She Was Evicted By Fellow Actor Michael Rapaport In 2004
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In 2004 Natasha Lyonne was renting a brownstone apartment from Michael Rapaport, who eventually had to evict and issue a warrant for her arrest due to her “harassing neighbors and destroying the property.” The charges were dropped after Lyonne attended court-appointed rehab and the two are on good terms now. On the incident, Lyonne has said, “At the time I didn’t understand, but now it’s like, if I owned a nice brownstone and was constantly moving pianos while listening to Richard Pryor CDs and trying to figure out how to play ‘Easy Like Sunday Morning’ on the piano for days at a time, I would potentially be pissed too, It’s the fallout of shenanigan-based behavior.”
She Made Her Own New York Times Crossword Puzzle
Lyonne told Jimmy Fallon about her love of games like Wordle and The NYT Spelling Bee, but who could have guessed that she is talented enough to create one of her own? Lyonne worked with NYT crossword veteran Deb Almen. Crossword editor Will Shorts has reviewed puzzles submitted by Jesse Eisenberg, Isaac Mizrahi, and Weird Al Yankovic, but said, “Natasha took this more seriously than almost anybody else.”