Brie Larson gets taken down a peg - Part 16

At the car, on their way home, Brie tells her agent everything that happened tonight. Karen, in the driving seat, stares at her client, incredulous.

-Come on, Brie… Do you really expect me to believe that?

-It’s the truth! Why won’t you believe me?

-Listen, you don’t need to lie to me, okay? I’ve seen a lot in this job. I don’t judge you. If you’re an exhibitionist, good for you. But you need to be discrete. Tom Cruise doesn’t shove the mice up his ass in the middle of Times Square, does he? If you wanna expose yourself, do it in controlled environments… Gosh, I can even find you roles where you can strip on camera and we can make good money with it! Jiyuu is offering generous contracts for actresses willing to get naked… But what you can’t do is expose yourself in a public venue packed with photographers and then in a police station! What were you thinking?

-I keep telling you that I am not an exhibitionist! I had the diarrhea accident and stained my dress, and everything went downhill from there. And it was Scarlett and Elizabeth who set me up by lying to the security guards…

-Oh, please… Look, I understand that you feel embarrassed to admit your kinks, but I’m not gonna sit here and hear you throw Scarlett and Lizzie under the bus. Wanna know something? When I was on my way here, both of them called me because they were worried sick about you. Nobody else did! Nobody! The only two people in the world who had the thought of calling your agent to ask if you were okay were Scarlett and Lizzie… And the whole world saw it on TV and online. Maybe you should learn to identify the few people who actually care about you.

-They just called because they wanted to ridicule me! Karen, believe me, they lied to the guards to get me arrested, and hid my dress!

-Yeah, sure… And then your cellmates stripped you and spanked your butt, didn’t they?

-Yes! They did! Everybody was mean to me tonight! -exclaims Brie, who is starting to cry-. The other actors, the security men, the cops, my cellmates… Everybody seemed to be enjoying my predicaments!

-Yes, Brie, I’m sure they were… Everybody is evil...

Brie doesn’t have enough energy left to continue arguing with her agent. She observes the road in silence, while tears slide down her cheeks. It is then when she feels that unsettling sensation in her stomach again…

“Oh, fuck no…”