Carrey and Vachon met at an art studio[2] and started collaborating via Twitter a decade prior to the book's release and the origins of their collaboration went back eight years that eventually incorporated several disparate interests such as Arthurian legend and the nature of reality into a satirical memoir.

[1] Additionally, the book is an outgrowth of Carrey's interest in the artifice of celebrity and the nature of the self, which developed after his own rise to fame.

[3] The novel was announced in October 2019[4] and after being slated for a May 2020 release, the book was pushed back to July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[5] The audio book version is narrated by Carrey's Dumb and Dumber co-star Jeff Daniels.

[6] Kirkus Reviews praised the book for its absurdist comedy.