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Chris Colfer Wasn’t Ready for Fame. This Book Saved Him.

19 Dec 2025 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube interview between Chris Colfer and interviewer Chris Collins. Colfer recounts sudden, uncomfortable fame after Glee premiered (being recognized everywhere, receiving death threats, being labeled 'Antichrist' by some pastors, becoming reclusive) and explains that writing became his primary escape. He credits Carrie Fisher and her memoir Wishful Drinking as having a major, possibly life-saving, influence on him.

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If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that is unacceptable. I almost felt like she wrote the book for me. She was 19 when Star wars started. I was 18 when Glee started. When the pilot aired, we were actually on a plane. And as soon as the plane landed, I've been recognized every single place I've ever been since.
Was that something you dreamed about?
No. No. It got really scary really fast. Death threats, security risks. Pastors of megachurches would call me the Antichrist. I really fell into myself and became too AF to leave my house. That was tough. But it made me a very good writer, because writing was the only form of escape that I had.
So, big question how did wishful drinking by the late Carrie Fisher change your life?
If it had not been for her and for that book.