Nope, Netflix’s Leanne is a dramatized and highly fictionalized version of Leanne Morgan’s life and is not based on her own experience of being left by her husband. In fact, in real life, Leanne is happily married to her husband, Chuck Morgan, and has been for more than three decades.

The Netflix series was co-created by Lorre, Susan McMartin, and star Leanne Morgan. Morgan is an compelling figure, a 59-year-old mother of three who only started performing comedy at the age of 32. She calls herself the “the Mrs. Maisel of Appalachia."