Atsuko Okatsuka

I Weigh with Jameela Jamil

Jameela Jamil

Society & Culture, Comedians, Comedy Interviews, Conversation, Stand-up, Comedy, Funny, True Stories, Shame, Embarassing

4.7 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ ? minutes

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Stand-up comedian (and accidental inventor of the #dropchallenge) Atsuko Okatsuka joins Jameela this week to discuss growing up with a mother who had an intense and undiagnosed mental illness, her experience as an undocumented immigrant in Los Angeles, reconnecting with her father after being separated for years, having her grandma be her best friend, all the wild things she was taught about sex growing up, and more. Follow Atusko Okatsuka on Instagram and Twitter @atsukocomedy

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of Iway with Jameela Dremel of Hotcast against Shame.
0:04.7	I hope you're well. I am still fucking sick. I can't believe it. I still feel like shit.
0:10.0	It's been weeks. I'm so annoyed. But I'm getting better and I'm back at work and I have a fresh,
0:17.6	brand new, hot off the press episode for you with a joy of a human. Her name is Atzko,
0:25.2	a Katzka. And if you aren't yet familiar with her work, go and find it. She's a huge new rising
0:31.2	star in comedy. She's about to drop her first ever big HBO special this fall and everyone is talking
0:37.1	about her. So I was super lucky to get time with her this week to sit down and talk about her
0:41.2	extraordinary life and what a wild journey her and her family have had together. It's honestly
0:47.6	one of the most bonkers stories I've ever heard and she's incredibly stoic throughout all of it.
0:53.5	She's been through it all. She's had a mother. She was terrified of who had
0:59.5	severe mental health issues. She was raised by her grandmother, taken away from her dad without
1:04.0	her consent as a child, which meant becoming estranged from him during really formative years.
1:08.7	She was taken to another country without knowing she was actually moving there, then had to live
1:13.2	as an undocumented immigrant in the United States all while dealing with an eating disorder
1:19.9	and then finding herself as a fully grown adult who has arrested development, which I think
1:26.3	many of us can relate to, especially if we haven't had traditional childhoods. And so we talk
1:31.6	all about that in a very honest, real, unpretentious and shameless way. And I love her vulnerability.
1:38.1	It's almost alarming and just so refreshing how honest she is about all of the thoughts that
1:43.7	occur in her head. And I think that's why she's a really popular comedian right now. I think
1:47.6	people feel very safe with her. There's something very, and I mean, there's an lovely way,
1:51.2	like very vulnerable and childlike about her whilst this woman has also lived about a thousand
1:55.6	lives. And so I'd love to hear if you feel seen or heard by this episode, especially if you are
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