The Weekend Press: Meeting My Birth Family

Stories about adopted kids finding their birth parents so often end with either heartbreak or pure joy. Michael J. Fanuele’s isn’t one of those stories. (Animation by *The Free Press*)

Plus: Suzy Weiss roasts the new ‘Avatar’ film. How young is too young to get married? Two Drinks with Bill Maher. And guys, don’t just let your wives plan your social lives for you.

By The Free Press

12.20.25 — The Weekend Press

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Welcome back to The Weekend Press! Today, Suzy Weiss roasts the new “Avatar” film. Bill Maher explains why he’d rather have Zohran Mamdani for president than Donald Trump. Abigail Shrier offers Tough Love to a mom who doesn’t want her 22-year-old daughter to get married.

But first: a jaw-dropping personal story from Michael J. Fanuele about what it’s lik…

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