My Unapologetic Diaries

by Joan Collins

'As brutal, withering and funny as you'd expect' Julian Clary'A rollicking read, packed with wit and old-school glamour' Sunday Telegraph'Fabulously entertaining, impossibly glamorous and utterly irresistible' Piers Morgan'Packed with insight and fun' Red***A keen diarist from the age of twelve, Joan Collins is finally spilling the beans - well, nearly all of them. Taking us on a dazzling tour around the globe - from exclusive restaurants in Los Angeles to the glittering beaches of St Tropez, from dinner parties in London to galas in New York City - some of the characters you will meet in these pages include Rod Stewart, Princess Margaret, Donald Trump, Michael Caine, Princess Diana, Elizabeth Taylor, Rupert Everett, Roger Moore, Shirley MacLaine, Andrew Lloyd Webber and many more. Her diaries are intimate and witty, and they pull no punches, with NO apologies to anyone mentioned in them!

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Celebrity, Biography Memoir, Audiobook, Autobiography, Memoir

375 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 14, 2021

About the author

Joan Henrietta Collins, OBE is a Golden Globe Award-winning English actress and bestselling author.

Reviews

[Joano · Rating 1 out of 5]

Ok, I’m going to be honest here!

I listened to the audio version of this book. I saw the bad reviews but still decided to give it a try. I was hoping there would be antidotes on acting funny stories on sets with other stars.

What is wrong with this book:

1. The time period- it’s after her stint on Dynasty (and I don’t care if people judge, go for it, but I loved that series). Poor Joan had very little work. She did cameos on the Nanny, wrote a book and did some tours. In between she went to a few awards events but then I stopped when she had a go at Australia.(2 hours into an 11 hour Audibook) There wasn’t anything “nice” nor “kind” about anybody she was working with. If she liked the star - Roger Moore, Clint Eastwood, then she’ll compliment them with one sentence. But it’s the people who she doesn’t like that really troubles me. You can’t speak ill of the dead. They can’t defend themselves when they’re 6 feet under. I’m not suggesting allegations of any sort but it Frank Sinatra being self-centred or Gregory Peck is a real bore! (They probably worked out the sort of person she was do they avoid exposing too much of themselves to her!)

2. The set up of this book. The stories are like diary entries. If this is the case, it’s a very sad life to just remember the negatives of people you meet or worked with. Since it’s diary enters, there were parts that was just repetitive- meeting this actor, then another actor , then going to an awards party and catch up with x,y,z actors/actresses. It was, this person was at this party with his new wife blah blah blah!! I can look it up in old gossip magazines and know who was where, who won awards without having to read this book.

I stopped at 2 hours 13 mins. I couldn’t go on because I cannot see this book heading towards a meaningful or inspiring direction. Nor will I be getting any worthwhile tibits of stars of the past. I’m surprised something like this was published and sad that someone recommended this as a purchase for my library. Mostly, I am disappointed by the narrative of this book. I always had high regard for her as an actress and I love women who aren’t afraid to play the “bitchy” interesting roles on TV/movies. I guess I wanted a more intellectual side (a bit like Sharon Stone).

If there is any reader who disagrees with this then please comment below.

[Kexx · Rating 1 out of 5]

I love diaries - I've read many. But the bottom line is you have to like the person. I thought I did like Joan Collins. But I didn't like the version of her here. Next book please.

[Shiv · Rating 1 out of 5]

Joan has shot herself in the foot by writing this book. She comes across as super bitchy, shallow, completely spoiled and the book appears to be a vehicle to settle old scores. It’s clear she strongly dislikes Linda Evans and others.

[Grahame Peace · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not what I expected.

