Jillian Bell and Chelsea Devantes

Summary

Detailed Summary of "Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil" Featuring Jillian Bell and Chelsea Devantes

Release Date: June 12, 2025

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Introduction

In this episode of "Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil," host Jameela Jamil invites two of her cherished friends, actress and comedian Jillian Bell and director Chelsea Devantes, to share their most mortifying and embarrassing stories. The podcast upholds its motto, "Wrong Turns: where dignity goes to die," by allowing guests to revel in their misfortunes without seeking any moral lessons.

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Guest Introductions (00:51 - 02:10)

Jameela Jamil opens the episode by warmly introducing her guests:

• Jillian Bell: An accomplished actress, comedian, and screenwriter with 73 acting credits, including roles in "Idiot Sitter," "Curb Your Enthusiasm," and "21 Jump Street." She recently directed her first movie, "Summer of '69," which is available on Hulu.

  Jillian Bell: "Warm summer of 69 on Hulu." [01:22]

• Chelsea Devantes: Jameela's "fringe twin," Instagram idol, and host of the podcast "Glamorous Trash." Chelsea is also a director and writer, known for works like "Bless This Mess," "Girls 5 Ever," and her memoir "The Problem with Jon Stewart," a RuPaul Book Club pick.

  Chelsea Devantes: "I've been trying to cut my bangs like yours since our last podcast together when you told me how to do it. And I've failed every time." [01:55]

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Hair Fiasco and Personal Traits (02:10 - 04:24)

The conversation kicks off with a humorous exchange about hairstyles:

• Chelsea attempts to emulate Jameela's split fringe but keeps the hair merging back together, leading to playful teasing.

  Jameela Jamil: "My split literally splits the Internet. Someone's got a Twitter account just of the little split in my fringe." [02:20]

They then delve into personal traits and coping mechanisms:

• Chelsea identifies herself as "fragile and reckless," describing the challenges of balancing these traits.

  Chelsea Devantes: "I've ruined a lot of trees with all my thoughts and feelings over the years." [03:44]

  Jameela Jamil: "It's good to take it out on the paper, not the people." [03:56]

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Jillian's Early Experiences and Anxiety (04:24 - 11:27)

Jillian Bell shares her journey with anxiety, tracing back to her teenage years:

• Poetic Beginnings: At 14, Jillian wrote dark poems about hypothetical disastrous events, reflecting her fears rather than actual experiences.

  Jillian Bell: "I wrote poetry when I was 14 at Catholic school... just about the first time you have a sip of alcohol and then you crash your car." [04:37]

  Jillian Bell: "I have to do a night where I just read them all because they are so sad." [05:56]

• Impact of Catholic Education: Her time at Catholic school influenced her bleak poetic themes, combining Alanis Morissette's inspiration with strict moral teachings.

  Jillian Bell: "Anything that brought you joy would also be damnation. Yes. Then you'd go to hell immediately." [05:16]

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Chelsea's Misadventures in New York City (11:27 - 14:05)

Chelsea Devantes recounts her college days in New York City:

• Good Intentions Gone Awry: In an effort to help the unhoused, Chelsea began stealing extra food from her university's dining hall to distribute. However, her encounter with an artistically styled gentleman made her realize the unintended offense.

  Chelsea Devantes: "I handed him an orange, and he said, 'I am not hungry, nor am I homeless.' I realized how bad of a gift an orange was." [07:04]

• Shift in Approach: This experience led Chelsea to cease her well-meaning but misplaced efforts once she attained financial stability.

  Chelsea Devantes: "I stopped doing it only when I had money, which was rarely." [07:38]

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Jillian’s Embarrassing Encounters with Celebrities (14:05 - 21:47)

Jillian Bell delves into her awkward interactions while working as an interviewer:

• Justin Timberlake Incident: While writing for SNL, Jillian's intense crush on Justin Timberlake led her to make an inappropriate comment during his visit, stating, "Put a penis in that butt," which left both her and Timberlake in an uncomfortable situation.

  Jillian Bell: "Put a penis in that butt." [11:14]

• Kesha's Wild Appearance: Recalling an interview with Kesha, Jillian describes how Kesha brought an inflatable crocodile and made out with it on live television, showcasing her wild side.

  Jameela Jamil: "She rolled around all over the floor with it and then made out with it on live television." [18:10]

• Jim Carrey Selfie Mishap: Jameela shares her own experience of taking a selfie with Jim Carrey, only to later find his distaste for such fan interactions in his interviews. Jillian humorously links her anxious selfie request to this negative portrayal.

  Jillian Bell: "I think I've ruined everyone taking selfies with Jim Carrey after that moment." [21:47]

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Chelsea’s High School Horror Story (21:47 - 36:39)

Chelsea Devantes shares a cringe-worthy story from her boarding school days:

• Unrequited Love and Humiliation: Chelsea harbored feelings for the class clown, who was also her best friend. When he started dating her talented, cultured friend, Chelsea's emotions led her to pull his pants down at a cafeteria party, resulting in widespread embarrassment.

  Chelsea Devantes: "What would you do at a cool party where the person you love who is dating your best friend has dressed up as you? Well, you do what I did. I pantsed him." [32:19]

• Aftermath and Coping: The incident left Chelsea feeling isolated and humiliated, yet it also became a defining moment that shaped her resilience and humor.

  Chelsea Devantes: "I had to keep living. I had to stay alive for like, two more months till graduation." [35:43]

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Host’s Own Wrong Turns and Listener Story (36:39 - 43:42)

Jameela Jamil reads a mortifying story from a listener:

• Language Mix-Up: A waitress in LA, who was trapped in Mexico during the pandemic, shares her embarrassing mistake of saying "masculos" instead of "musculos" in Spanish. While intending to compliment someone's muscles, she inadvertently referred to their "buttholes."

  Jameela Jamil: "I'm saying that I've been saying 'masculos,' which means more buttholes." [38:14]

• Community Reaction: The misunderstanding led to confusion and awkwardness in the workplace, highlighting the perils of language barriers.

  Jameela Jamil: "No, no, no, no, no... 'masculos' means more buttholes." [39:19]

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Conclusion and Promotions (43:42 - End)

Jameela wraps up the episode by expressing heartfelt thanks to Jillian Bell and Chelsea Devantes for their candid and humorous stories. She encourages listeners to follow her on Instagram and subscribe to her Substack, "A Low Desire to Please," a platform where she shares unfiltered and often inappropriate content inspired by her personal experiences.

