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Cazzie David turned to MDMA therapy to gain clarity regarding a long-term relationship that was causing her some uncertainty.
On the March 24 episode of Amanda Hirsch‘s podcast “Not Skinny but Not Fat,” Cazzie, the daughter of renowned comedian Larry David and film producer Laurie David, shared her experience. “My therapist recommended an MDMA journey, explaining it could help with decision-making,” she recounted.
Cazzie, 31, elaborated on how the therapy was portrayed to her: “It was suggested as a way to connect with one’s spirituality and understand one’s true self.” She decided to give it a try.
Despite having previously experimented with cocaine without much effect, Cazzie approached the MDMA experience with curiosity rather than expectation.
Meanwhile, musician Kid Cudi opened up about his own struggles with cocaine addiction on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast. During the August 13 episode, Cudi, 41, described the initial allure of cocaine as “magical,” noting that it gave him a profound sense of “100 percent happiness,” despite the dark path it ultimately led him down.
“And if a therapist is giving it to me, it can’t be that crazy. You know, if anything, I thought I would have to fake having some kind of grand insight to not make her feel bad,” Cazzie joked.
The No One Asked for This author said her therapist “prepped” her by explaining that some people want to “talk a lot” or hold her hand during the session, which Cazzie had insisted she was not going to do.
“Anyways, we did it, and I like tripped out,” Cazzie continued, explaining that the session happened at her house. “I ended up in her lap … holding both hands. She was like, ‘I have to go to the bathroom.’ I was like, ‘No, you’re not allowed to go to the bathroom. No, no, no, you can’t leave.’”
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Though Cazzie said she now has a “hard time” looking at her therapist because she’s “embarrassed,” she realized that the experience did “really help” her.
“You could just really, like, if you really asked yourself a question, you could kind of see the paths, and it would give you a certain feeling that you needed in order to have an answer,” Cazzie shared, noting that she found herself questioning whether or not she wanted to continue in her long-term relationship at the time.
“It was like, about my true fear of being in my 30s and like, what I want to do with this long-term relationship or in all of these different things. … It was just crazy,” she concluded.
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Prescribed MDMA (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine), commonly known as ecstasy or molly, is a mild psychedelic drug often used in psychotherapy to treat PTSD and other mental health conditions. Other celebrities have opened up about their experiences with this type of therapy, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Lorde.
“I had truly the most horrific stage fright, really since I was like 5, doing community theater,” Lorde, 29, said on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in July 2025, adding that MDMA therapy “truly changed the game.”
Meanwhile, Paltrow, 53, revealed during a March 2025 episode of her “Goop” podcast that MDMA therapy helped improve her relationship with her mother, Blythe Danner.