What Claudia Oshry has said about Bloodlines (Joe Manganiello memoir)

Claudia Oshry argues Manganiello did not originally come out of the divorce looking bad, so his need to vindicate himself is puzzling.

“I don't feel like he came out looking like a bad guy at all”

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Claudia Oshry says partners owe each other privacy and that the memoir's revelations make her dislike Manganiello.

“I think that like you do sort of owe your partner privacy. And this kind of like makes me not like him”

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Claudia Oshry calls it manipulative for Manganiello to link his earlier suicidal ideation and his dog to criticism of Vergara.

“So like to bring it up in the context of the dog and Sofia Vergara is like kind of manipulative”

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Claudia Oshry argues Manganiello is using the Vergara material for publicity, since it leads the book's press.

“It's a book all about his chronic illness, but the excerpt he chooses to lead the press with is the one about Sofia Vergara”

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Claudia Oshry said Joe Manganiello's life and career are not interesting enough to warrant a memoir.

“I don't think Joe Manganiello is like a celebrity who's like really, whose personal life and career is like really interesting enough for a memoir”

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Claudia Oshry said that while autoimmune illnesses are real, celebrities sometimes use them to mask eating disorders, without accusing Manganiello.

“I think a lot of times these autoimmune disease cover up anorexia”

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