Anne Heche’s son Homer Laffoon shares details about his mother’s memoir
Anne Heche’s son Homer Laffoon has shared details about his late mother’s upcoming memoir Call Me Anne, five months after her tragic death at age 53.
Laffoon, 20, who was granted control of his mother’s estate in November, thanked fans for their “love, care and support” as he spoke about the launch of his second memoir and an event that celebrates the life and book of Heche.
“Homer here,” began the message, posted Thursday. ‘I never imagined that I would find myself responsible for mom’s IG account, but here we are. First things first, from August until now, the amount of love, care and support shown by those on social media and in real life has been overwhelmingly and blessedly received, thank you.
‘Here I am sharing it with the community’: Anne Heche’s son Homer Laffoon has shared details about his late mother’s upcoming memoir Call Me Anne; pictured 2021
‘One day at a time is working for me as I am sure the healing journey will be a long one. Your good thoughts and good wishes will continue to comfort me on my way.
‘But this is my mother’s account, so enough about me. I have a responsibility to share with her community what she was working on and how excited she would have been to tell you herself.
‘My mother had a completed manuscript for a second book at the time of her passing. The book is the product of Mom’s extra efforts to share her story and help others where she could.
‘Call Me Anne is the result and I know she was excited to share it with the world. So, mom, here I am to share it with the community you created, let it flourish and take on a life of its own, as you would have wanted.’
Coming soon: Heche’s second memoir will be published this month
Laffoon then invited fans to attend an upcoming event celebrating Heche and her memories.
‘For those in Los Angeles, there will be a special event at Barnes & Noble in The Grove. I know Mom would like to see everyone’s smiling face as she reads a statement and signs copies.
“I don’t plan on using this platform too often, but I know that she loved her fans, loved to write (she wrote incessantly) and it wouldn’t feel right not to communicate at a time like this.
‘As Momma liked to sign, Peace and love, Homer.’
Thank you: Laffoon, 20, who was granted control of his mother’s estate in November, thanked fans for their ‘love, care and support’ following her passing at 53
Set for release this month, Anne’s book will cover her career in Hollywood, as well as her relationship with comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her friendships with Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin.
The Six Days, Seven Nights actress died after sustaining injuries during a fiery accident in Mar Vista, California on August 14, 2022. She was 53 years old.
Call Me Anne is a sequel to the memoir Call Me Crazy, published in 2001.
Start, an independent publisher based in Hoboken, New Jersey, shared the excerpt in September with The Associated Press.
Book signing: Laffoon then invited fans to attend an upcoming event celebrating Heche and her memoir.
The book’s publisher, Jarred Weisfeld, said he signed Heche to a contract in May and that she turned in a manuscript shortly before she died.
He will also write about having Harrison Ford as a mentor, along with stories about Alec Baldwin, Ivan Reitman, and Oliver Stone, among others.
The book’s release was first announced by Publishers Weekly. Heche had mentioned writing a memoir of her during a podcast in early 2022, in which she promised that “some of the truth” about her and DeGeneres would be included.
The actress shared candid thoughts about her relationship with DeGeneres in the late 1990s, when they were among Hollywood’s first openly gay couples.
Family: Heche pictured with her sons Homer and Atlas Heche Tupper
I was called “outrageous” because I fell in love with a woman. I had never been with a woman before dating Ellen,” Heche wrote in Call Me Anne, which is from Start Publishing.
Heche, whose films included Donnie Brasco and Wag The Dog, was a successful TV and movie star.
During her lifetime, Heche said that Hollywood effectively blacklisted her for being with DeGeneres, who around the same time made television history by having her character on the sitcom Ellen come out as gay.
Set for release this month, Anne’s book will cover her career in Hollywood, as well as her relationship with comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her friendships with Harrison Ford and Alec Baldwin.
“I personally don’t identify as a lesbian,” she said.
‘I just fell in love! It was, to be clear, as strange to me as it was to anyone else. There were no words to describe how I felt,” Heche wrote in her book.
‘Gay didn’t feel right, and neither did straight. Alien might be the best option, sometimes I thought.
‘What, why and how I fell in love with a person instead of their gender, I would have loved to have answered if anyone had asked, but like I said before, no one ever did. I am happy that I was able to tell you in this book, once and for all.