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Comedian Heather McDonald Talks New Book

NEW YORK (WLNY) -- Comedian Heather McDonald has made a career out of making fun of herself.

She's a writer and performer on Chelsea Lately and also a headlining comedian. Now she's put all of her stories in her new book, My Inappropriate Life.

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She joined us on The Couch on Wednesday to give us some insight.

"I'm extremely honest about my life," she said. "I live a very traditional life. I live next door to my parents...But then I work on a really inappropriate late night cable show."

"I'm the only married mom on staff, but I end up doing all these crazy things because I never say 'no' if I can end up on camera doing something silly, or wear a really unattractive outfit or make fun of  a celebrity, or make out with someone other than my husband on camera."

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