I think I've been wishing for celebrity for so long that I've got used to being someone who's petitioning the establishment for acceptance... my whole schtick, my whole identity, is so wrapped up in being a petitioner that I don't really know how to react now that petition has been granted.

Young moved to New York City shortly afterward to work for Vanity Fair. He is currently a visiting fellow at the University of Buckingham. Personal life
Young is married to Caroline Bondy with whom he has four children.

Toby Young FRSA is a British journalist and the author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People the tale of his stint in New York as a contributing editor at Vanity Fair magazine.