• Home
  • Mail
  • Flickr
  • Tumblr
  • News
  • Sports
  • Finance
  • Entertainment
  • Lifestyle
  • Answers
  • Groups
  • More
Yahoo
    • Skip to Navigation
    • Skip to Main Content
    • Skip to Related Content
    Lifestyle Home
    Follow Us
    • Style
    • Beauty
    • Wellness
    • Pop Culture
    • News
    • Horoscope
    • Video
    • Polyvore

    Patton Oswalt Found A Note His Late Wife Wrote About Donald Trump In 2004

    Carla Herreria
    HuffPostOctober 21, 2017
    Reblog
    Share
    Tweet
    Share
    Patton Oswalt's wife, crime writer Michelle McNamara, died in 2016, months before the presidential election.
    Patton Oswalt's wife, crime writer Michelle McNamara, died in 2016, months before the presidential election.

    Michelle McNamara, the true crime writer and late wife of comedian Patton Oswalt, had already decided what type of person Donald Trump was 13 years before he became president.

    Oswalt, while preparing to move out of his house, uncovered a note that his wife typed in 2004, the comedian tweeted on Friday. On the printed note were musings resembling a poem. It was titled “Lies The Movies Told Me.”

    “Rich tycoons are Bullshit,” McNamara wrote. “Even after spending an afternoon with Robin Williams, Donald Trump is still and will always be an asshole.”

    “People who talk to themselves in voice over are deeper and more sensitive,” she added.

    Moving in a week. Was going through Michelle’s notebooks and papers and found this, dated 2004. @TrueCrimeDiarypic.twitter.com/q5kyim48Mk


    — Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) October 21, 2017

    McNamara, who died in April 2016, supported Hillary Clinton in last year’s presidential campaign, often retweeting messages that praised of the former Secretary of State and ones that were critical of Trump.

    When McNamara died, Oswalt was devastated. 

    Funerals are final but there's no closure. Memorials are hopeful but they don't bring back the dead. pic.twitter.com/K8Ss7DejEj


    — Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt) May 23, 2016

    The comedian often discussed his grief in interviews and on Twitter. He dedicated his 2016 special “Talking for Clapping” to her. Then, in his newest Netflix special “Annihilation,” Oswalt discussed both the pain of loss and the pain of a Trump presidency. 

    The latter, the comedian said, awakened him from a grief-related “hyper-deadness.” 

    “Sometimes I’m worried I am like a water glass that’s been sitting in a freezer and now you’re taking it out and you’re pouring hot water into it,” Oswalt told HuffPost in a recent interview about his new special. 

    “One extreme to the other like that ― it’s very unnerving.”

    Considering McNamara’s unearthed thoughts on Trump, it’s likely she would’ve been proud that his disgust for Trump has helped distract him from his grief.

    And now that her note is on the internet for all to see, many of Oswalt’s followers are applauding McNamara’s description of Trump.

    She is still speaking wisdom.


    — Sara Brunner (@SaraBrunner_) October 21, 2017

    She was a prophetess and a brilliant woman. Much love @pattonoswalt


    — Ryan Swallow (@ryanswallow) October 21, 2017

    Trump. She'd roast him alive now, too. A woman for the ages. Then, now, and again.


    — MattyScream (@MatthiasBe) October 21, 2017

    Save those papers so that someday when she’s old enough your daughter will discover, all over again, what an amazing woman her mother was.


    — Jack Cooper (@coop126) October 21, 2017

    pic.twitter.com/rNaNcwLUHS


    — roboSCARYdrew (@robodrew) October 21, 2017 

    Related Video:

     

    Reblog
    Share
    Tweet
    Share
    Polyvore

    What to Read Next

    • McKayla Maroney says Larry Nassar manipulated her with food

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • How this Midwestern mom ended up married to an ISIS sniper

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • 'Days of Our Lives' episode sparks backlash about mental disorders and sexual consent

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Cat Finds New Home After Walking 12 Miles Back To Owners Who Rejected Him

      HuffPost
    • Melania Trump's Christian Louboutin stilettos stole the show at Mar-a-Lago dinner

      AOL.com
    • Stormy Daniels wears American flag and 'bares all' on new magazine cover

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Cartoonist pays emotional tribute to Barbara Bush and her daughter who died at age 3

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Princess Eugenie’s style is causing royal family controversy

      Lifestyle News
    • The internet is obsessed with Nikki Haley's response to being called 'confused' by a man

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Kylie Jenner Gave Fans a Preview Kourt x Kylie

      Marie Claire
    • Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Swimsuit Photo

      Delish
    • Cardi B Explains Exactly How She Got Pregnant, on The Ellen DeGeneres Show

      W
    • Southwest Airlines Pilot Tammie Jo Shults Is Even More of a Hero Than You Thought

      BRIT + CO
    • Men Arrested at Philadelphia Starbucks Speak Out

      Elle
    • 'I am not ready to give up this country without a fight': Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza on the future of America

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Khloé Was Conflicted About True's Last Name

      Cosmopolitan

    Embattled Fox Host Sean Hannity Slams CNN's Anderson Cooper as 'More Like Jerry Springer Than a Newscaster'

    bubba: Projection at its finest.

    Join the Conversation
    1 / 5

    2.9k

    • Khloé Kardashian Opens Up About Motherhood

      Cosmopolitan
    • 13 Men Who Look Like The Composite Sketch Of The Guy Who Threatened Stormy Daniels

      YourTango
    • Twitter Users Shred Donald Trump Over Barbara Bush Tribute Typo

      HuffPost
    • Heartsick Boy Asks If Atheist Dad Is In Heaven. Pope Francis Reveals The Answer With A Hug.

      HuffPost
    • Melania Trump stuns in $3,000 Carolina Herrera off-the-shoulder dress

      AOL.com
    • Cardi B Just Revealed There Was a Secret Message in Her Coachella Performance

      Glamour
    • Heartbreaking New Details About The Mom Who Was Killed On A Southwest Flight After Almost Being Sucked Out Of An Airplane Window

      YourTango
    • George H.W. and Barbara Bush Read Old Love Letters

      Good Housekeeping
    • Watch Out, Kim! Kourtney Kardashian May Have the Best Swimwear Game of All

      Vogue
    • Actress shares shocking photo after losing an 'inordinate amount of weight'

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Welp, Chrissy Metz Says the Randall & Tess Flash-Forward on ‘This Is Us’ Is ‘Not Good’

      PureWow
    • Sound the Alarm: Meghan Markle Just Stepped Out in a White Dress Ahead of the Royal Wedding

      Brides
    • Priyanka Chopra Calls Meghan Markle a ‘Princess for the People’ in Touching Tribute

      Glamour
    • Aly Raisman: Banning leotards from gymnastics to prevent abuse is a form of 'victim shaming'

      Yahoo Lifestyle
    • Carrie Underwood revealed the specific reason she fell, and it's scarily relatable

      Hello Giggles
    • 3 (Remarkably Affordable) Handbags Meghan Markle Swears By

      PureWow
    Polyvore