PRESS CLIPPINGS
DEADLINE HOLLYWOOD
ABC’s single-camera Mother Teresa will be written by Teresa Strasser based on her book.» Read More
MAIL ONLINE
Selma Blair and bump prepare for motherhood with searingly honest pregnancy memoir.» Read More
SAN DIEGO FAMILY
Strasser delivers her trademark sass when addressing every aspect of her pregnancy.» Read More
LAS VEGAS BRIDE
We caught up with the lovely Teresa Strasser, who recently married at the Venetian Hotel.» Read More
VALLEY MAGAZINE
Teresa Strasser starts her day pretty early - 4 a.m. to be exact. And by 5 a.m. she's [...]» Read More
LAIST.COM
Thanks to Teresa Strasser, The Adam Carolla Show isn't just smart for morning radio. It's just smart.» Read More
KNOCKED UP CELEBS
Teresa takes a look at the funny side of pregnancy all while airing her fears of becoming a parent.» Read More
DESTINATION I DO
Real-life Bride: Teresa Strasser always knew that a big wedding wasn't in her cards.» Read More
BELLY ITCH BLOG
Teresa Strasser is exploiting her baby. How? By penning a super humorous, very fun and must read blog.» Read More
LAIST.COM
Exploiting My Baby, explores this growth period with brutal honesty and sharply hilarious wit.» Read More
QUOTES
On 'Exploiting My Baby'
'...a raw, often unsettling and always entertaining look at pregnancy
and childbirth. Strasser flaunts her ability to worry about anything, her
many documented imperfections and brings it all down to some seriously
funny prose.'
- Rick Kleffel, NPR
- Rick Kleffel, NPR
'If you read this book you will laugh until you're sick, I swear, but
it's also very insightful.'
-Dr. Phil
-Dr. Phil
'Teresa Strasser cuts right through the mucus plug with Exploiting My
Baby: Because It's Exploiting Me. With such chapter titles as 'Sitting
Stretch Mark Shiva' and 'I'll Miss You, Toxins,' Strasser's funnier than
your funniest friend and her neuroses are more acute than Joan Rivers'
Having a Baby Can Be a Scream.'
-LA Weekly
-LA Weekly
'I laughed my ass off - which is great, because now I don't have stretch
marks anymore.'
-New York Times-bestselling author Jenny McCarthy
-New York Times-bestselling author Jenny McCarthy
'Exploiting her baby, perhaps, but most certainly rewarding her readers,
Teresa Strasser trudges, nay, romps with us down the road from the anxiety
of no baby to guilt of not deserving a precious child. All the while she
reminds us that the echoes of our families of origin, although carried
along with us like so much muck in a river-bed, need not choke our ability
to flourish and find joy as parents.'
-Dr. Drew Pinsky
-Dr. Drew Pinsky
'Hilarious first time memoir about motherhood.'
-Life & Style
-Life & Style
'Teresa's pain is your gain. The toll pregnancy and birth have taken on
her marriage, career, psyche and cervix are all laid bare for your info-tainment.
Her neurotic neonatal journey will make you laugh and cry. It might even
make you aroused (if you're into that sort of thing).'
-Adam Carolla
-Adam Carolla
'Exploiting My Baby: Because It's Exploiting Me is a hilarious, honest,
often raunchy account of Strasser's pregnancy and delivery in which no
subject is too sacred to broach: Porn, STDs, the fetal benefits of oral
sex and a particularly disastrous clogged toilet scene all get their day.
This is the stuff What to Expect When You're Expecting elegantly omits.'
-The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles
-The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles
'If Woody Allen was a woman with big giant ovaries and wrote a book about
his pregnancy, it still wouldn't have been this funny, warm, brassy and
insightful.'
-Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, bestselling author of Sippy Cups are Not for Chardonnay
-Stefanie Wilder-Taylor, bestselling author of Sippy Cups are Not for Chardonnay
'Strasser's collection of essays is a comic, poignant and no-holds-barred
revelation of her anxiety-strewn road to motherhood.'
-Laguna Beach Independent
-Laguna Beach Independent
'If this is what it's really like to have a baby, I should have been a
lot nicer to my lovely wife. Also, she should have made me laugh this much.
So we're even. If you think you worry too much about being a parent, Teresa
Strasser will inform you of all the things you forgot to freak out about.'
-Joel Stein
-Joel Stein
'I loved this book. Teresa Strasser has blessed us all with an amazing,
inspired work. I laughed, I cried, I learned lessons about marriage and
love and pregnancy and motherhood that will last a lifetime. Teresa knows
how to speak directly to every one of us, and offers us the inside story
every pregnant woman wishes someone out there would finally share. Her
very personal, hysterical and moving story is universal. I can't wait to
buy this book for all my pregnant friends.'
