09-05-2025
‘Motherhood is all-out f***ing war'
In a rented bungalow at the Chateau Marmont, a party is in full swing. It is a late afternoon in August 2018 and the gates to the property are tied with big balloons. Inside, tables are strewn with crayons, paper and cigarettes. The guests, briefed beforehand with invites that read 'No gifts, unless it's drugs', have duly complied. Their host, Sarah Hoover, is wearing a bum-skimming dress embroidered with red mouths smoking cigarettes and she has been sloshing white wine into her glass since noon.
The crayons and primary-coloured balloons are a nod to the party's theme. This is a post-baby shower Hollywood style. Hoover's ten-month-old son, Guy, is passed from lap to lap as appetisers and bottles of vodka and tequila do the rounds,
