Kate Berlant’s Breakthrough TV Moment, Botulism Not Included

It was 9 a.m. P.T., and Kate Berlant had already encountered a “botulism moment.” The comedian-writer-actor never went to bed after her flight from London landed at LAX at 3 that morning, so she had enough time before our chat to convince herself that the can of coconut milk she left in her fridge posed a threat to her health. “I saw that it was expired and used it anyway,” she said. “It’s hours later, I’m alive.” My brain was primed for a conversation about sealed food gone bad, since I’d recently watched Berlant talk about it—this time in character,… Read Full Article