They're tired.'Īs for her recent split from fellow funny person and the father of her sons, Will Arnett ( 30 Rock, Arrested Development), the reasons behind it are 'too sad and too personal' to divulge, but she does offer a metaphor sure to resonate with anyone who's been there: 'Imagine spreading everything you care about on a blanket and then tossing the whole thing up in the air. And guys, she counsels, 'you should relax about sex - women don't always need it to last as long as you think they do. As for pot, it stops her performing, driving or writing, and just isn't feasible when you have two small boys wanting you to play robots. It's bad for almost everything else,' she writes in a chapter titled 'Obligatory Drug Stories'. 'Cocaine is terrific if you want to hang out with people you don't know very well and play ping pong all night.

Yes, she dallied with cocaine, but she wouldn't again. With a determination not dissimilar to that of the character she plays on her hit mockumentary, Parks and Recreation, Poehler is on a mission to boost all things perky and fight back against the cult of cool. And if that implies sappiness, think again. She did drugs! She shares sex tips! She's finally spilling about her divorce! But as even these titillating snatches reveal, the really scandalous thing about US television's most appealing personality is her niceness. But now, comedy's golden girl, a person too private and self-promotion-averse to have a Twitter account, is set to tell all in her forthcoming memoir and self-help guide.īefore it even hit the bookshops this week, advance glimpses of Yes Please were already plastered over the internet. As Elle magazine proclaimed earlier this year, Amy Poehler is 'simultaneously the adorable little sister who makes you laugh and the wise older sister who supports you through your darkest hour'.

Now, the much-feted comedian is on a new mission - to get rid of the cult of cool and promote humour that’s for everyone, writes Hephzibah Anderson.ĭiane Keaton has a whopping girl crush on her and Tina Fey claims her as her 'comedy wife'. Comedy queen Amy Poehler’s new memoir spills the beans on her divorce and her dalliance with cocaine.

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