Jameela Jamil: Would Choose The Bear

Let's Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa

SiriusXM Podcasts and Poppy Media, LLC

Celebrity, Comedy, Tv & Film, Kelly Ripa, Society & Culture, Pop Culture, Kellyripa, Kelly

4.9 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Actor, podcaster and advocate, Jameela Jamil joins Kelly to share her journey with disordered eating and how it has affected her health today. After years of counting calories, Jameela shares her thoughts on working in an industry that is so focused on weight, and how she's taking control of that narrative. She gives her opinion on the "skinny shots," filters and airbrushing, and why she has no qualms scaring men on the street.

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0:00.0	It sounds exhausting. It's a
0:03.7	It's a full-time job. My TV career was my part-time job. My
0:08.2	full-time career was saying, Finn.
0:11.0	Somebody got to cue me or do I cue myself?
0:13.0	She yourself.
0:14.0	Okay.
0:15.0	Hey there everybody, we are back with another episode of Let's Talk Off Camera, so let's get talking.
0:22.0	Love it. I'm listening to this.
0:25.0	Today we are joined by actor, writer, podcaster, music producer, fierce advocate for women,
0:32.0	Jemila Jamil.
0:34.0	And in addition to her roles on The Good Place
0:36.8	and She Hulk, she's built an online community
0:39.8	called I Way that's all about mental health, inclusivity, and challenging societal norms.
0:48.9	She's a very active person.
0:51.9	Yeah, I mean she's, I didn't know,
0:54.8	I'm gonna be honest, I didn't know much about her.
0:56.5	Okay.
0:56.8	I started, you know, reading about her and watching videos of her.
1:01.1	And she's, she's really going out there and talking about her you know she's
1:06.2	going to talk to you about it but like her eating disorder and how that affected
1:09.4	her you know mental health and it touched such a nerve for me I started telling you about it but I
1:16.0	went through this in my 20s I what happened was I got home from college and I'm going to be honest like someone I love who's very near and dear to me
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