Gisele Fetterman talks with Larry about her new book

Radical Tenderness: The Value of Vulnerability in an Often Unkind World

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00:00Was there a part of you in a way that maybe didn't want John to become a senator because of these kinds of things?

00:10I mean, I don't like that whole world completely.

00:12And I was the daughter of a politician and said I would never be involved in politics or date someone in politics.

00:18And I guess when we say those things, it's when we get screwed.

00:23But I'm very happy to say that they all none of them want that as a career.

00:28They're all like, I would never be in politics.

00:31That's what your kids are saying.

00:33So that makes me very happy.

00:35And when John's dealing with depression, which, by the way, is no surprise that a lot of Americans are dealing with it, too, on a daily basis.

00:44The many of these things families deal with, they deal with it in silence.

00:48Your life is so public.

00:50It seemed impossible that he would overcome the odds of his stroke to become a United States senator.

00:57Then once he did, that's when it really hit him hard.

01:02And how did you deal with that with the family?

01:05How did you explain that to the kids?

01:07I explained to them that dad was having a hard time and that this happens to a lot of people.

01:12They probably know a lot of people that are in a similar pain and that all we can do is be there for them.

01:18And when he checked himself in, it was a very celebratory day.

01:22I remember I brought the kids and I said, guys, I have to share some amazing news.

01:25And they thought we were going to go to Disney or something.

01:27And instead, I said, oh, dad just checked himself in.