television, so maybe that did
have something to do with it,” she
laughs.
It was turning 50 that hurt her.
She began noticing changes to
her looks, her kids were grown up
and leaving the house, and she hit
menopause. She began taking a
good look at her career and wondered how much harder it would
be for her now. And then strange
things began happening. Guys
stopped holding the door for her,
innocent flirtations at the deli
ceased, and a conversation with
one comic was simply surreal.
“I had one comic say to me, ‘Patty,
remember when you used to be really hot?’ I’m like what?? He goes
‘Remember?’ So, I go uh… yeah.
He says, ‘God, I used to have the
worst crush on you back then.’
“Every word coming out of his
mouth was in past tense,” she recalled. “I think it was the first time
I realized I don’t look the way I did
before. And losing your looks is
a big thing for people who con-
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