MO GILLIGAN: WHY WE FEEL SO LOST IN OUR 20s

Great Company with Jamie Laing

Jampot

Personal Journals, Business, Entrepreneurship, Society & Culture

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Mo Gilligan is a very funny man - he’s one of the biggest comedians in the UK, he’s hosted the BRITs, numerous TV shows and is currently on a world tour. He’s hugely successful, but what happens when you achieve all your dreams? Do you feel fulfilled? Or lost without that direction of a goal? Mo’s someone I’ve wanted to have on the show for a while, so I’m really excited to have him join me on the show this week.

Mo chatted to me about his journey - from growing up on an estate and fostering a sense of community, to being catapulted into the limelight when his comedy skits went viral. He was candid about how difficult he found that time and his late 20s; the pressure, the expectations, and the weight of success didn’t fulfil him in the way he’d imagined. And as someone who is also dyslexic, we bonded over how being the class clown was both a way to connect and a survival tool in school. Looking back, he credits his younger self—the daydreamer who never took life too seriously—with shaping the comedian he is today.

This conversation is a reminder that no matter how successful someone looks from the outside, we all face struggles. And sometimes, the most important thing we can do is give ourselves permission to feel.

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Exec Producer: Jemima Rathbone

Assistant Producer: Gurlina Heer

Video: Jake Ji & Ryley Kirby

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, it's me Paloma and I'm back.
0:03.2	I hope you all love the first series of my podcast, Mad, Sad and Bad.
0:07.2	I thought that I'll make another series.
0:09.7	Let me see you might come and join me.
0:12.3	Mad, sad and bad.
0:13.9	What the hell's that mean?
0:15.1	That's the name of the podcast.
0:16.8	Don't show me now.
0:18.8	Each week, I have an amazing guest to join me in my house.
0:22.0	Do I promise love the show as I hope you do too?
0:25.1	I'm not so happy you have a podcast.
0:27.0	New episode is out every Tuesday.
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