Jameela Jamil: "Wrong Turns was created and produced by me, Jameela Jamil and Stuart Bailey. Thank you to our launch producer Eve Bishop, our editor Shannon Joy Rogers, and consulting producer Colin Anderson." [41:56]

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Key Themes

1. Embracing Embarrassment: The episode underscores the importance of accepting and laughing at one's own mistakes and embarrassing moments.

2. Celebrity Interactions: Both guests share awkward encounters with celebrities, highlighting the challenges of dealing with fame and personal anxieties.

3. Personal Growth Through Adversity: The stories reflect how facing humiliating situations can lead to personal resilience and a better understanding of oneself.

4. Miscommunication and Its Consequences: From language errors to misunderstood intentions, the episode illustrates how miscommunication can lead to unintended and mortifying outcomes.

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Jillian Bell: "I wrote poetry when I was 14 at Catholic school... just about the first time you have a sip of alcohol and then you crash your car." [04:37]

• Chelsea Devantes: "What would you do at a cool party where the person you love who is dating your best friend has dressed up as you? Well, you do what I did. I pantsed him." [32:19]

• Jameela Jamil: "I'm saying that I've been saying 'masculos,' which means more buttholes." [38:14]

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Final Thoughts

This episode of "Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil" masterfully blends humor with raw, relatable experiences, providing listeners with an authentic look into the embarrassing yet endearing moments that shape our lives. Through the candid stories of Jillian Bell and Chelsea Devantes, the podcast reaffirms that everyone has their own series of wrong turns, and sometimes, the best way forward is to laugh them off together.

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For more episodes and stories, subscribe to "Wrong Turns" on your preferred podcast platform and follow Jameela Jamil on Instagram and Substack.

Transcript

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[Jameela Jamil]

Hello, everyone, and welcome to Wrong Turns. This is a podcast that celebrates disaster, celebrates the microaggressions of life against humans. And so I invite my funny friends on people that I love and I admire to hear about their most humbling moments. And joining me today we have actress, comedian, and screenwriter with 73 acting credits from Idiot Sitter to Curb youb enthusiasm to 21 Jump Street. Her latest show is Kind of Pregnant, which is streaming now. And she's just directed her first movie, which is called summer of 69. Congratulations.

[Gillian Bell]

Thank you.

[Jameela Jamil]

It's Gillian Bell. Hello.

[Gillian Bell]

Warm summer of 69 on Hulu.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Gillian Bell]

Was that subtle?

[Jameela Jamil]

No, it was so, so subtle. I barely caught it. Also on the show today, we have my fringe twin and my Instagram idol. I love you. I love your comedy. You're also director. You're a writer from bless this mess. Girls 5 ever. The problem with John Stewart, your memoir, which is so beautiful, I shouldn't be telling you this was a RuPaul Book Club pick. And you also host the podcast Glamorous Trash. It's Chelsea Bloody Devante.

[Chelsea Devante]

I've been trying to cut my bangs like yours since our last podcast together when you told me how to do it. And I've. I failed every time. I don't know if you've seen it, but I'm. I'm going for yours and I'm landing at mine.

[Jameela Jamil]

What do I. I feel like you.

[Chelsea Devante]

Have the little split. The little split right in the middle. I keep trying to trim. It just.

[Jameela Jamil]

It keeps coming back together.

[Chelsea Devante]

It just keeps focusing in the center.

[Jameela Jamil]

I don't know why you would want my split. My split literally splits the Internet. Someone's got a Twitter account just of the little split in my fringe.

[Chelsea Devante]

I'm on the right side of your bounty.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Gillian Bell]

Oh, I split.

[Jameela Jamil]

Thank you very much. Thank you very much.

[Gillian Bell]

It's gorgeous. I love the split.

[Jameela Jamil]

It's a 90s boy band curtain. That's what I was going for. I was. You know, it was almost the 90s when I decided on this haircut, and then it came in and I was like, I'm picking this forever. And I know that George Clooney had that same thought one day about his hair. He was like, this works. We're doing this.

[Gillian Bell]

So did Jason. It was out there. It was. It was working. It.

[Chelsea Devante]

And it's nice that Chris changed his mind. You remember he had those dreadlocks. So I'm glad he was like, you know what?

[Gillian Bell]

Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

I'm not going to stick with this.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yes. And he did it before 2020.

[Chelsea Devante]

That's right.

[Jameela Jamil]

Like everyone else.

[Chelsea Devante]

That's right.

[Jameela Jamil]

Kirkpatrick.

[Gillian Bell]

Yes, Kirkpatrick.

[Chelsea Devante]

Okay.

[Gillian Bell]

Well done, Christopher Allen Kirkpatrick.

[Chelsea Devante]

Oh, we've got a true fan.

[Gillian Bell]

Don't worry about it. We're going to get into it later.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, yeah. Very, very. A deep dive.

[Gillian Bell]

That's just a taste.

[Jameela Jamil]

This is a podcast that is for people who experience disaster, whether or not disaster finds them or they go running after it. Would you identify as either of those camps?

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah, I would say. I. My most predominant qualities are fragile and reckless.

[Jameela Jamil]

Cool.

[Gillian Bell]

Cool.

[Chelsea Devante]

And those don't, like, go well together. It's, like, not a great personality. It's not fun every day and so.

[Jameela Jamil]

Are you having to pick up the pieces or are your friends and loved ones, your husband, trying to pick up the pieces?

[Chelsea Devante]

You know, my pills do a lot of good work. Therapists. Making a lot of money off that. Health insurance. I had a lot of journals. I've. I've ruined a lot of trees with all my thoughts and feelings over the years.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, no, I think that's good, though. It's good to take it out on the paper, not the people.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah, I think that's right. I. If. If someone's suffering, it's me. It's not others.

[Jameela Jamil]

No, exactly. That's what's so great about women. We just develop autoimmune diseases.

[Gillian Bell]

We just hold it inside and then go to it one day when. When you least expect it.

[Jameela Jamil]

Exactly. Bring on the menopause.

[Gillian Bell]

Whoop, whoop.

[Jameela Jamil]

That's what I'm waiting for. My day. What about you, Jillian?

