“You must be protected.”
Well, that’s one way to use a Samsonite case.
“And I open it up and it’s full of contraception.
Diane Ladd and Laura Dern.Slaven Vlasic/Getty
I was like, mom, I’m not having sex yet.
Like, what are you talking about?”
she said, laughing.
The Oscar-winningMarriage Storyactress said she recalled her mom explaining to her, “‘Well, you never know.
You gotta be protected.
You must be protected.'”
“And she goes, ‘You’re not gonna do it.’
And I said, ‘Well, I’m not saying we’ve done anything yet.
I’m just telling you I like him.
But what are you talking about?
You sent me with a suitcase full of birth control!'”
Dern recounted, before sharing her mother’s hilarious reaction.
“She goes, ‘Exactly, but not so you woulduseit!'”
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