Jay Ellis

Podcrushed

Lemonada Media

Comedy, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Jay Ellis (Insecure, Top Gun: Maverick, Escape Room) joins Podcrushed to discuss his early life as a military brat, the pivotal moments that shaped his career, and how his Sam Jackson-inspired potty mouth got him into trouble as a kid. Jay shares insights from his book Did Anyone Else Have an Imaginary Friend or Just Me? and shares what drew him to take part in his new stage play Duke and Roya. Preorder our new book, Crushmore, here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Crushmore/Penn-Badgley/9781668077993 Want more from Podcrushed? Follow our social channels here: Insta: https://bit.ly/PodcrushedInsta TikTok: https://bit.ly/PodcrushedTikTok X: https://bit.ly/PodcrushedTwitter You can follow Penn, Sophie and Nava here: Insta: @pennbadgley @scribbledbysophie @nnnava Tik Tok: @iampennbadgley @scribbledbysophie @nkavelin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Lemonada
0:02.7	I had a Sam Jackson phase
0:07.8	where like I said fuck nonstop
0:10.1	and the woman tells my mom
0:12.6	we don't say that word here
0:14.1	and I don't know what you let him do at home
0:17.2	but we don't use that word here
0:18.8	and that was the second school that I got kicked out of.
0:24.9	Welcome to Pod Crushed.
0:26.6	We're hosts. I'm Penn.
0:28.3	I'm Sophie.
0:29.2	And I'm Nava.
0:30.1	And I think we would have been your middle school besties.
0:32.6	Blasting the Goo Goo Goo Dolls and watching ourselves cry in the mirror.
0:35.6	I just want you to know who I am.
0:40.4	Right?
0:41.4	Perfect.
0:42.8	Well, well, well.
0:43.7	Today's guest is Jay Ellis, the endearing, hilarious actor that you know from series
0:48.2	like HBO's Insecure.
0:50.6	He's also on the current running point on Netflix.
0:53.8	You know him from films like freaky tales,
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