I Wrote This For Attention

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'Raw, provocative, chaotic, and dare I say slutty' COLLEEN HOOVER

A riveting and heartwarming memoir by the actor of White Lotus and Euphoria that details his upbringing in the west coast including a broken family, struggles with addiction, sex, borderline personality disorder and his commitment to being the center of attention at all times, even as he actually becomes a star.

Lukas Gage was having one of the shittiest weeks of his life. His beloved grandmother was dying and Lukas was sitting next to his father a man who had been mostly absent in his childhood, except when talking to Lukas about tits. They were also across the street from the building where, months prior, Lukas had to grapple with the dissolution of his marriage. This week had it all: death, divorce and daddy issues.

In that room, Lukas did the smartest thing anyone can do in a crisis: doom scroll to see what random people on the internet were saying about him. People were calling him an attention whore and they were absolutely right. Lukas Gage was no stranger to going viral. He loved attention. As a toddler, he set his room on fire. As a child, he hugged and flirted with women at Hooters to his fathers delight. As a teen, he stole handles of alcohol and cherry cough syrup. He had sex at a restroom in Chilis, and fell hopelessly in love with a girl who wore an ankle monitor. He became an actor and filmed that scene in White Lotus (if you know, you know). Lukas was scared of attention and yet he craved it more than anything in the world.

I Wrote This for Attention is a riveting, exquisite memoir full of heart that chronicles Lukass coming of age in the haunting underbelly of San Diego and clawing his way to stardom. Lukas captures the universal anxieties of transitioning from innocence to adulthood, of feeling too much and nothing at all. Sex and death, fame and familial strife, drug abuse and Raya, I Wrote This for Attention is a remarkable achievement of healing, of vaping through therapy sessions, and of having the courage to forgive the family that hurt you and set yourself free.

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'This book is raw, provocative, chaotic, anddare I sayslutty. Wait, sorry, that was me describing Lukas Gage. The book, though, is every bit of that and more. A must-read for anyone whos a fan of Lukas (or even if you cant stand him). Or, if youve never heard of himwhich, honestly, is most of youjust read it anyway' Colleen Hoover, #1 New York Times bestselling author

'For a self-proclaimed liar, Lukas Gage is brutally honest. And for an exhibitionistic chaos agent with a borderline personality disorder, he is entirely relatable. This insightful memoir will earn your attention with its humor and its heartbreak' Mike White, Emmy winning writer and director

'This book is as unhinged and heartwarming as Lukas is' Riley Keough, co-author of From Here to the Great Unknown

'Few books have the power to move me to both laughter and tears, but this one did' Molly Shannon, author of Hello, Molly!

Author Bio

LUKAS GAGE is a writer, actor and producer whose work is nuanced and immersive, allowing him to subvert genres across film and television. Responsible for many film and TV-favorite roles, he delivers memorable performances in hit TV shows including THE WHITE LOTUS and EUPHORIA as well as films including SMILE 2, ROAD HOUSE and DOWN LOW, which he co-wrote, among many others. Beloved for his work on screen, Gage continues to develop a number of projects across different genres and mediums. He currently resides in Los Angeles and San Diego.