About this episode

Shannon Elizabeth opens up about her experiences in the entertainment industry and her journey of self-discovery and empowerment.

Shannon Elizabeth was the it girl of the early 2000s... American Pie, Scary Movie, Love Actually, That 70s Show. What we didn't know was how much Shannon was carrying underneath all of it. In this personal and unfiltered episode, Tamsen sits down with her cousin Shannon Elizabeth, for the first time with a microphone between them. They grew up together at their grandmother's house. They went through their divorces around the same time. They have been each other's people through all of it. And this conversation goes places neither of them planned. Shannon gets honest about what it was actually like being swept up in the entertainment machine at 25 and moving so fast through the biggest moments of her career that she barely lived any of them. Now in her 50s, she talks about the announcement that got everyone talking, joining OnlyFans, and the real reason she is doing it now after years of watching creator culture build around her and staying on the sidelines. She wasn't in a good place for a long time and she didn't want to fake it. Now she is and she is ready to be seen. You'll hear: - What it was actually like being Nadia from American Pie and the parts of that chapter Shannon…

People in this episode

Host: Tamsen Fadal

Guest: Shannon Elizabeth

Topics covered

• personal growth
• entertainment industry
• divorce
• self-discovery
• creator culture

Keywords

• Shannon Elizabeth
• American Pie
• divorce
• OnlyFans
• self-improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: American Pie, Scary Movie, Love Actually, That 70s Show

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