--- title: Jenny Slate Talks Relationships, Media in Vanity Fair description: Find out what Jenny Slate about being single and her frustration with the media's attention on her relationships. canonical: https://time.com/4868481/jenny-slate-vanity-fair-relationships/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-07-21T17:12:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:05:48.672Z og:title: Jenny Slate on Being Single for the First Time as an Adult og:description: 'I’ve treated myself nicely' og:url: https://time.com/4868481/jenny-slate-vanity-fair-relationships/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf584fe8d08c0997/6988d6aa0b72e3a2e46eebbf/jenny-slate-single-relationships.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Premiere Of Amazon Studios' "Landline" - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jenny Slate on Being Single for the First Time as an Adult twitter:description: 'I’ve treated myself nicely' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf584fe8d08c0997/6988d6aa0b72e3a2e46eebbf/jenny-slate-single-relationships.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jenny Slate on Being Single for the First Time as an Adult by [Mike Miller / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Mike Miller / People Contributor Jul 21, 2017 5:12 PM UTC  HOLLYWOOD, CA - JULY 12: Jenny Slate arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon Studios' "Landline" held at ArcLight Hollywood on July 12, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic) HOLLYWOOD, CA - JULY 12: Jenny Slate arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon Studios' "Landline" held at ArcLight Hollywood on July 12, 2017 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Michael Tran/FilmMagic)Michael Tran—FilmMagic by [Mike Miller / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Mike Miller / People Contributor Jul 21, 2017 5:12 PM UTC [Jenny Slate](http://people.com/celebrity/jenny-slate-on-what-makes-ex-and-gifted-costar-chris-evans-beautiful-inside-and-out/) is loving the single life. Last year, the actress, 35, [split from her husband](http://people.com/tv/jenny-slate-and-husband-dean-fleischer-camp-divorcing-after-four-years/) and frequent creative collaborator, [Dean Fleischer-Camp](http://people.com/tv/jenny-slate-and-husband-dean-fleischer-camp-divorcing-after-four-years/). Since their breakup, Slate’s [dated](http://people.com/celebrity/jenny-slate-on-what-makes-ex-and-gifted-costar-chris-evans-beautiful-inside-and-out/) Hollywood heartthrob [Chris Evans](http://people.com/tag/chris-evans/) and [enjoyed nights out](http://people.com/movies/jon-hamm-jenny-slate-movie-date/) with eligible bachelors like [Jon Hamm](http://people.com/tag/jon-hamm/). “This is the first time in my adult life that I haven’t been in a relationship, that I’m just all alone, and I do whatever I like to do,” she recently told [_Vanity Fair_](http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/07/jenny-slate-interview-landline). “Because I’m a person who also likes to keep an eye on my mental health and my body health, I’ve treated myself nicely.” Complicating her newfound freedom, however, is the press attention that accompanies her more high-profile hookups. “I don’t think anybody would,” she said of the extra spotlight. “For me, it connects to a very deep-seated belief within a patriarchal system. If you’re a woman, the system actually owns your private life; the system has an opinion on your decisions; the system has a verdict on how you have sex and who you have sex with, and anything in between. For me, I am not open to that. I get really pissed about it, because it’s only my business.” Slate made a _Handmaid’s Tale_ reference to bring the point home: “I’m also just really not open to being known as the woman dating so-and-so. I think that’s four tiny steps away from being Offred.” (In the show, handmaids are named “Of” followed by their husband’s first name.) 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