Pax Assadi

Guest writer

Pax Assadi is a comedian and author of the memoir Mortified, published in 2026 by Penguin NZ.

Pax Assadi’s new memoir is frank, funny and often poignant, too. (Photo: Julie Zhu / Design: The Spinoff)

Young, dumb love: Pax Assadi on his first heartbreak

'The shame I felt was unlike anything I’d experienced before.'

By Pax Assadi | 30th May, 2026