[Gillian Bell]

Oh, how would I describe myself? Anxious. More anxious and getting more anxious as you're saying it. Yes.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

Slightly.

[Gillian Bell]

Can you feel it? I will tell you something really Quickly. That I just thought of. I used to write poetry at 14.

[Chelsea Devante]

The story could stop there. And that's it.

[Gillian Bell]

Yeah, it's really just that.

[Jameela Jamil]

Thank you so much for coming.

[Gillian Bell]

Thank you so much. I wrote poetry when I was 14 at Catholic school.

[Chelsea Devante]

About.

[Gillian Bell]

Just about the first time you have a sip of alcohol and then you crash your car.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, is that poetry, or is that a country music song?

[Gillian Bell]

It might be. A lot of my poetry was like, you have sex for the first time, obviously, because of pressure, and then your baby has aids.

[Chelsea Devante]

So these were fear poems. You hadn't lived them?

[Gillian Bell]

No, I was just an embarrassing woman. Young woman.

[Chelsea Devante]

You were writing poetry about experiences you hadn't lived but were sure to happen. Exactly.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay.

[Chelsea Devante]

I like.

[Gillian Bell]

I was like. I was like, okay, if you try any of these things again.

[Jameela Jamil]

You'd been listening to Alanis Morissette.

[Gillian Bell]

I was. But also, I was at Catholic school where if, like, you were like, what is sec? They were like, never. So. So I think that. I just thought that anything that brought you joy would also be damnation. Yes. Then you'd go to hell immediately.

[Jameela Jamil]

Of course.

[Chelsea Devante]

Of course.

[Gillian Bell]

And, yeah, the devil liked it when you rhymed.

[Chelsea Devante]

Just a classic abab. My baby gets aids.

[Gillian Bell]

Exactly. I have all of the. I have to do a night where I just read them all because they are so sad.

[Jameela Jamil]

You have to.

[Gillian Bell]

It is literally. I had a sip of alcohol, and then I got behind the. The driver's wheel, and I. Everyone's dead.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, my God. So, okay, so the anxiety did start quite young. This one.

[Gillian Bell]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

It's fictitious as well. Which is my favorite.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah, yeah.

[Gillian Bell]

No, it's not real.

[Jameela Jamil]

No, I. I love this about you. I think you're completely adorable. Chelsea, you have a. A micro humiliation story.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I went to college in New York City, and I'm from all over the Southwest, so it was, like, a real culture shock for me. And I was so devastated by everyone who was unhoused in the city, you know? And it was just, like, so much. And so at the dining hall, I would always steal extra food and, like, give it away throughout the city. I know, right? What a sweet little angel. A little angel from New Mexico just stealing from the university to give to the poor. So one night, I saw this unhoused gentleman, and I handed him an orange, and he said, I am not hungry, nor am I homeless.

[Gillian Bell]

Oh, no.

[Chelsea Devante]

And then the silent part was, you stupid bitch. And that's when I, like, really took stock talk of him, and I realized, like, the cart he was pushing was like a band cart. The beard was a choice.

[Jameela Jamil]

He lives in Silver Lake.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah. The Silver Lake of New York City. Yeah. Like, he was just, like, definitely from, like, the cool part of Brooklyn that costs a million dollars now. Yeah. And I was so. It was just such an insult and a. And then all of a sudden, I just realized, like, how bad of a gift in orange was.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

And. And I. I stopped doing it only when I had money, which was rarely, but I moved to money from that point.

[Jameela Jamil]

Right, right, right. That's. That's very good. Yeah. Yeah. It's hard to know these days with all the fashion, you know? You know, everyone looks like an artisan from the. You know. Like, I think my boyfriend recently was looking at pictures of himself from, like, seven years ago and was like, wow, I was really dressing like a Dickensian twink.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

I happened.

[Gillian Bell]

Someone who everybody told beach magician. So I think it gets. I think it gets really confusing when there's not a lot of buttons buttoned.

[Chelsea Devante]

A lot of patterns.

[Gillian Bell]

I'm assuming so many patterns. Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

A little power clashing.

[Gillian Bell]

Y. Yeah. He could have been given an orange.

[Chelsea Devante]

It sounds like he liked hats.

[Gillian Bell]

Yes. Yes.

[Jameela Jamil]

Gillian, I'm dying to know some of your wrong turns.

[Gillian Bell]

Oh, my gosh. Okay, well, I wrote for SNL for a year in 2009, and probably the most embarrassing one involved a member of NSync. So that's why I know Chris Kirkpatrick's middle name.

[Jameela Jamil]

Right.

[Gillian Bell]

So I was writing with Kristen Wiig, and it was just the two of us in the office, and I don't remember who the host was, but this was not the host. All of a sudden, there's a knock at the door and in comes Justin Timberlake, not hosting, but dropping by because everybody knows him and loves him.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

This is some real Jon Hamm behavior.

[Gillian Bell]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely. So Kristin and Justin know each other. So they're chatting. Meanwhile, I'm on the couch behind her computer. Cause we were writing something together, and I'm just staring at the floor as hard as I can to avoid eye contact with Justin Timberlake, who clearly clocks this because I can't look into his eyes.

[Jameela Jamil]

Why?

[Gillian Bell]

Because I was obsessed with him. I wanted him to be my husband.

[Chelsea Devante]

You were going to come immediately.

[Gillian Bell]

This was going to be like, Justin Randall Timberlake, born January 31, 1981, in Memphis, Tennessee. Like, I was obsessed with him.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, my God.

[Gillian Bell]

Baby blue was his favorite color. North Carolina was his favorite basketball team. I mean, I knew all the facts.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay, how has that crush endured over the years.

[Gillian Bell]

It's gone.

[Chelsea Devante]

Okay.

[Gillian Bell]

I mean, just. Cause I've grown up.

[Chelsea Devante]

Did the Britney Spears memoir just wipe.

[Gillian Bell]

It dry, you know? Yeah, that was rough. The abortion story with the song where.

[Chelsea Devante]

He soundtracked her abortion. Now, I've always wanted to know what songs do you think he was playing when she was having an abortion on the bathroom floor as an underage virgin.

[Gillian Bell]

Gone, quote, virgin. That's too soon.

[Jameela Jamil]

Gone is crazy. That was a crazy.

[Gillian Bell]

I'm so sorry. That's crazy.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, my God.

