Then It Fell Apart

In his memoir, Moby detailed several flings he had had with famous women, notably including actress Natalie Portman among them. In his memoir, he claimed that they were together for several weeks in 1999 when she was 20 and he was 33.^[2] Portman subsequently denied that they had ever had a relationship, also pointing out that there were 16 years between them and that she was 18 in 1999. In an interview with Harper's Bazaar, Portman said "I was surprised to hear that he characterised the very short time that I knew him as dating because my recollection is a much older man being creepy with me when I had just graduated high school."^[3] In response, Moby repeatedly took to his Instagram to re-assert that they had dated.^[4] He later publicly apologized to Portman on Instagram, writing, "I accept that given the dynamic of our almost 14 year age difference I absolutely should've acted more responsibly and respectfully when Natalie and I first met almost 20 years ago."^[5] On May 28, 2019, due to the backlash he had received, Moby cancelled the remainder of his book tour.^[6]

Moby also revealed that in 2001, he rubbed his flaccid penis on Donald Trump at a party after being dared to do so by his then-girlfriend.^[7] Details of this incident were later called into question by Vanity Fair, who revealed that, based on Moby's own description of events, the incident most likely took place years later.^[8]

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Kitty Empire writing for The Guardian called it "funny and often harrowing".^[9]