Book · 2007 · Methamphetamine
Beautiful Boy
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Rob, who'd been eating, put down his fork. What got us through is two books, Tweaked and Beautiful Boy, citing addiction memoirs.
Megyn Kelly · The Megyn Kelly Show · Dec 2025 Listen at 1:07:52 The best things said about it
And I thought the show was going to be done and I had booked David Chef who wrote Beautiful Boy and the movie had just come out and I got a text he's like I'm not doing your show for 6 months.
Beautiful boy you see the movie and you think well the wasn't I'm not familiar beautiful boy is it is a book that came out I think a couple years ago got turned into a movie you should have him on a Nick Chef and David Sheff father and son.
Alex Berenson The Joe Rogan Experience · Feb 2019 There's also an adaptation of kind of two books in one which is sort of interesting uh a movie called Beautiful Boy which is based not on fiction but on two Memoirs by uh David and Nick Chef Father and Son.
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Beautiful Boy by David Sheff is a powerful memoir that chronicles a father's harrowing journey through his son's methamphetamine addiction and recovery. The book received emotional and critical discussion across several podcast platforms. On The Megyn Kelly Show, Megyn Kelly read from an article detailing how a Hollywood family navigated their son's severe drug struggles by turning to addiction memoirs, explicitly citing Beautiful Boy alongside companion works. On The Rich Roll Podcast, David Manheim recalled a stressful scheduling period involving an interview with David Sheff right as the film adaptation of the book was released in theaters. John Williams discussed the cinematic adaptation on The Book Review, noting that the film drew from two memoirs written separately by both David and Nick Sheff to portray the dual perspectives of father and son. Finally, Alex Berenson brought up the book on The Joe Rogan Experience during a debate on cannabis policies, recommending that listeners explore the Sheffs' work to understand the tragic, unpredictable trajectory of severe substance abuse. Across these podcasts, the book resonated as an honest, devastating examination of addiction and familial endurance.
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Alex Berenson beautiful boy you see the movie and you think well the wasn't I'm not familiar beautiful boy is it is a boo… 1
“beautiful boy you see the movie and you think well the wasn't I'm not familiar beautiful boy is it is a book that came out I think a couple years ago got turned into a movie you should have him on a Nick Chef and David Sheff father and son”
David Manheim and I thought the show was going to be done and I had booked David Chef who wrote Beautiful Boy and the mov… 1
“and I thought the show was going to be done and I had booked David Chef who wrote Beautiful Boy and the movie had just come out and I got a text he's like I'm not doing your show for 6 months”
John Williams there's also an adaptation of kind of two books in one which is sort of interesting uh a movie called Beaut… 1
“there's also an adaptation of kind of two books in one which is sort of interesting uh a movie called Beautiful Boy which is based not on fiction but on two Memoirs by uh David and Nick Chef Father and Son”
Megyn Kelly Rob, who'd been eating, put down his fork. What got us through is two books, Tweaked and Beautiful Boy, cit… 1
“Rob, who'd been eating, put down his fork. What got us through is two books, Tweaked and Beautiful Boy, citing addiction memoirs.”