-Rabbi Naomi Levy, author of Hope Will Find You and To Begin Again
-Rabbi Naomi Levy, author of Hope Will Find You and To Begin Again
'Darn funny and a truthful glimpse into the realities of pregnancy.'
-L.A. Parent Magazine
-L.A. Parent Magazine
'Teresa is the mom you want to invite to your playgroup.'
-Heather McDonald, New York Times bestselling author of You'll Never Blueball in this Town Again
-Heather McDonald, New York Times bestselling author of You'll Never Blueball in this Town Again
General Words of Kindness:
'Her new blog, Exploiting My Baby, explores this growth period with brutal
honesty and sharply hilarious wit. In her blog she has written about: advice-spouting
moms nearly provoking her to violence; how she goofed, calling Nancy O'Dell
the c-word on Carolla's wildly successful podcast; and her very real fears
on becoming a new mother.'
- LAist.com
- LAist.com
'Teresa's gone & got herself in the family way (meaning, pregnant)
and she's been keeping an incredibly biting, honest blog about it called
(natch) Exploiting My Baby.'
- MyNorthwest.com
- MyNorthwest.com
'Strasser is a genuine public intellectual, a bright writer who managed
to succeed in morning radio in a venue beyond NPR. (Now that is a shock.)'
- The Daily News
- The Daily News
'Teresa Strasser is exploiting her baby. How? By writing a super humorous,
very fun and must read blog ... witty, down-to-earth, bare bones and tell-it-like-it-is.'
- Bellyitchblog.com
- Bellyitchblog.com
'Teresa Strasser, one of the hosts from the first season of 'While You
Were Out,' is a raven-haired, quick-witted hipster with an acid tongue,
the kind of person who might make mordant jokes at funerals.'
- Slate.com
- Slate.com
'Teresa takes a look at the funny side of pregnancy all while airing her
fears of becoming a parent. I laughed so much while reading it and wished
that this blog was around when I was pregnant.'
- Knocked Up Celebs
- Knocked Up Celebs
'The Least Annoying People'- The folks at amiannoying.com have once
again polled readers to come up with the most - and least - annoying personalities
of the year. Topping the most annoying list for 2003 are the rabid, cave-dwelling
members of Al-Qaeda... As for the least annoying people of the year, Salma
Hayek comes in first, followed by home repair hottie Teresa Strasser, God,
the late John Ritter and actress Mischa Barton.'
- Page Six in the 'New York Post'
- Page Six in the 'New York Post'
'This column, 'Saying Goodbye to an Angel in Sin City,' told a good story
and told it well. Ms Strasser has a great voice. She allows the reader
to see the story clearly and feel a part of it. The column is also a touching
reflection of our society's rituals surrounding death.'
- Los Angeles Press Club, Judges' Comments (Columnist Award)
- Los Angeles Press Club, Judges' Comments (Columnist Award)
'Teresa Strasser is the main draw, as the show's perky, smart, and dont-you-want-her-as-a-gal-pal
host … Teresas a funny lady, a hard worker and an Emmy winner for her writing
on 'Win Ben Steins Money.' Shes a sistah if I evah saw one with that cute
little barrette she uses to hold back the hair from the right side of her
face during those hard-to-complete jobs that require lots of bending.'
- The Southern Voice
- The Southern Voice
'An almost lyrical narrative of a ghastly family tragedy. From the brutally
honest lead to the thoughtful last line, we couldnt put the story down.'
- Los Angeles Press Club Awards (News Feature Award)
- Los Angeles Press Club Awards (News Feature Award)
'Teresa Strasser was challenging you at home before you knew who she was.
She was a writer for four celebrated game shows of varying degrees of prestige
in the late 90s and early 00s. The bright and lively queen of Friday night
cable television knows how to scour through the almanacs, the newspapers,
the atlases and quotation sources ... In a turn of events which surprised
even Teresa, she became host of TLCs While You Were Out, the networks second-highest
rated prime time show.'
- Inside the Games
- Inside the Games
'In keeping with the TLC decorating program host formula, Teresa Strasser
is very pretty. Fortunately, Strasser is also clever and likeable, so us
average-looking viewers dont totally hate her.'
- Winnipeg Free Press
- Winnipeg Free Press
'She was beautiful, had this sort of cool nature and was funny as hell.
Someone on the show remarked that it was a nice day and her reply was,
'Any day you're not being fed intravenously, it's a nice day'. That was
it for me. I was in love ... Her self-effacing humor is extremely endearing
and her quick, off the wall wit is priceless. Hopefully a book will follow.'
- Citi Music Magazine
- Citi Music Magazine
'Thanks to co-host Teresa Strasser, The Adam Carolla Show isn't just smart
for morning radio. It's just smart.'
- LAist.com
- LAist.com