[Gillian Bell]

Okay.

[Jameela Jamil]

It was. Bye, bye, bye. Surely.

[Gillian Bell]

Oh, no, Right.

[Chelsea Devante]

It's gotta be. And he did all the harmonies, so.

[Gillian Bell]

So Kristen, Justin are talking, and I'm staring at the ground. Now. This is about three minutes of me just staring at the ground. And he's fully noticed that I'm, like, not making eye contact with him. They start doing a bit because she has a picture that is potentially one of the posters for MacGruber. And it's like this cool Charlie's Angels pictures of her from the back with, like, you know, her button jeans. And she's doing this. And they were doing a total friend bit where it's like, ooh, girl, look at that butt. And she's like, check out that butt. You know? And it was totally friendly, and they were just having a good time. And I decided, chime in out of.

[Jameela Jamil]

Nowhere because you've got that anxiety of.

[Gillian Bell]

I haven't said anything for seven. Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

And like.

[Gillian Bell]

And. And I think they started going dirty with it as a bit like being like, oh, yeah, someone's gonna tap that ass. You know? And so I go out of nowhere, I just go, yeah, put a penis in that butt.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh.

[Gillian Bell]

And then I look back at the ground because no one acknowledge that that moment happened, though. It did. So I'm staring back at the ground.

[Jameela Jamil]

Did they look at you?

[Gillian Bell]

Kristen did. I think she kind of laughed, but Justin was like, oh, yeah. And then they just started the amazing.

[Jameela Jamil]

Thing to be the first and maybe only thing you ever say to your childhood.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah. Without eye contact.

[Gillian Bell]

I will leave this story saying two things, and that is it. So the first thing is put a penis in that butt.

[Jameela Jamil]

That is the name of this episode.

[Gillian Bell]

Yeah. The second one was they started talking about MacGruber, and Kristen said, if you're in town, why don't you come to the premiere? And he's like, oh, I'm going to be back in la, but I will go the first night it's out. And she goes, jillian, are you going to be here? You should come And I go, I'm actually going to be back in la, too, so I guess we should go together. And he goes, is Kenan around? And leaves. And Kristen was like, okay, so what should we do for this beat? And I go, I'm sorry, I need to take a moment.

[Chelsea Devante]

I'm sorry, I need to take two years off of this career.

[Gillian Bell]

Just met Justin Timberlake, and all I said was, put a penis in that butt and would you like to go out with me, basically. And so, yeah, that was my one interaction with Justin Terbolake. It doesn't end there. I've had several.

[Chelsea Devante]

These are.

[Gillian Bell]

These all happened while I was at snl.

[Chelsea Devante]

Oh, my God.

[Gillian Bell]

I was a baby writer. I was 24, and my God. Living the life and.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. Living the dream.

[Gillian Bell]

Yes. And you drink if you get a sketch on, and you drink if you don't get a sketch on. And so it's just like college, basically for me. One drunken night at an after after party. So that's somewhere around, like, 4:00am to 8:00am yeah. Kesha was the musical guest, and I was very drunk, and she was dancing on the dance floor, but everybody got kind of drunk. Where you kind of need other people to bump into you to make it feel like you're still moving because you're losing it. And I walked over to her confidently. I grabbed her hand and I raised it to the sky. And I said, we're gonna live forever at the top of my lungs. And then cut to Monday morning. Seth Meyers is our head writer. And he said, hey, new writer, did you grab Kesha's head and tell her she was gonna live forever? And I was like, yeah. I made her promise that I could not keep. And he was just like, okay. And that. That was the beginning of our meeting. Our entire meeting, everyone.

[Jameela Jamil]

Is this why you were only there for a year?

[Gillian Bell]

Probably.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yes. Yeah.

[Gillian Bell]

I didn't get asked back after that first year.

[Chelsea Devante]

That's crazy, because this is all the funniest I've ever heard. And if I'm gonna grab Kesha's hand, I said, give them. Give them tenor tenure. Tenure.

[Gillian Bell]

Thank you.

[Chelsea Devante]

Tenure.

[Gillian Bell]

No, we knew what you meant. We knew.

[Chelsea Devante]

No, tenor is good.

[Gillian Bell]

That's a. That's a hard word, I feel.

[Chelsea Devante]

Give her tenor and give someone else.

[Jameela Jamil]

A beer sent by someone who's never had tenor.

[Chelsea Devante]

Someone who was like, do they still do that for professors? Anyways? That is hilarious.

[Gillian Bell]

Yeah, I have terrible. I. I'll sell one quick last one, and that is.

[Jameela Jamil]

I want.

[Gillian Bell]

I want a million last One is that this one is not snl. But this was just. This was just before snl. So I was warming up, okay. I was going to a sketch show and I was going to go see it with my sister. We got there, we were a little too early. So we're like, let's walk across the street to this Mexican restaurant. We had too many margaritas. We're about to walk back as the show's about to start and as Brianna's like, the. The light is turning green and we're about to walk. She goes, I think that's Elijah Wood. And I go, what? And she goes, I think that's Elijah Wood in that car right there driving. And he had his window cracked. So while we were walking across the street, I go, hey, Elijah. And he looked over and he smiled and what did I do? I went. And he just kind of stood, looked confused, and then kept driving randomly. What the hell did I just do to Elijah Wood? He seems so sweet, but I was just like, hey, are you Elijah? But he's like, yeah, the sweet spirit.

[Jameela Jamil]

Of like jock bully just took over you.

[Chelsea Devante]

I know, but I didn't have anything.

[Gillian Bell]

To say, so I could have said. There's so many things I could have said. You were great in the Good Son.

[Chelsea Devante]

You're.

[Gillian Bell]

You're an icon. You were in that movie where you were very small. What is it? Frodo. Frodo. Lord of the Rings.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Gillian Bell]

He was also in the movie where.

[Chelsea Devante]

The, you know, the wave swept them away. But he saved Lili Sobliski and her maybe 15 year old pregnancy. Kind of unclear.

[Gillian Bell]

What a hero.

[Chelsea Devante]

What a hero. A little angel.

[Gillian Bell]

There's so many things. What a sweet, sweet smile.

[Chelsea Devante]

I hope this makes it to him because it does sound like the kind of story where he drove away and said, I don't want to do this anymore.

