Tess Sanchez Plus Max Greenfield

This week on Plus One with Lisa and Morgan, they sit down with author and former casting executive Tess Sanchez, who shares her complicated story of going from the spotlight to being the plus one. When Tess met Max Greenfield, star of The New Girl and The Neighborhood, she was a rising Hollywood executive and he was a struggling actor. She shares details on how their relationship was tested as Max struggled with addiction recovery and a sudden shift in power. Tess talks candidly about getting fired during a virtual meeting and how the gut punch forced her to rebuild her identity, regain her confidence, and eventually be present to a life she was unable to fully connect with before. Max joins the conversation to share about their 20-plus-year relationship—including why, despite being the famous one, he still considers himself Tess’s plus one. It’s a raw, funny and deeply moving conversation about marriage, recovery, ambition, reinvention—and learning that who you are is bigger than any job title. (00:00) Cold Open (00:10) Welcome to PLUS ONE (02:20) Meet Tess Sanchez (04:35) How Tess Met Max Greenfield (08:14) The Book That Made Tess Think It Was Destiny (08:50) Max's Struggle With Addiction (09:35) The Breakup, Rehab & Max's Promise to Tess (11:14) Learning How to Build a Life Around Sobriety (14:21) Tess Tries to "Manage" Max's Addiction (16:41) Letting Go & Max's Recovery (18:14) When Max Was Tess's Plus One (18:24) Max Greenfield's Infamous Melrose Place Gig (21:53) New Girl Changes Everything (23:48) Tess Loses Her Dream Career (24:38) Getting Fired on Zoom (31:05) Career Loss, Motherhood & Tess's Father (34:17) Rebuilding Her Identity (34:44) Turning the Experience Into a Book (36:09) Realizing Creativity Was Bigger Than a Job Title (39:10) Losing Her Dad (40:52) The Email From Her Dad That Predicted Her Second Career (41:50) Max Greenfield Joins the Conversation (42:29) Why Max Still Thinks He's Tess's Plus One (43:24) How Tess Has Shaped Max's Career (44:39) "Without Tess, I Wouldn't Have Gotten on the Plane" (46:29) Max on Tess's Book (49:03) Max Tells His Version of How They Met (50:46) The New Girl Casting Conflict (52:17) Max on Watching Tess Rebuild (54:18) Tess Reacts to Max's Interview (55:17) How Tess Wants to Be Remembered Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices