mess and I blamed it on my older sister.” She blames herself for her mother buying a book on how to handle the terrible twos. “I think I was the hardest,” she said authoritatively when Senior pressed her on whether the other six were also badly behaved.
The story has been updated.