[Jameela Jamil]

Do you think that's why he stopped acting so much? Because of that moment with Jillian?

[Gillian Bell]

I want to publicly apologize to Elijah Wood. I did not know that was actually going to be you. And by the time I went to do which was just my bad improv, I. I'm just. I'm sorry. I. I love you and I respect you and I panicked.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah, that was really nice.

[Jameela Jamil]

Really nice. That's really nice.

[Gillian Bell]

And I'm very embarrassed.

[Jameela Jamil]

We're going to tag him in that.

[Gillian Bell]

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[Jameela Jamil]

And we're back. Okay, I've had a few. I mean I've been working with celebrities as an interviewer since I was 22. So I was, that was my job was just interviewing people. So I got to watch them from the very beginning all the way through to the very top of their careers. So I did like Selena Gomez's first ever interview. Justin Bieber, like Nicki Minaj, like every point. Kesha, she was pretty wild.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

She. We for some reason brought on an inflatable crocodile and she rolled around all over the floor with it and then made out with it on live television. So I, I think she would have loved the moment with you.

[Unknown]

I hope so.

[Gillian Bell]

I'm surprised if not I publicly apologize to Kim.

[Jameela Jamil]

Had a moment. Had one. A moment that made me want to true, truly kill myself recently with Catherine o' Hara, you know, from Schitt's Creek, an icon. I walked up to her at the Elle Woman of the Year Awards and she is. I've been been in love with her since I'm alone and my boyfriend and I love Schitt's Creek so much and he's so in love with her. So I was just dying to tell her how much I love her and how much I've always wanted to meet her and how much I look up to her. And I was like, I just love you so much. I was like, also, my boyfriend is in love with you. And she was like, oh my God, that's so sweet. I was like, no, he's truly got the biggest crush on you. He's in love with you. He hopes that I look like you when I'm old. When I'm old.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

Not when I'm older or later. Just hopes I look like you one day when I'm old and I don't know. And my best friend who's with me just goes. And then she just looks at me and Then classic Catherine o' Hara, the queen of, like, graciousness just smiles at me sweetly and goes, well, that's nice. And I want to. I don't know how to beep, beep, reverse out of this fucking moment. But it was one of the worst moments of, you know, my whole life, I think. Do you know what I mean? I meant it so well, I think so Good. Everything was just great. I just. Yeah, I just tanked. My brain just short circuited or just.

[Chelsea Devante]

You know, a period. Hopes I look like you. Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

My boyfriend's desperate for me to look like you or dress like you one day. There was really just. I just hadn't thought it through. I always go mouth first, brain later, and also tweet first, brain later. You know, it's a nightmare to be me. Nightmare in this brain.

[Chelsea Devante]

I think both of yours are actually really sweet because you both do come off as, like. You're like, half you. You know, beep, beep, you drive away. But instead you're like, I feel bad. I feel I caused a moment. You know, other, lesser people would be like, got Catherine.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. Because I. I.

[Gillian Bell]

Can you imagine someone wanting to, like, take Catherine?

[Chelsea Devante]

There's some monster out there.

[Jameela Jamil]

Listen, man, it's just hard. I don't know what it is about celebrities, but it just brings out sometimes the absolute worst in us. I asked Jim Carrey for a selfie at the Golden Globes because I was sat next to him, which was truly just like the trifecta of crazy moments to be on a show that's nominated for a Golden Globes, to get to go to the Golden Globes and then sit next to Jim Carrey, who, as a child was my childhood icon. And so I take the selfie with him, and he's super gracious about it and so lovely, and he looks happy in the photo. And then Trudy, about eight days later, an interview comes out with him saying, like, nothing I hate more in the world is than when a fan comes up to me and just asks me to take a selfie. And I was like, I tipped him over the edge.

[Chelsea Devante]

No, come on. You're seated right there.

[Gillian Bell]

Very different.

[Jameela Jamil]

I must have, because when I asked him, I remembered a slight moment of his eyes dying when I asked him because he was so excited for me to come up to him because he's such a gracious. Like, he was being so gracious. And I was like, oh, my God, I love you so much. Could we take it? Because. Because in your head, you're thinking, I don't want to Take up loads of your time.

[Gillian Bell]

Right.

[Jameela Jamil]

Right. I don't want to force you to have a conversation. A mere, like, plebeian mortal. So you think, let's just have a photo together. And they're thinking, oh, I'm just an Instagram moment to you. And then a week later. So I'm.

[Gillian Bell]

So.

[Jameela Jamil]

I think I've ruined everyone taking selfies with Jim Carrey after that moment.

[Chelsea Devante]

And. Wow, listen, it's hard. I don't. I'm. I'm not famous and I don't want.

[Jameela Jamil]

To take a selfie, like, around celebrities all the time. Do you not like, I have.

[Chelsea Devante]

Really. I don't. I don't. I don't know why we didn't have TV mostly growing up. I think it might come from that. So I didn't have, like, this, like, these faces to fall in love with just so alone. Just me in the library. And so. So there's. There's something missing in my brain. And this made me think of one story where we were at this. We're at some. One of the parties before Emmys where it's like you're at the top of a hotel and it's like an agency or something.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

And I had a friend who is like, I will meet every person I am obsessed with tonight and be like, oop, that's Issa Rae. I should go meet her. Yes.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay.

[Chelsea Devante]

I am. I don't ever, ever, ever approach or talk to.

[Jameela Jamil]

No.

[Chelsea Devante]

Nobody cool. No. No, not cool. It's like, no. So what happens is she had an agenda.

[Gillian Bell]

I saw your wedding. You're cool.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, we also saw your wedding. We think you're pretty cool.

[Chelsea Devante]

Oh, my gosh.

[Jameela Jamil]

You guys.

[Chelsea Devante]

Photos on my Instagram. It's the best thing I've ever done, even though I do have a career. No. So I'm at this party and my friend is like, I'm meeting this person, this person, and I'm standing next to her and she goes, chelsea, I'll. I'll name him. Because it's. It's only embarrassing for me. She goes, chelsea, this is Jake Lacey, who was on Like Girls and, like, very cool. And. But she turned and introduced me to him and then she ran away. And what I realized is that she had literally spotted Issa Rae and she. But she had already come up to Jake Lacey.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh.

[Chelsea Devante]

And so she didn't want to leave him alone. You were there, pulled me in. She has run away.

