14
It was a hot mess explosion of hormones, saysThe Other Twostar.
All that insecurity didnt exactly help her make new friends, she points out.
Being social was so scary to me.
I was so desperate to be cool but didn’t know how to be cool.
(More on that last one later.)
I realized I was funny at one of my parents' dinner parties talking to my parents' friends.
I remember at that age being like, I’m just so much better with adults, she says.
But despite her newfound success,Yorke still lives by that anti-cool creed.
Instead, she much prefers her home life.
I’m married to the sexiest man alive.
He’s Jewish, a good dad, and so hot its insane.
Take me back to 1999, when you were 14.
How were you feeling about life?
Were your parents aware of your trichotillomania, or was it something you were hiding?
It was pretty hard to not notice.
But it was still like a secret shame [thing that] was so satisfying to do.
It calmed me down; it was a release.
I also learned how to masturbate when I was around that age and I just couldnt stop.
I was like, What is this?
It must be bad.
I never talked to anyone about it until I was a freshman in high school.
Did you have any celebrity crushes that you were thinking about at that time?
I was absolutely out of my mind for Prince William.
Out of my mind!
When he got to Eton and he did that press conference, he was really cute.
I had a journal…
What kind of Prince William fan fic were you writing?
I wasn’t writing, I was cutting out [pictures of him].
It wasn’t an eloquent love.
It was a hot mess explosion of hormones.
Those pages probably stuck together, man.
You grew up dancing, but started acting in middle school.
Did having that creative outlet help you fit in at your new school?
It was the thing that gave me confidence.
I was in choir; I was taking acting lessons.
I can do this.
What were your dressing like at the time?
And I was like, Baby, it hasbeentime for a night cream!
It’s time for surgical intervention!
You need needles now!
Bring in the big guns!
How did you envision your adult life when you were 14?
I had these fantasies of going to New York City and now I live here and skip around town.
I go to my friends Broadway openings, great restaurants, I have really interesting dynamic friends.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
This article was originally published onMay 16, 2023
