UNCUT | Rachel Sennott Cried Every Day While Making “I Love LA”

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Previously titled “Rachel Sennott Cried Every Day While Making “I Love LA”” — renamed by the publisher on Sep 1, 2026

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What emotional challenges did Rachel Sennott face while creating 'I Love LA'?

Rachel Sennott 0:00
No one sees anyone's hate comments on anyone except for themselves.
Kareem Rahma 0:04
Do you know what I mean? That makes sense.
Rachel Sennott 0:05
I've never seen anything negative about you.
Kareem Rahma 0:07
I've never seen anything negative about you. What are the positive things people say about you?
Rachel Sennott 0:10
Oh my god, I bet you would give me a pill if I had a headache. That was a good one.
Kareem Rahma 0:23
So what's your take?
Rachel Sennott 0:24
Okay, my take is everyone needs to get addicted to one thing at least once in their life to prove to themselves that they can break an addiction.
Kareem Rahma 0:33
100% disagree.
Rachel Sennott 0:34
100% disagree?
Kareem Rahma 0:35
Yes, you don't want to play with the fire.
Rachel Sennott 0:37
Play with the fire.
Kareem Rahma 0:38
No. Yes. No.
Rachel Sennott 0:40
I'm half Irish my entire life. My dad was like, watch out, addiction will get you. And I was like, no, it won't. And then it did a little. And then I fought the demons.
Kareem Rahma 0:49
How much is a little?
Rachel Sennott 0:50
Just like one year.

How does Rachel Sennott define a 'cute little addiction'?

Kareem Rahma 0:51
A little rumspringa?
Rachel Sennott 0:52
A little rumspringa of getting addicted to something.
Kareem Rahma 0:55
What was it? Can we talk about what it was?
Rachel Sennott 0:58
I don't know. I think it's, you know, I dabbled in nicotine. I'm pulling away.
Kareem Rahma 1:02
Nicotine? Yes. I'm still addicted to the nicotine.
Rachel Sennott 1:04
Yeah, it's... I just think... Wait, I just saw you smoking a cigarette. Stop saying that.
Kareem Rahma 1:09
I was... Wait, why did you... You didn't dabble.
Rachel Sennott 1:14
Stop, stop. This is what happened. I broke it. And I didn't smoke for a month. And now I... You can have a cigarette if you're in Europe and New York sort of counts as Europe at this point because I live in LA.
Kareem Rahma 1:26
And if you're out with your friends.
Rachel Sennott 1:28
And if you're out with your friends.
Kareem Rahma 1:29
And if you're in a group of four more people.
Rachel Sennott 1:31
Yeah, sure.
Kareem Rahma 1:31
And if you're doing Seafood Tower.
Rachel Sennott 1:33
Okay, totally.

What impact does phone addiction have on mental health?

Rachel Sennott 1:34
And if you've had a glass of wine.
Kareem Rahma 1:35
And if you're addicted to anything.
Rachel Sennott 1:36
Yes, but other than that, addiction over.
Kareem Rahma 1:38
I'm going to go ahead and continue to push back on that. Okay. Because I've had my times where I say, look... I'll just try these opioids.
Rachel Sennott 1:49
No, no, no, no. I'm not saying just get addicted. You could get like addicted to like a weird workout routine. I was addicted to laxatives for one year. My take is ultimately wrong and dangerous and bad. And you said opioids and I went, fuck. I didn't mean it like that.
Kareem Rahma 2:11
What's your screen time?
Rachel Sennott 2:12
My screen time? Yes.
Kareem Rahma 2:13
Do you look like a seven-hour girl?
Rachel Sennott 2:15
No. It's five.
Kareem Rahma 2:17
That's very reasonable. Five hours.
Rachel Sennott 2:19
So reasonable.
Kareem Rahma 2:20
And how do you keep it like that?
Rachel Sennott 2:21
Because I'm at my job and they're not allowed to let me look at my phone. They take it away from me.
Kareem Rahma 2:26
At your job? Are you a nurse?
Rachel Sennott 2:28
No.
Kareem Rahma 2:30
So if you didn't have the job telling you you can't look at your phone, would you be at eight, ten?
Rachel Sennott 2:35
I would be at eight or ten.
Kareem Rahma 2:36
Let me see.
Rachel Sennott 2:37
Fine.
Okay.
Kareem Rahma 2:38
things mine's really unreasonably bad oh actually it's pretty good 6 14 mine is probably worse this week because i've been like reading here we go again here we go again reviews and stuff oh shit 5 19 minutes pretty damn good suck it You read the comments?
Rachel Sennott 2:55
I was reading some stuff.
Kareem Rahma 2:56
You know, I got a piece of advice that said you shouldn't do that.
Rachel Sennott 3:00
Of course. Oh, you're the first person to say that. Oh, that's really nice of you. Everyone says don't read it.
Kareem Rahma 3:05
But you read it.
Rachel Sennott 3:06
No, sometimes.
Kareem Rahma 3:07
A little bit.
Rachel Sennott 3:08
Just a little.
Kareem Rahma 3:08
Just a little.
Rachel Sennott 3:09
I just had to read it. I just had to read some stuff.
Kareem Rahma 3:15
You wanted a little taste.
Rachel Sennott 3:16
But I needed a little taste of how nasty it was to spit it out and go, I'm good.
Kareem Rahma 3:21
Yeah. Yeah. And then it goes back to your original take.
Rachel Sennott 3:23
Yeah, exactly.
Kareem Rahma 3:24
You want a little taste.
Rachel Sennott 3:25
I want a little taste to go, whoa, this is bad.
Kareem Rahma 3:37
Do you cry a lot?
Rachel Sennott 3:37
You know what's so crazy? I couldn't cry when we were making the show because I was so stressed. And I was like, I just have to do this. And then in the last month, I've cried every day.
Kareem Rahma 3:46
Are you crying tears of joy or tears of sadness?
Rachel Sennott 3:48
Everything.
Kareem Rahma 3:49
All the whole gamut?
Rachel Sennott 3:50
A bunch. Just because there's so much going on.
Kareem Rahma 3:54
You're just overwhelmed.
Rachel Sennott 3:55
I'm just overwhelmed.
Kareem Rahma 3:56
You wrote the show?
Rachel Sennott 3:57
I wrote the show with a team of amazing writers. You directed the show? I directed one episode.
Kareem Rahma 4:01
You starred in the show?
Rachel Sennott 4:02
I did.
Kareem Rahma 4:03
You created the show?
Rachel Sennott 4:04
Yes.
Kareem Rahma 4:05
Okay, that's a lot.
Rachel Sennott 4:06
That's a lot.
Kareem Rahma 4:06
That's a lot.
Rachel Sennott 4:07
That's a lot.
Kareem Rahma 4:07
It's a little bit of this, a little bit of that.
Rachel Sennott 4:08
A little bit of that, a little bit of this.

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