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Do You Really Know Your Husband? “Strangers”- The Story Behind The Best Selling Book

Hot Mics with Billy Bush

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00:00 The Marriage That Ended Overnight
03:08 Why Everyone Passed on the Book
06:24 The Day Everything Changed
10:01 The Search for Answers
15:00 Divorce, Friendship, and Truth
20:01 Breaking Family Patterns
25:35 Netflix and Gwyneth Paltrow
30:04 Co-Parenting After Betrayal
35:13 From Heartbreak to Bestseller
38:10 What Healing Really Looks Like

Guest, Belle Burden, Author, “Strangers: A Memoir Of Marriage”

How well do you know your husband? What secrets lie inside a marriage? Belle Burden joins Hot Mics for a special show where we go deep inside her story and her best selling book, “Strangers.” How far did she go to understand what happened and what changed with her ex-husband? What is revealed and not revealed in the book? How did she handle telling friends and neighbors and what was their reaction? What is her relationship with her Ex now? And the kids… how did they take the news and how are they handling their mom’s fame? Plus, Gwyneth Paltrow is set to star in the film… playing Belle! What does she think of that? What have the discussions been like with Gwyneth? And who should play her Ex?

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20 Comments

@LL-cc4ro 5 months ago

A happy ending shouldn’t be defined as finding another man or revenge against the spouse. His behavior already identifies him and this was her journey in identifying herself!

@cmid2399 5 months ago

She healed and broke generational patterns and helped her kids in doing so!

@jjf7991 4 months ago

What a wonderful daughter to just say she wanted to learn to cook to help Belle.

@shabanakhan507 5 months ago

Rarely is there a “happy ending “ in real life. You just keep going slowly day by day and hope for the best. As a family therapist I can confirm life is rarely fair . It’s tough and sad and breaks your heart somehow you find the strength and keep going. Great interview!!

@KarenStolman 5 months ago

Me too!!! I am also an abruptly abandoned, blindsided spouse. For me it was at 21 years of marriage and two teenage kids. He was still professing his love for me and sleeping with me nightly. Men who do this are covert narcissists, they devalue/discard their loved ones and marriage with no empathy. There are subtle signs throughout the marriage. Vikki Stark, is a world renowned expert in Spousal Abandonment, and wrote the bible on this topic, in her book “Runaway Husbands.”

@Budgetsavernation 5 months ago

Her ex-husband is despicable. I am so happy she is having this success. As for him, karma is real.

@jasminetea4729 5 months ago

Sometimes after divorce with or without children, other later failed relationships, there is no traditional happy ending but a life constructed from ashes where there is contentment and a true knowing of oneself.

@Charlie-fx8vo 5 months ago

All the best Belle. Almost like having a sudden heart attack.
Glad you had fortitude, friends and courage to start breathing again for your life, for your kids.💛

@nataliea7421 5 months ago

This story is remarkably similar to mine. Thank you for being honest and not writing a “Hollywood ending”. To do so would have been a disservice to anyone who has experienced this betrayal.

@m_jag7515 5 months ago

I finished the book yesterday after watching an interview with Belle. Amazing woman! So likeable and intelligent, a soul sister.

@casslarkin4567 5 months ago

I read the book in a day and have listened to several interviews with Belle. It's nice to have a male interview her, as well.

@Jen-jo5qu 5 months ago

Incredible book. HIGHLY suggested. I read it in a day. Everyone should read this, especially young women. It's about marriage, love, and finances.

@daniz1220 5 months ago

Why did there need to be a happy ending. That’s not life. This is her story. Not fiction.

@dianebalch5369 4 months ago

This book should be required reading for all women and brides. The manner of Belle's husband departure and leaving the family reveals his character. It also seems that wealth and status were his top motivations.

@jennyjarvis1025 5 months ago

Belle seems like such a kind person. So glad she's been so successful with her book.

@kellyclark2806 4 months ago

Billy Bush is so genuine - so refreshing!

@AnneHilo-v4w 4 months ago

She is the whole package, She doesn't need him. Lucky for her, she will meet someone so much better and
deeply in love with her,"Her true self"

@susank2463 5 months ago

The lack of ending is not the reason for the success. She is a Very good writer and told a untique story well.

@TonetteDRaber 2 months ago

Great interview! Wishing her all the best. Thanks for sharing, Billy!

@kara-x5m6h 5 months ago

Sounds so much like a few male family members of mine. Once they decided to leave their wives, they cut their kids off too. It’s control, they no longer have control of any of what they’ve left behind. It’s creating a new life where the before doesn’t exist. Easier for them to cope, because it’s 100% all about themselves.