Taught drama at a men's maximum-security prison for a short time
Managed an L
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Cohosted MTV's Loveline
Joked on WCHS-TV of her work on that show: "I did a Broadway show (No Place Like Home)
and no one cared; I got a job talking about sex on TV and everyone wanted a meeting!" Published her first book, The Girl Code: The Secret Language of Single Women, a humorous guide to dating, in 2001; has also written lifestyle columns and features for Esquire, Cosmopolitan, Glamour and other publications