I’ve been a big fan of the ever-youthful and glamorous Dame Joan Collins (DJC) for many years and was given this book as a gift by a friend who knows I’m a fan.
DJC has had quite a roller coaster life with a few highs and probably more lows throughout her long career. Firstly, the diaries are not what I expected and are pretty disjointed with name dropping on an Olympic scale. That said, I must confess, many of the people mentioned (and it’s a very long list) I had never heard of. I think this book would challenge even the most devoted fans of celebrity life, magazines, and TV programmes.
It has some likeable moments, but sadly they are few and far between. One must admire DJC drive, stamina, motivation, and honesty; she’s never dull, not taking herself too seriously. A large proportion of the diary entries mention parties, and DJC seems to have had a voracious appetite and stamina for parties at any time of day. However, it’s the parts where DJC discusses her work that is the most interesting for me.
Here DJC certainly highlights the shallowness of The Hollywood Scene and the lives of the super-rich. However, in this book, she doesn't always come out of it too well, particularly with her barbed comments about long-dead, much-loved stars who can’t defend themselves, complaining about their plastic surgery, hair loss, and stars who wear wigs, never mentioning that she herself is never seen without her wigs. She even calls out stars like Sophia Loren and Racquel Welch for their big teeth, and you get the impression she hates Linda Evans. All this made me wonder what they’d have to say about the bristling DJC, I don't think it would be very complimentary.

[Iuliana Naughton · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was looking forward to this because I like Joan, like her interviews. But it reads like the diaries of a teenager and it simply wasn't for me. There is very little about her work and seems to be an endless list of lunches and restaurants.

[Elvira Haycock · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very boring

[Lisa Baynes · Rating 1 out of 5]

Mind numbingly dull. Avoid this at all costs.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

This has sat on my ‘occasional settee’ book shelf 😀 since Christmas before last and kept thinking ‘got to read that’ but was one of those that kept getting put back, until it didn’t
First to say is this isen’t a autobiography, there are already 2 of those but as JC explains at the beginning they are random thoughts (with sometimes years missing) that she recorded as JC went along whenever it took her fancy
A lot of the book is where JC ate that day, where she shopped and what she bought and how someone complimented her ( which she goes to great length to assure us she doesn’t believe ) and more than anything who she met at various outings, dinners, functions….the problem being that I had heard of a few but not the majority and at about half way through gave up my annoyance at the repetition of faceless ( to me ) names and googled them, it’s kinda like any of us writing down our friends that largely mean little to most people unless you are part of that circle
There are interesting forays into Hollywood and the falseness of it and her time on various shows and theatre runs ( her and Linda Evans from Dynasty share a production together and to say there is no love lost is an understatement )
JC certainly does not apologise for her life or lifestyle or her many excesses and her views on many she knows or works with and comes across as very privileged and entitled throughout but then she acknowledges this time and again so it’s hard to criticise what she herself does
There are times she comes across as downright horrible tbh and although says she on a level with her fans her life could not more different to most of them
She is very good at complimenting everyone and everything and then adding a barb right at the end, she is the master of ‘a sting in the tail’
It’s readable and eye opening but not so sure eye opening in the way she intended but the title could not be truer

3 Stars
7/10

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an absolute delight for Joan Collins fans! I enjoyed every single page. The book is a compilation of diary entries, so it is likely that not every reader will know every person she mentions. My life and circle of friends and acquaintances are very different from hers, so I enjoyed reading about her experiences. Also, the entries are very candid, but they are her opinions and Joan Collins is definitely entitled to them. Based on some of the reviews of this book that I saw before reading it, I certainly expected it to be nastier than it was. The book is Joan's perceptions, and I never felt like she was being mean, just candid. Great fun!

[Jonathan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This doesn't have a great beginning, mostly because it isn't very detailed, but once you get into the main part of the book (1996 onwards) it becomes much more fun. I've been a bit of a fan of JC for quite some time, partly because sometimes she comes across as taking herself really seriously and sometimes she is quite self-deprecating. You never really know what you're going to get. She is a bit old-school, knows her 'product', and doesn't suffer fools. The diaries are for the most part quite tame, which makes the title somewhat misleading, although mostly when she is commenting negatively on individuals she seems quite justified (if it is all true), but she also has a lot to say about the way that actresses over 40 are treated in Hollywood. The last section when she is on tour with ex-Dynasty rival Linda Evans is pretty funny though - and no holds barred in this part. Not friends! Nice to hear a few memories of her early days with the old-time movie stars too.

As an aside I went to see Joan Collins doing her one-woman show ('an evening with...' kind of format) in 2006. It was in King's Lynn, Norfolk, and until we were listening to her explain why she was in this small town (with a very nice theatre), I expect a lot had wondered 'Why here?'. Well apparently it was in King's Lynn that she had her professional stage debut, and as such it was important to her. A thoughtful stop on the tour. And to top it off I've just found out she is coming to my home town with her latest show in October. Time to book tickets I think.

