Personal Life
Poundstone began serving as a foster parent in the 1990s, eventually adopting two daughters and a son.
Poundstone stated her asexuality in an interview with the Dallas Voice in June 2007, saying "I'm totally an asexual human being. I haven't dated anyone". In her memoirs she wrote,
I am not, at this time, a virgin myself, but I don't like sex, so I abstain, which should certainly be at least a cousin to virgin, perhaps deserving something in an honorary title. Should I become a beloved hero in my time, my followers could refer to me as "virginish." ...The idea that I'd get to my bed and there'd be someone in there with whom I was supposed to have an activity is horrifying to me. It's a safe bet that I'm not good at sex, that I do it wrong.Poundstone frequently refers to cats in her comedy and on her website. She shares her home with 16 cats and supports Alley Cat Allies, a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to transforming communities to protect and improve the lives of cats.
In 2001, Poundstone was charged as a result of an incident in which she was driving her children while intoxicated. She pleaded "no contest" to felony child endangerment and a misdemeanor charge of inflicting injury on a child. Poundstone was sentenced to five years' probation and 180 days in an alcohol rehabilitation program. Following completion of the program, she was granted full custody of her adopted children.
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