If you haven't noticed by now, I am a huge fan of E. Jean Carroll. And just in case you have been living under a rock and somehow missed her weekly column on DearSugar, click here to get all caught up, you won't regret it, I promise! In the meantime, if you're a super fan like me, check out yet another smart and witty video of E. Jean herself dishing out some advice on a backstabbing friend. Enjoy, and stay tuned Thursday for E. Jean's new Q&A!









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Bless you ma'am! XD Ahh I love her. Awesome advice as well. Cold hard truth.
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Grrrr I can't watch it here at work!!!
2So great! I have a feeling now that the voice in my head telling me to suck it up when I have to do something I don't want to do is going to sound exactly like her. Only with less sneezing.
3Luuurve E. Jean, she tells it like it is.
4E. Jean is my love!
5AWESOME!
6Skeezes give me sneezes, too!
7The sacred sisterhood is what it's all about! Feminist fashionistas unite! With E. Jean carrying the pink flag for us all!!!
8Ah, Auntie E., you such a way with words. I certainly hope this baffled young lass heeded your advice and dropped the skank from her social circle.
9E. Jean - you are a walking thesaurus. I am endlessly amused by the multitude (abundance? plethora?) of words you use to express yourself.
As for this letter-writer, I can only hope her taste in men is better than her taste in friends. May the force of E. Jean be with her...
10Leftovers are only good for Chinese food. It's time you toss the guy and your "friend". Sounds like she's trash anyway.
11If only we could all carry you
around in our pocket Auntie E.
I hope this lil' miss
12sweet pea has savored your
every piece of advice and
dropped both those duds...
and got herself some
serious studs!
I think the only way to make this girl stop trying to sabotage your happiness, is to show her she's having no affect on it. Go get you a guy WITHOUT reporting to her first so she has no chance to steal him. When you two are established in a relationship invite her out for a miserable night of third wheeling and crying into her cocktails. She'll leave you alone after that. Or, gasp, be happy that you've found someone and go on her own hunt.
Or...just sneeze in her face like E. Jean so she keeps a safe distance from your cooties and all the men you've left them on
13You're better off with leftovers from last Thanksgiving than the ones your best friend has left behind, mold and all. E. Jean's right, although maybe you could steer her in the direction of a "crush" of yours that happens to have the clap before you bid her adieu.
14if only we all had a skank allergy. our frenetic sneezing would signal when morally-depraved girlfriends are lurking about. it shouldn't have happened once, let alone four times. perhaps the friend's ho endurance is at boston marathon levels?
props, e. jean.
15Why stop at dissolve and annihilate when you can defenistrate her? It's pretty simple, really. You somehow get her to stand next to a window on a two-story building and push her out the window. That's all.
Look, the girl's got issues. You obviously know this and have some compassion for her; otherwise you would've incorporated some malice into your cry for help.
While maybe you even want to help her with her insecurities, you've got to lay down the law...or there will be nothing left of you--to pursue a relationship with a man or to kick this attention-hungry, conniving puppy to the curb.
Auntie E touched on something important here. This catastrophe is actually a blessing in disguise...Imagine her on your wedding day. She gets someone to distract you from your new hubby, then makes a move. The man for you will be so focused on you that any of her strongest attempts will pale in comparison to what you have to offer...
16P.S.: You DO have a lot to offer. Just remember it.
E., you are an oracle in a chartreuse adirondack chair.
17Oh, E.Jean,
When I grow up, I want to be just like you!
But in the meantime I intend to follow your brilliant advice and live a skank-free existence. Of course it will be challenging...
And for goodness sakes, Gesundheit!!!!
18eliminate, defenestrate, excoriate, annihilate, obliterate, liquidate, abnegate.
This girl has nothing but choices.
19E., stellar! That's advice to do what I affectionately call "taking out the trash," magnifique!
20E. Jean rocks my world. The backstabbing friend? Not so much.
21Along with fierce advice, E Jean is on her way to help eradicate all of those bad skanky friends!
22E.Jeanius, ridding the world of skankers one ahchoo at a time!
23The toxicity of that "friend" is palpable. Her awfulness is obviously what's causing these sneezing fits as well. I'd contact the alleged skank and have her reimburse me for tissues and cold medicine. It's only fair.
24E. Jean: "What? A second take? Where I'm not sneezing the entire time? Kid, didn't you know I'm fabulous no matter what I do? You're fired."
Then she karate chopped him in the face.
True story.
25Amen E, if everyone could hear your advice, I think we'd have a lot less skanky of a population, or at least all the skanks would be exiled to one place and branded as such.
26Kick the back-stabbing "friend" to the curb. We need more friends like that like we need a bad habit.
And all those sneezes, I'd be "allergic" to skanks too. Way to go Auntie E.
27Why oh why would you tolerate that behavior from a so-called friend unless you were using her to attract these men.
28Leave it to Auntie E to get right to the root of the problem and yank it out with neither anesthesia nor rubber gloves. Wow, she's as real as it gets.
29Even without an aromatherapy prescription from Miss Maddie (essential oils of eucalyptus, peppermint, and rosemary for that sneeze), you are gorgeous, darling, and right on point!
30three sneezes means money's coming. but sounds like miss e. is just allergic to skanky frenemies. i'd also advise ms. sloppy seconds not to forget her crush but to try to score with him before skankfriend can.
31Bless you, E. Jean, for sneezing and for the lovely advice. You've taught me today that skanking it up is NOT cool.
32E, I am allergic to idiocy too! Best Friend?!?!? I would hate to see this girl's enemies.
33PS: We're calling sex "Booping" now? I'd always thought it was, "Bopping". Or boffing... Got anymore nicknames for doing the deed?
34Never ever BOOF your best friend's fella. It's just wrong and awkwardly incestual. Auntie E. you are all-knowing.
35Spectacular!
The Skank: the fisherwoman, and the Clueless Dumb-Dumb: the bait!
Why on EARTH would our dear Dumb-Dumb even consider "handling" this Slime any longer? Erk!
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