[Jameela Jamil]

But I.

[Chelsea Devante]

And I am. I'm so panicked of, like, taking up people's. Like, I just don't want to be a burden. And I said to him, it's okay, you don't have to do this. And I walked away. Which almost is worse.

[Jameela Jamil]

That is almost worse because now he's just alone.

[Chelsea Devante]

He's like, I'm just a person at a party being forced to meet you. And I'm like. But I was just like, no, no, it's fine. Go have your party.

[Jameela Jamil]

I had this moment at the AFI Awards again, I was nominated. No, no, no, I wasn't. The show was nominated that I happened to be lucky enough to be cast on because they needed an Indian. And so I was at the AFI Awards and it was a brunch and it's like full of just the A list of the A list and then me, right? And so you've got just. It was like Call Me by youy Name was nominated. Like all these like huge, huge movies. Huge stars were there. Like Charlize Theron, like, I think Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie. Everyone, everyone's there. Nicole Kidman, who's there every year because she's literally working 10,000 days a year. And so then you've got this director, this like super famous director, I would say arguably one of the most famous directors of all time. And I used to work in a video store where I used to serve him, you know, amongst many other celebrities, because I worked in Hampstead. So I was like, ah. I used to get to, you know, watch movies all day and then watch the people from those movies come in constantly. So it was the greatest job of all time. And him and I used to have like a little rapport. And I was this like sweet, chubby little Indian kid, you know, who was precocious and a film buff. And, you know, he would enjoy chatting to me about film. So I hadn't seen him in 20 something years. I. Maybe 15 years. And so I see him at the thing, we make eye contact and his face lights up and I'm like, I can't believe he remembers me from almost 20 years ago. So I was like, oh my God. Hi. And he puts his arms out and starts walking towards me. And I was like, fuck. He really remembers. God, he must be so proud of how well I've done from the video store to now being here with him, a fellow nominee. And then he asks me how Quantico's going and that is Priyanka Chopra show. And I realize, oh no, oh no, he doesn't have any idea who I am. I'm being super over familiar with him. It's post Maybe it's. It's around BLM with like, we're becoming conscious of white people confusing brown and black people with each other. I don't want to make it uncomfortable and weird.

[Chelsea Devante]

And so you said, nick Jonas is doing so good. We're in love.

[Jameela Jamil]

I. I put on an Indian.

[Gillian Bell]

No, no, you did it.

[Jameela Jamil]

I did. No, I. I did. And I said, well, you know, I've had trouble with some, you know, adapting to some of the stunts, but. But, you know, overall, I'm having such a great time in America and, you know, I just love to be here and so nice to be nominated. And yeah, that's. I think it's like, I think it's racism, but I'm also Indian, so I think it's like, maybe not it's meta racism, but it's also a felony to impersonate another person. So I'm gonna lose my green card, I think after this airs.

[Chelsea Devante]

I'm so devastated. He didn't ask for a selfie.

[Gillian Bell]

The lengths you went to help that person.

[Jameela Jamil]

I just say, he's an older man.

[Gillian Bell]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

I just didn't want to. I didn't want that to be how it ends between us, you know? So I just. And I wanted to have him enjoy talking to me. I just wanted that experience one more time. So I was like, if I had to do it in the body of another woman, then that's what I have to do.

[Gillian Bell]

Can you imagine if after you did, he goes, jamila, I was joking.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, my God. Well, look, if anyone is looking for someone to play the sister of Priyanka Chopra, I am around. I have the accent down.

[Gillian Bell]

You're ready.

[Chelsea Devante]

You're ready.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay, so we've covered that. We're all not great with celebrities. We'll be right back after this break.

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[Gillian Bell]

Back.

[Jameela Jamil]

We're sweating, but we're back. Chelsea, what was your wrong turn? What happened?

[Chelsea Devante]

Oh, it's just so. It's so embarrassing that it's like the story's gonna edge on sad, and I'm just gonna really try and keep it in lighthearted humiliation, But. So I was not. Not cool in any way in high school. I was a real swamp witch, and. But I was.

[Jameela Jamil]

Wait, so we've been the same our whole lives? No wonder we've ended up with the same haircut.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah. I mean, when I meet people who I went with, I went to college with, and I'm like, hey. They are like. They have no. They cannot connect the two individuals.

[Jameela Jamil]

Were you invisible or were you hated?

[Chelsea Devante]

I would say I was known for the wrong reasons.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay.

[Gillian Bell]

I'm not sure.

[Chelsea Devante]

They inspired hate, but it didn't inspire admiration. People were like, she's.

[Jameela Jamil]

She's really not in a cool Jennifer's body kind of way.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah, no, no, not at all. But I was friends with the most beautiful, coolest, like, the opposite of me. She was extremely thin, cultured. She was a writer. She DJed the parties.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay. One of those girls briefly made friends with me when I was 12 for three weeks. I realized it was because I was just like her pet pig. Was this a real friendship?

[Chelsea Devante]

No. No, it wasn't three weeks. It was quite long. I basically have this thing where, like, I get into a room, I look for the strongest woman in it, and then I pledge my allegiance. I'm just like, I will. I will fight for this woman, but right behind her.

[Jameela Jamil]

This is called jail.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

That's what we do in jail. Yeah. Okay.

[Chelsea Devante]

So I was just like, yes, I will serve and support. Like, this woman is amazing. And she was just so stunning. And I was. I was. I was the fun one. And I had a zine.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh.

[Chelsea Devante]

Because I got kicked off with the school paper for too many typos. And so that was pretty cool. And I was in love with the class clown, where it's like, this is my twin flame. You funny, weird. Me, funny, weird. Like, we are supposed to be together. And he didn't think so. We would. Every now and then when we were drunk, we would hook up.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay.

[Chelsea Devante]

But never in his sober mind was it probably a decision he. I know. Who wants to have sex with a swamp witch. Very swampy.

[Jameela Jamil]

And so I'll have sex with a swamp witch. Fully have sex with the swamp witch.

[Gillian Bell]

No.

[Jameela Jamil]

So I've had sex with Several swamp witches.

[Chelsea Devante]

Okay, listen, they're really dedicated and magical in their own ways.

[Jameela Jamil]

I agree.

