Noam Dworman: observation

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…I don’t know that. I guess I will. I’ll try to do it short. When I was younger — not anymore. Listen, I was a musician. I’m not proud of it, but I caroused. I was not faithful to girlfriends. Whatever. I’m just copping to it. I can’t believe, because I texted Coleman today. He’s like, “It’ll be fine. Don’t worry about it.” Then the only bad question was from him. [laughter] Yes. I had decided that the only way you could have an affair — I wasn’t married, God forbid — was that you and the woman had to be the only two people who know about it. I had this girlfriend. I said, “We’re going to go to Washington, DC.” I didn’t tell anybody. I can’t believe you’re doing this. I was in a hotel, and my cell phone is ringing and ringing and ringing, and I don’t want to answer it. Finally, I answer it. It was someone working in the office, calling on behalf of my father. “Where are you? Your father’s going — ” I said, “I’m in DC.” Then I spoke to my father’s wife. “I’m in DC.” They’re like, “Don’t you understand what’s happened?” I had no idea. “Turn on the TV.” I turned on the TV, it was 9/11. The World Trade Center has fallen down. I said, “Well, I’m in DC.” That’s all I say. Then my girlfriend, now my wife — my wife knows the story. Her mother — I’m really trying to condense the story — shows up to the Olive Tree — That’s the attached restaurant, for listeners who don’t know.…

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