Look, I know we all want to be the perfect girl
in a relationship,
so maybe you just need to let Josh see the real you.
Not just the good stuff.
You know, even the parts of you that you’re not so proud of.
-That isn’t always that easy for me.
-Don’t hold back. Get messy. Show him the full Liza.
I don’t think that it’s too late.
-You’re a real friend, Kelsey.
The best I’ve made in a long time.
-I feel the same way about you.
-Thank you.
-I’m Kelsey Peters.
I’m an editor here and I saw you meeting with Diana Trout.
-Liza Miller. And I’m sure she’s no picnic,
but I’m just really happy to have a job.
-Of course. I didn’t mean to shit in your Cheerios.
-Okay.
-It’s a pretty cool company.
I started working here right out of college as an assistant
and I just made junior editor six months ago.
-Wow.
-Yeah. So basically, I was you two years ago.
-If you say so.
-Lisa, are you crazy? We’re only in our 20s once.
-I know. You’re right, it’s true.
-Well, you got to live it.
Before you know it, you’re going to be in your 40s.
Living in a house in the suburbs with a husband
who watches TV all night while you’re in your bathtub
spritzing your shower hose on your special place.
-I think they call it a wand.
Help me with my makeup?
-Yes.
Liza, I’m going to need your help.
-Okay. What can I do?
-I need you to lock the door, and I need you to wash your
hands. I wouldn’t ask, but it’s an emergency, okay?
I’m going on like 14 hours here.
-Dammit.
-Thank you.
-We will never speak of this again.
-Liza, you’re the real deal.
Anything you ever need, ever, I got you.
I would like to make a toast to Liza Miller,
the goddess cup extractor.
Not afraid to just reach up in there, bare-handed,
like a mechanic.
-I thought I put a gag order on that incident.
-I’m sorry. It’s kind of a big deal, though.
Welcome to the inner circle, Liza.
Friends for life.
I’m confused. How do you just break up?
-We just did. It’s just over. And I wanted to tell you
so that we don’t have to talk about it anymore. Okay?
-I’m so sorry.
-Me too.
-Are you sure you don’t want to tell me what happened?
- I can’t. It hurts too much.
But I still love him. I think I always will.
-Of course. Come here.
It’s all going to get better in our 30s.
-Yeah.
-Charles just gave me my own imprint.
-What?
-For millennials, by millennials. I get to run it.
-That’s fantastic.
-It’s going to be huge.
And I want you to be a part of it.
-Really?
-Of course, yes.
You’re smart, you’re young. You have great taste.
I don’t want to do this without you.
-Then I’m here for you.
-We’re going to be 26 year old bosses.
Wait. You had something to tell me.
-Nothing. Yay. Oh my God.
-I’m not qualified to run an imprint.
I wrote my speech on my hand and just sweated it off, okay?
This is a job for an adult. I’m a kitten in a Barbie car.
-Okay, breathe in through your nose.
-Okay.
-Out through your mouth. Just focus on that.
-Liza? I feel like such an imposter.
-So do I. Every single day.
-No, seriously. Like I have no idea what I’m doing.
-Kelsey, nobody knows what they’re doing.
You just fake it until you make it
and hope that when you’re down,
like literally on the ground in some cases,
you have people around you to help you get up.
Now, come on. If we’re going to run the world
before we’re 30, we got to get moving.
-Okay.
People aren’t perfect, Liza.
We’re all entitled to our own secrets.
-Of course. But, I was just trying to-
-Protect me. I know.
But I have to make my own mistakes,
even if that means marrying the wrong guy.
-... Okay. But-
-Not everyone can live up to your standards, Liza.
Maybe if you had stayed out of it,
Thad would still ...
I’m sorry. I have to get back to work.
-Hi. -Hi.
-I’m so sorry for what I said to you.
-Kelsey, you were right.
-No, I was so wrong.
Please don’t ever disappear on me again.
-I won’t, I won’t. I promise.
-Oh. Oh my God.
I’m finally crying.
Oh, we did it, girl.
-I know. This could be huge for Millennial.
-Okay, I know. Let’s not jinx it by overcelebrating.
-Maybe just a hand hug.
-All right, that’s good. That’s good.
-Okay, yeah. Then we’re done.
Are we about to go to a billionaire’s loft party?
-Yes, please.
Why didn’t you tell me you and Josh were back together?
- Honestly, it’s not all really resolved.
-Well, he did mess up not including you
in that T Magazine thing. Did he apologize for that?
-Yeah.
-And he’s ready to have your relationship out in the open?
-There is nothing he would like more than an open,
honest relationship.
But, sometimes you can’t be 100% honest.
-Is that like a herpes thing?
-What? No.
