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  1. Feb 20, 2017 · “Please don’t be uncomfortable,” beseeched the comedian Pete Holmes moments after sharing the story of that time his life imploded when the wife he’d married at 22—“not that uncommon in my...

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  2. “Crashing” (premiering Sunday on HBO) is loosely based on Holmes' real divorce from his wife while he was trying to get his career in comedy off the ground in his late 20s.

  3. Feb 16, 2017 · He was raised devoutly Christian, got married shortly after graduating Gordon College, and four years later, at the ripe old age of 28, got divorced. It sent his life into a spiral, and all he...

  4. Feb 16, 2017 · When Holmes got divorced at age 28, friends suggested he turn the story into a one-man show. But "at the time, I didn't really do personal comedy," he says.

  5. May 24, 2019 · Pete Holmes was raised an evangelical Christian, which taught him, among other things, to save sex for marriage. When his marriage fell apart, so did his faith.

  6. Apr 6, 2022 · The series is loosely based on Holmes' real divorce from his wife while he was trying to make himself known in the comedic space. Holmes, who grew up religious, married the first girl that he dated after he graduated.

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  8. Feb 15, 2017 · The idea for the show sprung from the real Holmes’s actual life: the comedian, now 37, was married at 22 and divorced at 28. A few years after the divorce, he moved to Los Angeles to...

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