[Chelsea Devante]

And I had a lot of love to give, but he didn't want it. And so we would only kind of, like, hook up, but we couldn't, like, have a relationship and. Because, you know. Anyways, so one night towards the end of the year. Oh, by the way, this is a scholarship boarding school. No, those tours don't usually go together. But it is a boarding school. But everyone is there.

[Jameela Jamil]

So everyone's super smart.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yes. And everyone has pledged to, like, try and make the world a better place. And then I. Another wrong turn is being this career, because I wasn't supposed to do that, so. No, you're not supposed to do a job that heals the world. So we. We were in a boarding school, and towards the end of the year, she's like. She's dated all the cool, hot guys. There's none left. And she's like, I think I'm gonna. Think I'm gonna go for the class clown guy who's always around.

[Gillian Bell]

Oh, no.

[Chelsea Devante]

And I said.

[Jameela Jamil]

And does she know that you two have been. Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

No, because it was. It was like. No, it was like. It was like a secret because he just, like, wouldn't love me and.

[Jameela Jamil]

Well, because if he's not going to claim you publicly, you're not going to tell people that you're his secret.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yes. And so in those ways, it probably wasn't a real friendship. But I tell her then I said, no, no, no, please don't. Please, please. We've, you know, we've been together. I'm in love with him. And she goes, do you think he loves you? And I was like, why did she.

[Jameela Jamil]

Say it like that?

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah, because it was unbelievable to her and.

[Gillian Bell]

Oh, I don't like her.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, she's on my fucking list.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah.

[Gillian Bell]

Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

No, no. And the story's not even going to be about her, so she. I mean, it is about her. Anyways, that night, she sneaks down to his dorm room. They're together for the rest of the year. And we share a wall in boarding school, so I had to really hear them falling in love for the last two months of school.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

No. And it was so bad. So, of course, somehow there's some costume party where even though he has chosen her, he dresses up as me. What, like, for his. Like a costume? It's like seniors graduating, decides to be you. Yes.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

And I think it's like a wig and. Yeah, like. Like a fucking mop on his head. Or something like. Yeah, he's, like, dressing as me, and I. I might have dressed as him. And anyways, it's. It was so confusing that. What. What would you do. What would you do at a cool party where the person you love who is dating your best friend has dressed up as you? Well, you do what I did. I pantsed him.

[Gillian Bell]

Ah.

[Chelsea Devante]

I told you.

[Jameela Jamil]

You pulled his fucking.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

Dick out.

[Chelsea Devante]

No, no. Just got to boxers.

[Jameela Jamil]

Okay.

[Chelsea Devante]

But it was just like. I don't know. I think I was just like, I have to act. I have to do something.

[Jameela Jamil]

You have to reclaim your dignity.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

And I'm.

[Chelsea Devante]

I'm, you know, I'm not gonna be violent, but I'm gonna try. Like, I was just. I don't know what I was doing. Okay. So humiliating. Part of the story is that a few days later, we're in the cafeteria. It is laundry day.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

I have. I'm doing my laundry. Cause I was out of underwear, so I'm not wearing any underwear. And I'm only wearing stretchy, like, really stretchy pants.

[Gillian Bell]

Oh, my God.

[Jameela Jamil]

I'm just.

[Gillian Bell]

I'm starting to get hot.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, my God.

[Gillian Bell]

I know where it's going.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah, of course. And you know, we're just two twinflame class clowns. And he's like, well, got a pranker back Pants is me in the cafeteria. Oh, I have no underwear on. And basically he's just showing the high school what he already rejected.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh.

[Gillian Bell]

Stop. Oh, no, no.

[Chelsea Devante]

Right now. It's horrible.

[Gillian Bell]

Were you bush out?

[Chelsea Devante]

Yes. Yes. And also, like, it was single. Yeah, yeah. I mean, I was also like. I was what, 17 at a boarding school to do good for the world. We weren't like, getting our waxes.

[Jameela Jamil]

Your has spectacles, like. Yeah, that school. No, not even spider. A monocle.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Gillian Bell]

It's not a tree on it.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah. Plant.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah. In fact, maybe he didn't see a lot of goods because there was so much push. I mean.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's reading. It was probably. Sorry.

[Gillian Bell]

Reading. Oh, my God.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah, yeah. And then. And then I just had to keep living. I had to stay alive for like, two more months till graduation. And then I had to keep going after that.

[Jameela Jamil]

Were you holding anything in your hands when it happened? Was that. No, just one thing.

[Chelsea Devante]

Thank God.

[Jameela Jamil]

Thank God. It was like, straight back up.

[Gillian Bell]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

Did you own the moment? Did you feel flee?

[Chelsea Devante]

I have no idea. That part of my memory is gone. That was like, dissociation. Was like, don't worry, girl. Don't worry, girl. We're gonna dissociate. You don't have to take the second part with you. I know. I got my pants on and I. I don't know much relieved that that's.

[Gillian Bell]

The part that you remember. Was. Did you notice people see it?

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah, yeah. I mean, yeah.

[Gillian Bell]

It's like, like it was one of those where it's like, oh, a couple people notice or like the room.

[Chelsea Devante]

Oh, it was like. It was like this giant dining hall and the tables are circular and there's this long, like wedding aisle path down the middle to get to the food. And I had just walked in. It was like, it was unsurvivable saying it now I'm like, oh, I gotta. Let's see. My therapist is free later. Oh, cool.

[Jameela Jamil]

The oldest.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah. It was just so. It was just so. Oh, and I had. Oh. And I had loved him so much, but it really felt like, you know, the girl who doesn't wear underwear and gets pantsed in the cafeteria probably doesn't get the guy.

[Jameela Jamil]

No. But she does become a comedian and work with Jon Stewart and write a bestseller book. That's true. That's what happens to that guy.

[Chelsea Devante]

And that's when people are like, are you born funny? Some people get pantsed funny.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah. Some people are like. There seems to be no other options.

[Gillian Bell]

Wait, can I ask you what I think all the listeners are thinking? Why not the bathing suit bottom?

[Chelsea Devante]

Wow. Such a great question.

[Jameela Jamil]

Not judgmental.

[Gillian Bell]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Chelsea Devante]

Makes sense.

[Gillian Bell]

No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm just curious because I like, really no options?

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

She was too poor to have a baby too. That's what she's gonna say.

[Chelsea Devante]

I don.

[Gillian Bell]

Bathing suit in orange. Sorry.

