Jameela Jamil

My idea of success being very much so what I do, not just for others, but especially for the people that I love, how much I'm able to show up for them, how much I'm able to appreciate this life and this planet and how well I use my time.

And that does not involve working an 80-hour week anymore.

And it's a huge position of privilege from which I can say that because there are some people who are like a single mother of five or something who have to work

but I do think that it has just become a generally hyper-normalised thing, that just a hustle, hustle, hustle, acquire, acquire, acquire, sleep when you're dead, rest when you're retired.

And I think post-pandemic, a lot of us had a wake-up call where we were like, hang on a second, what the fuck are we doing?

Why?

Why are we waiting?

Why are we postponing pleasure?

Why are we postponing love and community and friendship and connection for all this shit?

And so...

I don't mean that to sound as judgmental as it just did.

It's more a judgment of myself, of why I spent 15 years never taking a week off, never really spending meaningful time with my friends, having them go through huge moments in life that I wasn't there to witness, just to impress a bunch of strangers.

If it's fun.

The fashion alone.

I knew you'd be bringing the fashion.

I knew it.

Oh, thank you.

And I brought my little bag.

It's a bit weird that I bring my handbag on television.

You don't trust anybody.