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“I hate my fans, too. I hate being famous. I hate my job,” Bourdain wrote to his estranged wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain, with whom he remained a close confidant
by stevage 4y ago
“I hate my fans, too. I hate being famous. I hate my job,” Bourdain wrote to his estranged wife Ottavia Busia-Bourdain, with whom he remained a close confidant even after their separation in 2016.
Wait. That isn't what estranged means?
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- jfengel 4y ago"Estranged" can simply be synonymous with "separated", which is a purely legalistic matter of the two no longer behaving as married. It can also connote that they're not friendly or close. I wouldn't have used it there, but without it it's not clear that they were separated at the time he wrote that letter. I personally would only use "estranged" when the people aren't friendly, but it's not incorrect as written.