Exclusive Interview
April 23, 2020 2:06PM EDT
Jameela Jamil’s next esteemed guest on her podcast is none other than THE Billy Porter. Jameela spoke to HL about the episode that she says changed her life!
In the midst of our quarantined state, Jameela Jamil has been keeping hope alive with the continuation of her I Weigh podcast episodes. Her April 24th episode will feature an interview with Billy Porter, and the Good Place actress dished on their in-depth discussions in an EXCLUSIVE interview with HollywoodLife.com! “He goes on a five minute shouting rant at me as a motivational speech. He motivates me. He screams motivation at me for about five minutes straight is the best thing I’ve ever heard,” Jameela revealed. “It changed my life honestly. I can’t get words out of my head.”
She continued, “I’m someone who really struggles to be motivated and he just kicked me in the ass in the middle of this podcast — it came out of nowhere.” The I Weigh host said that Billy went “absolutely everywhere” with her during their discussion, talking through his traumatic childhood to his experience as a gay black man in Hollywood. Jameela’s upcoming episodes will also feature conversations with Gloria Steinem, Roxanne Gay and Neal Brennan.
“It’s just anyone who can teach me,” she said of her podcast guests. “Everyone has a different, nuanced experience with mental health and with their journey
