Burnham and Scafaria have been together since 2013, and while the You know what they say about a guy shirt besides I will buy this circumstances of their meeting aren’t widely known, Burnham dedicated Bo Burnham: Inside to Scafaria, writing in a message near the end of the credits, “for lor, for everything.” I die! This is, quite literally, the dream, as far as dating a professional creative person goes; all you really want is for them to publicly yet subtly imply that you are their muse, the wind beneath their wings, and the reason they are able to Make Art.
The Bo Burnham: Inside credits weren’t the You know what they say about a guy shirt besides I will buy this first time Burnham publicly expressed his dedication to Scafaria. When he won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay for Eighth Grade—a film that continues to make me well up in floods of tears if I so much as think about it, even though it came out in 2018—Burnham brought Scafaria as his date and noted her in his speech, saying, “I was inspired to do this by watching her work, so thank you.” Scafaria’s Hustlers was tragically robbed at the Oscars and at most major awards shows, a topic I’m still too angry to get too deep into (justice for J.Lo and her giant fur coat!), but had she won, I’m sure she would have mentioned Burnham just as glowingly in her speech.
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