-I know it seems impossible, but he could be gone just like that.
So, if you love him, just be with him.
-I have to show you something.
This is my daughter, Caitlin.
-What?
-She’s in college.
-And I’m not 26. I’m going to be 41 in a few weeks.
-I don’t understand.
-There were so many times that I wanted to tell you,
but then we started Millennial and I knew you needed me
to be the person you believed I was.
Sometimes I believed it myself.
-Why even tell me now?
-Because I couldn’t keep deceiving the people
I love most.
And Kelsey, next to my own daughter,
and Maggie,
you’re the most precious thing in the world to me.
I’m still the same person that you’ve always known.
-That in there was business.
I don’t think that I can ever forgive you.
You broke my heart.
I was out all night.
I slept with a stranger. I drank too much.
I have no problem being honest about who I am.
So go ahead, don’t hold back. Say what you were going to say.
-Your tit’s out.
God, I have been feeling like a shitty person lately.
And now, I feel like a really shitty mom.
-No. Liza, there’s nothing that you could’ve done.
She got sick.
-I could’ve answered the phone
and told her to go to the doctor,
but I was in the woods getting drunk.
-What about her dad?
-He’s not the one you contact when you have a crisis, it’s me.
It’s always been me.
-I’m really sorry. I wish there was something I could do.
-Oh my God, it’s her. Caitlin, hey.
-Hey, mom.
-Hey. Hi. You okay?
-I’ve been better.
-I am so sorry I didn’t get your call.
-It’s okay. Are you coming?
-I am on my way. I promise. And honey, just so you know,
when it comes to your health, money is not an issue.
I am so, so sorry you had to go through this.
So, are we in a good place now?
-Yeah. You did what you had to do for your kid.
I would like to think that my mom
would do something crazy like that for me.
We’re good.
-Thank you.
-Don’t thank me, come out and get some birthday ass.
-I’ll pass on the ass.
-You don’t have to go home on your own.
That guy at the bar was totally checking you out.
Let’s go!
And you know, because you were checking him out.
Go get some birthday cake.
I’m officially not a fan of the girl
Josh is seeing. Montana? She Porky Pigged me.
-Oh, you’re going to have to help me here.
You mean she has a stutter?
-Just the top, no bottoms, walking around the apartment
at 7:00 AM with her muff out.
-I hate that she even has a muff.
Look. Look, look, look, look, look.
-Exciting news.
The next Reese Witherspoon book club pick
is Marriage Vacation.
-I know.
-You guys, you guys. That is enormous.
All of Reese’s picks become best sellers.
-I can only keep so many secrets for you, Liza.
-I wanted to come clean and you stopped me.
Remember that? I am lying for us,
because I want you to succeed as much as you do.
But, the problem is that I love two people.
Charles and I, we’re just trying to see if we can make this work.
But, you have had my back since the day I started
and I have had yours.
So, if you are asking me to choose
between the two of you, I choose you.
-A maverick is an independent person
who blazes their own path.
There are women who got to where they are without needing help,
and I admire them. But, I am not one of them.
I am very lucky to not be running Millennial on my own.
I have an amazing partner who should be up here with me.
A partnership like ours is rare, and sometimes challenging,
but we never stand in each other’s way,
personally or professionally,
because we know that we are better together.
So thank you, Glamour, for this award,
on behalf of myself and Liza Miller.
-Do you sometimes hate me a little?
-What? Why? What are you talking about?
-I see you this weekend, lying to cover up my lie.
And you smile and don’t complain,
but you got to hate me a little for it.
-It’s okay. I-
-It’s only okay because you’ve managed
to dodge the bullet so far.
But one day we’re not going to be able to
and it’s all going to blow up,
and Millennial will never recover.
And you’ll hate me then.
-... No. -Kelsey.
-No, it’s not going to happen.
-I got a job offer.
Cheryl Sussman at Plaza Publishing.
And I’m going to take it.
-No.
-Kelsey, I can never repay you for what you have done for me,
but that day when you hate me,
I have got to get out of here before that happens.
While the party is still happening
and we’re on a high. It had to happen, Kels.
We’ve come to the end of this road.
It was a beautiful, beautiful road.
And I had so much fun, and I loved every minute of it.
-No. There has to be another way, okay?
We need to just stop and just take
a second and breath and think and ...
-It’s okay, Kelsey. It’s okay. We both know it.
It’s time for me to go.
-You cannot leave now. She is investing in us.
-No, this is all the more reason why I should leave.
I’m a ticking time bomb. You both know the truth,
that I’ve been perpetrating a fraud here.
You’re both part of it. You’re as liable as I am.
If I’m not here, Quinn’s investment is clean.
-I don’t know if I can do this without you.
-Kelsey, you can.