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Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil

Adam Rose and Kevin James Thornton

Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil

Jameela Jamil

Funny, Society & Culture, Disasters, Comedy Interviews, Personal Journals, Shame, Comedy, Jameela Jamil, Storytelling

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Adam Rose (LA’s Finest, Small Stupid Stuff podcast, YouTube) and Kevin James Thornton (Be Yourself special, Call Kevin podcast, YouTube) join Jameela to unpack a series of deeply questionable life decisions, including pet squirrels with boundary issues, cosmetic school as a financial strategy, and how to make it through a night in jail as a 16-year-old dance instructor.


Childhood arrests, disastrous career pivots, and the kind of dating stories that permanently change how you screen potential partners. Along the way, Jameela shares her own unlikely path to The Good Place, the strange comforts of shared humiliation, and why some wrong turns feel less like mistakes and more like destiny having a sense of humor.


Find Kevin James Thornton at kevinjamesthornton.com and listen to his podcast Call Kevin.

Follow Adam Rose at @RealAdamRose and check out his new podcast Small, Stupid Stuff.

Jameela's Substack is A Low Desire To Please, you can also find her on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

Our consulting producer is Colin Anderson.

Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.

Listen to Wrong Turns on Amazon Music or wherever you find your podcasts.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to wrong turns.

0:11.3

This is a podcast where dignity goes to die.

0:13.8

It's where we celebrate the mistakes that we've made without needing to dress them up

0:17.5

as something inspiring or wisdom-bearing.

0:22.4

You know, sometimes life gives you lemons.

0:23.9

You don't make lemonade.

0:26.5

Sometimes it's just piss, I was going to say.

0:28.6

And I was like, that doesn't make any sense at all.

0:30.1

So I've started with the wrong turn.

0:33.1

You look so unsure of me now.

0:36.6

Yeah, I think I'm nervous because I like you both so much.

0:46.1

I invite my favourite funny people off of the internet, off of podcasts, off of comedy stages, off of TV and film to join me to tell me their most miserable tales.

0:51.2

Joining me today as a writer and actor with a huge following across YouTube and social media for his comedy videos.

0:53.4

You will definitely recognise him everywhere you go.

0:59.3

He's also appeared in shows like Merry, Happy Whatever, LA's finest and the Santa Clarita diet. It's Adam Rose.

1:05.6

Hello. Hello. And we also have a comedian who I have been falling in love with for many years now who's nearing a billion views for his funny, heartfelt and cringy videos of self-reflection.

1:10.7

It's perfect that you're here. And I really miss your autotune in this moment. His comedy special is called Be Yourself, and he is currently on tour around the country. It's Kevin James Thornton. How are you both? I'm a little flustered because I was late, and I rushed here, but is my face red? No, your face isn't red. You look

1:28.7

fantastic. Thank you. That's what I was fishing for. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, very good. Like, um, tidy off

1:34.9

the internet, you know, sometimes you never know how people are going to show up. Yeah. Everyone knows my

1:40.2

early videos from pandemic era. So I was like overgrown and huge beard. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:45.9

And I got a hair. But we all were. Yeah. We were all overgrown huge beard. Yeah.

1:50.5

It was a really wonderful time for women where we were like, ah, we all realized I don't put on makeup for myself.

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