[Tamera · Rating 4 out of 5]

Joan’s diary entries of her life spanning from the end of the 80’s to the late 2000’s were interesting, illuminating, and often times hilarious.
The shade she throws at other actors can only be done by her, and it seems like plenty of them deserved it.

Those who left bad reviews saying the whole book was a name dropping affair, well what do you expect from the diaries of a star as big as Joan Collins? She knows everyone in Hollywood!
The parts about Linda Evans had me in stiches during their play of Legends, and it was so interesting to hear how petty Linda was! They really were like Krystal and Alexis in real life.

Joan’s been through a lot of tough times too, it’s not all glamour, and this gets illuminated in her book. I was really shocked to hear how some studio heads, directors, producers and other actors have treated her and had it in for her. The fact that she got severely injured during Legends and nobody batted an eye or cared at all was so shocking.
But as she would say “that’s showbiz” I guess. People are shallow, callow, selfish and uncaring and being famous does come with its difficulties although I think many are disillusioned to believe not. The way she always looks on the bright side of things and does not let the bad experiences in life get her down is truly admirable.

My Unapologetic Diaries is a really riveting read for anyone who is a fan of the wonderfully inspiring Dame Joan Collins.

[Craig and Phil · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you Hachette for sending us a copy to read and review.
The Queen of the 80’s glitzy soaps, Joan Collins is best remembered for starring as Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan in the fabulous nighttime drama Dynasty.
Here she unleashes her diary entries from 1989 to 2006 in the form of a memoir.
From glamorous lunches to exotic trips to mixing with the famous and wealthy, there’s much to interest the reader.
Being a diarist from the age of twelve, Joan has always wrote about her life, sometimes going weeks without recording anything to multiple days where there’s a lot going on and in her own words, “there’s no rhyme or reason to it all, there’s gaps as sometimes I went ages without writing anything down”.
Joan talks about her famous sister, Jackie, her many roles in a range of tv and movies, there’s the much talked about casting in Aaron Spelling’s Pacific Palisades where Joan was brought in to lift ratings, her family and daughters, going to the movies, nights out and her many dinner outings.
Her love for her current husband Percy shines throughout on many pages.
Famous friends, missed opportunities, Princess Diana and so much more.
Joan even wrote books to rival her famous sister, Jackie Collins.
A candid, honest, witty and often funny look into the famous star’s life and adventures.

[Studvet · Rating 4 out of 5]

A 4.5. A real scream. Comes across as full of common sense and a flip turn of phrase. Has a wide spectrum of friends and gives astute, often hilarious, observations about many of the famous people she knows and meets. Sounds fun.

[Jocelyn Pope · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought this would be an interesting tale about the life of a well known actress but it was nothing of the sort. It was very boring and Joan Collins comes across as a snob.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars. Loved the book.

[RuthyMB · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyable and at times a fascinating read!
I can totally understand some of the low ratings and people saying it’s boring - if you don’t know who certain people are in Hollywood then it’s hard to picture events and people and scenarios that are discussed in the book . This isn’t an autobiography, it is Joan’s diaries from the late 1980’s until 2009 there are some dips and gaps between entries but entertaining and so interesting!

[Mick Meyers · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit of a jekyll and hyde book.ms Collins likes the trappings of success,but not the people or very few of the ones she has worked with.seems to find fault with fellow artists a pain,she comes across as an inveterate snob.she seems to be one of the artists if you met her wouldn't give you the time of day or give a nasty aside afterwards to her minders.i always thought of her as being promoted as more than she is.an ok book but very rich in name dropping that becomes tedious after a while.

[Kathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a rather erratic collection of diary entries transcribed from old tape recordings. The first entry is in 1989 and they end in 2009. There's an awful lot of lunches and an epic amount of name dropping. One thing they really do highlight is how superficial and non-glamorous the Hollywood scene really is. Los Angeles really is a company town and the name-dropping is reflective on the fact that getting a job is as much about who you know and not necessarily a reflection on true talent.

This is not an exciting book. I can't count myself a real fan of the author as this book sort of dropped in my lap so I thought I'd give it a go. If nothing else you'll get a glimpse behind the curtain of Hollywood and probably won't be too impressed by what goes on there and maybe also not impressed overly by Joan herself.

