The Cut - Victoria Pedretti Gives Good Despair

“God, all this stuff is starting to sound like I think I know something about psychology,” says Victoria Pedretti. She’s video-chatting from Los Angeles on what’s most likely a phone, based on the tenuous video quality. As her device is connecting to the call, her Zoom profile picture, which is a bygone headshot, occupies the square. “I think it’s funny that the picture is from when I was like 18,” she says with a laugh, just as her present-day form fills the screen.

It’s early October, about a week out from the third-season premiere of her megahit series You, which is ostensibly what we’re here to talk about. But the discussion winds, touching on matters from Instagram culture to the general dread of being alive these days, and after about 45 minutes, one thing becomes clear: Pedretti does know something about psychology, most of all her own.

Famous people continue to feud about space (and aliens). Adele’s new music video is finally here, and it’s making us want to grow our hair out. This is not what Jonah Hill asked for. Sorry, but Donald Trump really wants to talk about golden showers and how not into them he is (apropos of nothing). A bright side to the global supply-chain issues. If you haven’t read it already, we recommend Roxane Gay’s review of Dave Chappelle’s controversial new special. Only three more days until Succession comes back, and of course there is merch. Please enjoy this portrait of Paris Hilton made out of recycled cans.

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