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The Romesh Ranganathan Show

Jameela Jamil: Accidentally Becoming A Hollywood Star & Why I Don’t Trust Journalists

19 Oct 2025

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What do you do if your school bully edits your Wikipedia? Jameela Jamil chats to Romesh about her huge success in Hollywood and how she accidentally got her role in The Good Place. Jameela also tells us her problem with journalism and her embarrassing moment live on stage in front of 6,000 farmers… A Ranga Bee Production in partnership with Listen. 00:00 Intro 01:20 Jameela Impersonates Priyanka Chopra 02:26 “No Marlon Randos” 05:00 COLONIC Irrigation! 07:50 Cake Break 09:40 Journalists and Wikipedia 17:26 “I’m not a profound thinker” 18:12 Shanthi’s Question 21:15 Jameela’s SUCCESS: "How did you do it?" 22:30 BULLIES and Standing Ovations 27:00 The Good Place AUDITION 28:20 Changing Philosophies 36:00 Outrage and LOLS 37:17 Larry David’s Wedding 38:45 On Being Brown 43:50 Turning 40 46:20 Shame and Humiliation 47:15 “Misquoted” 51:45 ORG*SMING on stage! 56:00 Laurence Fox Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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