Nate Berkus Brings Sam Lansky’s Important Memoir "The Gilded Razor" To TV

Television

What’s Next Now

The coming of age addiction memoir gets picked up for TV.

October 06, 2016

By:

Alexander Kacala

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We are reeling over this news!

Earlier this year, we featured an interview with Sam Lansky after the release of his memoir, The Gilded Razor.

Our interview began:

The book honestly reveals the debut author’s tumultuous affair with alcohol, drugs, and older men during his late teens in New York. Praised as “the addiction memoir for the next generation,” the acclaimed memoir has been featured in People magazine, Vanity Fair, and on Entertainment Weekly’s Must List. Lansky is also the cultural editor at Time, interviewing celebrities like Nicki Minaj, Taylor Swift, and Adele.

Well, sources are reporting that the book has been picked up former OWN executive Sheri Salata and interior designer and out heart throb Nate Berkus.

The Hollywood Reporter writes:

“What a thrill to join forces with my fellow producers Nancy Hala, Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent and of course author Sam Lansky, to bring The Gilded Razor to life,” Salata said Wednesday in a statement. “From first read we were captivated by his powerful memoir of broken lives, damaged love and sexual chaos through the foggy haze of a 17-year-old addict’s world.”

Added Berkus: “I am excited to partner with Story and Sam to explore the possibilities of The Gilded Razor.”

During our interview, we chatted with Lansky on recovery, dating sober, and Madonna. “I sort of document towards the end of my book my experiences in substance abuse treatment and ultimately getting sober when I was 19. Looking back on it – what I can see I didn’t even realize how much every step along the way for me, everything I learned, every rehab I ended up in, every false start, every relapse was bringing me to this point where I could finally be ready to let that go. To let that part of my life go now so I could step into this new sober identity. So much of my identity was wrapped up in being this messed up kid that was a really hard thing for me to let go of. Once I was ready, I was really, really ready.”