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Amy Sedaris Kills Roaches With Her Bare Hands

Amy Sedaris

Glasses? Fake. Genius? All real, baby.Photo: Getty Images

Last night, comedian and cupcake maker Amy Sedaris hosted a party for Ikea Home and told New York all about her own domestic life. “I have Pergo floors you can only get at Ikea,” she explained, adding that she didn’t install them herself. “My friend Todd Oldham, who is a designer, put them in. I laid on the couch and smoked pot and was like, ‘That one looks crooked.’” Likewise, she admits, when she got a Weber Grill, she made her brother (humorist David Sedaris) put it together for her. “He put the wheels on backward and literally had a pile of leftover screws. I said, ‘What is that?’ and he said, ‘Well, that’s, you know, the leftover screws they give you,’” the Strangers With Candy star said. “It literally didn’t even roll around.” On household pests, Sedaris is a true expert. “There’s never just a mouse. You have to find the hole! I’m telling you! I had a cheese-ball business in my apartment, and I had a huge mouse problem,” she says. “I have cockroaches too! I kill those with my hand.” No doubt everyone who buys Sedaris’s famous homemade cupcakes will be delighted to hear it. —Jocelyn Guest

Amy Sedaris Kills Roaches With Her Bare Hands