[Negin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of Joan’s diary entries shortly after she left “Dynasty,” up to 2009. It wasn’t the most engaging of books, and not my favorite of hers, but I enjoyed it nonetheless, simply because I adore Joan. I would only recommend it to those who feel the same way about her. Some of her entries may come off as sounding mean, rather gossip-y and tabloid-ish. I didn’t mind. It is a diary after all.

Here are some of my favorite quotes.

Actress as opposed to Actor
“I am an actress – I don’t ever refer to myself as an actor.”

Age Difference Between Her and Her Husband (he’s 32 years younger)
“And when people said to me ‘What about the age difference?’ I blithely replied, ‘Well, if he dies, he dies!’’

Conan O’Brien and the Younger Generation
“Do the Conan O’Brien Show at NBC. He’s a young, slightly manic, popular late-night talk show host who gabbles away so fast that one can hardly keep up with him. End the segment by doing the splits. Not dignified but, as Jeffrey says, ‘It’ll get those younger viewers.’ Oh, these endless younger viewers the networks are all in search of. If they’re anything like the younger people I see wandering around the streets sucking vacantly on cans of Coke and stuffing their faces with fast food, I don’t think so much of them. Plus they seem to have the attention span of a flea.’

Crime in London
“London is now the crime capital of the developed world, and no one is doing a damned thing to stop it. Since Labour took office four years ago, street crime has soared and is expected to rise even further. If New York can solve its street-crime problem, as Mayor Giuliani did several years ago, by adding 28,000 cops to the 12,000 in Manhattan, why can’t Ken Livingstone do the same for London? I live in SW1, an area of London that several years ago was considered so crime-free that the powers that be decided to close the Gerald Road police station, the only one in our vicinity. Since then, there have been dozens of muggings in my neighbourhood, including a particularly brutal attack on John Aspinall and his wife, as well as on the Spectator’s exceedingly fit columnist Taki. At a charity event at the Savoy recently I asked Ken Livingstone what he was going to do to clean up London’s streets. He gleefully informed me, ‘I’m determined to get all private cars off London roads.’ ‘So how would I have travelled to this event?’ I enquired, dressed as I was in full evening drag. ‘You’d take the bus or Tube,’ he gloated, ‘or go by bike.’ Thanks, Red Ken, and how on earth am I supposed to pedal a bike in Jimmy Choo stilettos and white chiffon?”

Elizabeth and Sophia (sad gossip)
“Nolan and I come back to the apartment and have another stiff vodka and he proceeds to tell me about various secrets which, dear diary, I repeat only to you. Ha Ha. ‘Elizabeth is such a mess,’ he says sadly. ‘She has nothing to live for. She doesn’t care about anything – she’s so fat that when I see her I want to cry. All her beauty has completely gone and she just lies around and does nothing.’ ‘What about her grandchildren and children?’ I ask. ‘Oh, they’re around,’ he says. ‘But she’s just not interested. She’s just not interested in anything.’
‘What about her sixty-fifth birthday celebration coming up?’ I ask. ‘She doesn’t want to do that,’ he says. ‘She’s just doing it, I guess, for something to do. I don’t think she’s going to work again. I tell you, Joan, it is so, so sad.’ ‘Well, Sophia seems in good shape,’ I volunteer. ‘Yes, she is,’ he says. ‘But she is always being told what to do by her sons. For example, they’ll say you can’t wear that, you can’t look sexy, you’re sixty-something years old, you can’t do that.’ ‘Wow, if my kids said that they’d get an earful.’ ‘Well, she lives for those kids,’ he says. ‘That’s very sad too.’ We ruminate some more about the fate of over-fifties actresses and finally end the evening. He’s such a darling and one of the true friends that I have in this town that I can rely on.”

No Make-Up Look
“… at the next table is an unrecognisable Cheryl Tiegs. Why do women over forty think they can go around wearing no make-up. I looked at Erin and say, ‘No woman over thirty should ever go out without make-up – you’re a girl after my own heart.’”

Over-Familiarity in LA Restaurants
“I must say I’m not keen on the over-familiarity that passes for service in a lot of LA restaurants. But then, I’m just a dyed-in-the-wool conservative.”