[Chelsea Devante]

I had an orange peel just like around. No, I think I was at a high school time in my life where I would like, couldn't bear to be seen in a swimsuit. So. Also, again, imagine showing your full blush.

[Jameela Jamil]

By the way, I still don't have a bathing suit bottoms. I still only wear one.

[Gillian Bell]

I have a one piece only target.

[Jameela Jamil]

Swim dress, by the way.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

I don't wear a swimsuit. I wear a swim dress.

[Chelsea Devante]

Love a wonderful skirt.

[Jameela Jamil]

It's a 1940s swim dress. Ah, lovely.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah. No, I don't, I don't think I like had a swimsuit because they were all like, you know, bikini tankinis were in. But like, that's. That wasn't gonna help.

[Gillian Bell]

Yeah, those are thick. And then have you feel now, Jillian. I feel like I would like to.

[Chelsea Devante]

Make a body image.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

To me.

[Gillian Bell]

There'S so many public apologies to make. Oh, my gosh.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, you're both amazing.

[Chelsea Devante]

We'll be right back after the break.

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[Jameela Jamil]

Okay, so before you guys go, I want to read you a quick wrong turn story. We got this in from one of my Instagram followers when I sent out for something to read out on this podcast, and she said, I'm a waitress in LA and I was trapped in Mexico for 14 months during the pandemic, and my Spanish is pretty good. Now, whenever I see someone in a restaurant carrying something heavy, I shout, muscles. And whenever I said it to Spanish speaking guys, I always got a funny look. Now, the other day, Alejandro, one of our best buses was carrying a mountain of plates. So I shout in my loudest, proudest Spanish, muscles. She says it in Spanish. Oh, how do you know how to say it in Spanish? Okay, fine. So you could. So when she says it, she said you could hear a pin drop. Drop every time. And she was really confused. Everyone in the kitchen was looking at me like I've said something very wrong, so I panic. Muscles. I'm saying that you have big muscles. Nope. Alejandro pulls me aside. Apparently, mosculos is muscles in Spanish, but for the last six months, I've been saying masculos, which I now know means more buttholes.

[Chelsea Devante]

Which I think is a great thing to shout.

[Gillian Bell]

I do. Yeah, yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

Positivity. And we just don't have enough of that. You know, all this body positivity. No mention of the butthole. It still hides in the back in shame, in the darkness in its cave. Yeah, but butthole writes. Butthole writes, and it's quite mortifying. Cuz she is still there.

[Chelsea Devante]

Yeah.

[Jameela Jamil]

Has to see all.

[Chelsea Devante]

It's mortifying that she did it for two years and no one said a thing.

[Jameela Jamil]

No one said anything.

[Gillian Bell]

Maybe they just grew to love it.

[Chelsea Devante]

You're like that woman just loves this.

[Gillian Bell]

Yeah, this is Julie. She talks about butthol.

[Chelsea Devante]

Americans apparently love assholes.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, this is Julie and she's got Tourette's. You know, that's probably what they thought that was. Anyway, thank you so much to that listener. Thank you to you two. You are such dream guests. You're so fun and funny. I can't believe this is the first time you two have met. Your chemistry is so perfect. And I'm so.

[Chelsea Devante]

I've been in love. I'm an idiot sitter.

[Gillian Bell]

I'm a big, big fan of yours.

[Chelsea Devante]

So I admitted yours. I watched every episode.

[Gillian Bell]

Oh my gosh, I can't believe you watched.

[Jameela Jamil]

And how does everyone feel about.

[Gillian Bell]

Yeah, no, like, well, great.

[Jameela Jamil]

I ha.

[Chelsea Devante]

No, I think. I think being married to a Jonas Brother has to be really hard.

[Jameela Jamil]

Thank you. You know, it was a lot of stunts again, but I've really adapted the.

[Gillian Bell]

Fact that you went into that detail.

[Jameela Jamil]

Oh, that's what I presume she's doing on that. Yeah, yeah.

[Chelsea Devante]

Adore you.

[Jameela Jamil]

This is so wonderful.

[Gillian Bell]

And the second I got the call to do this, I was like 100% I'm coming on and telling terrible stories that you're here.

[Jameela Jamil]

And it's just, I think, been probably one of the most deeply relatable shows of this entire series. Before you go, tell everyone where they can find you and what they can watch or read.

[Chelsea Devante]

Oh yeah, you can find me Elsiedevantes on Instagram. No bush. I'm sorry. Maybe one day.

[Gillian Bell]

Who's to say?

[Chelsea Devante]

You know what I mean? The world's going in weird places. Instagram stories only last 24 hours. And you can listen to my podcast, Glamorous Trash, where we recap viral articles, celebrity memoirs, all kinds of stuff.

[Gillian Bell]

Mine is at Gillian Bell. Yeah, I'm saying this with a question. No, it is on Instagram. And please watch Summer of 69 on Hulu. It is such a fun movie about female friendship and I just hope you watch it.

[Chelsea Devante]

It looks.

[Jameela Jamil]

I've seen the trailer debut.

[Gillian Bell]

Thank you. Thank you. I'm very proud of the movie.

[Jameela Jamil]

Yeah, this is awesome. Love you lots of. I love you too.

[Chelsea Devante]

I love you guys too.

[Unknown]

Oh my God, I love you.

[Chelsea Devante]

Get that on camera.

[Jameela Jamil]

Wrong Turns was created and produced by me, Jameela Jamil and Stuart Bailey. And thank you to our launch producer Eve Bishop, our editor Shannon Joy Rogers, and consulting producer Colin Anderson. And if you would like to hear more from me, you can follow me on Instagram and and all that and TikTok. But also I have a substack that I write several times a week called A Low Desire to Please. It was named after my dog Barold, who I sent to training school, and his report card came back saying, he's very smart, but he has a low desire to please. And in that moment I knew he was my child that I had birthed out of my vagina, because there is no way that is not my dog. And so I decided to take inspiration from that. I have a substack called A Low Desire to Please. It's completely unfiltered, very inappropriate, it's the bane of my publicist existence, and it's got parts of what you'll hear on wrong turns, you know, some of my disaster stories really elaborately told, and then other thoughts and opinions. So maybe find me there. Maybe don't. That's enough of me. I'm gonna fuck off now. Bye.

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[Jameela Jamil]

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