Jillian Mercado
Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil
Jameela Jamil
4.7 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2020
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Actor and model Jillian Mercado joins Jameela this week to discuss Jillian's experience growing up with muscular dystrophy, going from a child obsessed with fashion to an adult woman working in the fashion industry, how she became a Diesel model, that "different" isn't bad, advice on how to date a disabled person, and the need for more representation of disabilities in media.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello |
| 0:02.0 | Welcome to another episode of iWay with Tremida Tamil. I'm |
| 0:06.8 | Feeling edgy |
| 0:08.4 | Not just because the world is |
| 0:10.8 | Ending right in front of us, but mostly just because I've got really bad pms |
| 0:15.0 | And I've only just started to realize the power of |
| 0:19.7 | Telling people that I have pms. I felt so ashamed of it for such a long time |
| 0:24.8 | That I I used to deny it and I used to get really angry if anyone would even ask me if I had it |
| 0:29.8 | Even if they asked it not that annoying boyfriend way but in a sort of genuine concern way when you're being slightly irrational |
| 0:36.4 | um, but I've |
| 0:37.7 | I'm just done with trying to pretend that this massive hormonal cycle that happens every single |
| 0:43.3 | Fucking month isn't just turning my insides upside down and I don't even get it that badly |
| 0:48.6 | But my mood as I'm getting older is definitely starting to shift and today |
| 0:52.0 | I just feel like punching everyone in the face |
| 0:54.7 | Uh, and I found it very helpful to just say that first thing in the morning to everyone I see |
| 0:59.8 | It's like how are you I'm homicidal I'd like I want to punch everyone on the face day away from me |
| 1:04.2 | I'm in a very bad mood. I'm grumpy. I'm feeling grumpy women feel as though we're not allowed to just say I'm grumpy |
| 1:09.4 | I'm pissed. I don't want to talk. I don't want to smile. I don't want to have a cuddle just fuck off |
| 1:15.2 | And so yeah just |
| 1:17.2 | Trying that today been by myself for the last couple of hours because everyone's avoiding me probably for the best and I'm loving it frankly |
| 1:24.1 | I've just been |
| 1:25.5 | Sitting on my own binging emily in Paris |
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