Retail Therapy
“… for me shopping is the female equivalent of fishing. Sometimes you get a catch, sometimes not.”



Struggles with Weight
“I would love to get down to a hundred and twenty but it’s like pulling teeth not to eat. The camera adds ten pounds always.”

“I go to bed early, trying to lose a few pounds by eating only broccoli. I know Mummy used to say you’ve got to suffer to be beautiful but I’m permanently starving.”

Sylvester Stallone and Others
“Watched Tony Curtis come in with his ten-foot girlfriend. Jaclyn Smith came by with her nerd of the year. She’s such a beautiful and nice girl, why can’t she get a decent guy? As we left, Mr Stallone came bounding over to greet me affectionately. I think he has great manners and he looked pretty good. I told him I’d read his article in Parade magazine today and he seemed quite pleased. I always find it good manners when actors go out of their way to greet fellow actors.”

The LA Times and the NY Times (booooring!)
“Wake up and read the Los Angeles Times, surely the world’s most boring paper, and the New York Times, certainly the second.”

[Michael Atkins · Rating 1 out of 5]

Appalling - just a lazy cash grab. There are errors throughout so it seems nobody bothered to even proofread it before publication.

Little context to anything - lists of names of people who are initially mentioned by first name only and then confusingly by first and last initials only later on. A good editor would have done something to at least let the reader know who was being talked about.

Collins comes across as the worst sort of elite snob who seems to have forgotten she’s a B-movie actress. The comments on people like Ronald Reagan being a great president have not aged well though she did get her evaluation of Trump right.

[Sarah · Rating 1 out of 5]

Trigger Warning: Jokes about self harm, heavy alcohol use and drug use, glorifies eating disorder behaviours.
Why, oh why did Joan think it was a good idea to publish this? Like others have said its just at list of celebrities and royals she’s seen or partied with each day, restaurant and hotel reviews, and non-stop whinging about paparazzi, journalists, and her fellow colleagues in the film industry. The only thing I found interesting is hearing the thoughts of celebrities (from Joan’s POV) on major events, e.g. OJ Simpson trial and Princess Diana’s death. I listened to the Bolinda Audio edition - if you’re after something to listen to on a long trip, pick something else.

[Tara Williams · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is an incredibly dull book. There are no stories, a whole bunch of name dropping and I don’t see the point of it. I thought it would be a biography or interesting inside Hollywood tales but no. I’ll have to try another book for that.

[Mrs T J Giles · Rating 4 out of 5]

An insight into JC through diary entries. Lots of lunches and dinners and the reality of being seen, being a woman and bring an older women in the TV, film acting profession. Not always a bed of roses. Love lots of love for P.

[Alison Cairns · Rating 1 out of 5]

She really should be apologetic for publishing this drivel. Seriously - it's all about who she ate with, and where. Mostly about name dropping, and how many famous faces she can mention that she talked to each day. I struggled with it!!

[Mr David Hill · Rating 4 out of 5]

A slow burn at the beginning but then I couldn’t put it down. A rare insight into the glamorous lifestyle of a true Hollywood star or as Joan puts it ‘a jobbing actress’.

[Tambra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super fun book. Lots of stuff I did not know about her or Hollywood life style. She gave great detail to her book, could not put it down.

[truecrimereader · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’ll admit, I approached this book as someone who wasn’t a fan of Joan Collins; I didn’t dislike her, but I had never really given her much thought. However, I bought a stack of books, including this one, hoping for some interesting anecdotes. Considering that she has had such a long career in the spotlight, I thought this would be a given.

'My Unapologetic Diaries' covers her life immediately after her peak fame in the TV show 'Dynasty' onwards, with some large gaps in between. I must say, I was tempted to skip through many of the diary entries because the stories often seemed repetitive. Joan clearly enjoys her food, as she frequently describes dining out, usually with people I was not familiar with.

That said, there were a few juicy bits that I enjoyed, notably how she had a hard time working on a short-lived American soap opera, and her deliciously candid recall of performing alongside her ex-'Dynasty' co-star Linda Evans in a play. Those latter entries, at the end of the book, had me hooked, and the rumours were indeed correct, both ladies did NOT like each other. I now find myself wanting to hear Linda's perspective on this experience.

Joan recalls a comment Linda made behind the scenes that put her down. She commented that Linda lacked original wit, since the line was taken from the play itself. Interestingly, Joan also mentioned that Boris Johnson looked like he “combs his hair with an egg beater.” I learned later that this so-called “original wit” of Joan’s was actually borrowed from a gossip columnist who had made the same remark about her years ago.

Joan isn't shy in revealing what she really thinks about people, and clearly possesses an ego (something you need to survive in Hollywood). Just don’t bring up Glenn Close’s role in '101 Dalmatians' to her; it was a part Joan would have loved, and she didn’t think Glenn’s performance as Cruella was up to par.

Personally, I think this book might have worked better as an autobiography with more substance thrown in. While not a bad way to pass the time, it is certainly not as revealing or as entertaining as I think Joan Collins believed it to be. Instead, perhaps you should seek her second autobiography, which she herself rates highly, and was disappointed when it didn't do as well in the UK as she hoped.

[Anthony · Rating 1 out of 5]

Joan Collins (2021) MY UNAPOLOGETIC DIARIES
BorrowBox - Orion Publishing Group/Bolinda Audio

⭐ 1 out of 5 stars

BorrowBox writes, "Joan Collins has been a diarist from the age of 12, writing enthusiastically over the years. She dictated most of these entries in real time into a mini-tape recorder at the end of the day, and now she is spilling the beans - well, nearly all of them. What you will discover was written when Joan 'felt like it' between 1989 and 2009. Whether it is an encounter with a superstar or a member of the royal family, or her keen and honest insights into other celebrities at dinner parties and events, Joan is honest and unapologetic. Taking us on a dazzling tour around the globe - from exclusive restaurants in Los Angeles to the glittering beaches of St Tropez, from dinner parties in London to galas in New York City - some of the characters you will meet here include Elton John, Princess Margaret, Donald Trump, Michael Caine, Princess Diana, Elizabeth Taylor, Rupert Everett, Roger Moore, Shirley MacLaine, Andrew Lloyd Webber and many more. Her diaries are intimate and witty, and they pull no punches, with no apologies to anyone mentioned in them!"
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Legendary status aside. Dame JC comes off as over indulged, self indulgent, entitled, stuck up, bitchy, whiny, self righteous, vulgar, quite narcissistic and very poor in realms of humility and/or taste. These diaries might be intimate but witty they are not - snide is more accurate.
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[Arto Mutka · Rating 1 out of 5]

What an awful book ...I am a really big Joan Collins fan but I really can not understand why a publishing company agreed to publish this boring narcissistic drivel.

Why Joan Collins herself would want to publish these diaries is beyond me. They do not paint her in a good light ...she is just so unkind to various people she mentions in the book and demonstrates a really foul mouth using the F-bomb many times.

I endured the first 225 pages and then just skimmed the last 150 pages. It was just too boring...just forever going on about having lunch and dinner and parties with mostly people I have never heard of and generally Joan being vicious and unkind to most people.

It does show the very fast paced jet set lifestyle Joan lives ... constantly jumping planes flying from London to LA to Paris to Nice and back again and again.

As I said I love Joan Collins and have admired her ever since her star turn on Dynasty but really these diaries should not have ever been published. She has published several very entertaining autobiographies especially her first one in the early 80s called Past Imperfect...she really should have quit while she was ahead!

[Annelies Dos Remedios · Rating 1 out of 5]

📘An Uninspiring Diary ⭐️

📚This book was given to me by a second-hand bookshop, and I had serious doubts about even starting it. But as the saying goes, "if you’re only listening to people you agree with, you’re doing life wrong." So, I gave it a shot.

✍️Joan Collins' *My Unapologetic Diaries* turned out to be a major disappointment. Most of it revolves around where she had lunch, who she had dinner with, and what she bought on her shopping trips- all peppered with name-dropping and random French phrases. She judges people based on the brands they wear or their social status, showing little empathy and zero self reflection.

📙Ironically, she won a court case against Random House, who called a previous book "unreadable," only to write this one and prove them right…

📖 Initially, I thought Joan was just the polar opposite of me, but by the end, it felt more like she didn’t even want to write this book. There’s no depth, no personal insight—just petty digs and score-settling. It left me wondering if this was just part of a book deal done for the paycheck…? 🤑📕