Jameela Jamil Admits She Can Be “Annoying” and “Insensitive” on Twitter
Jameela Jamil opened up about her Twitter personality and thinks she’s less annoying in person.
She admitted she tries to be more provocative online to spark conversation.
The Good Place star also opened up about how being partially deaf has shaped her as a person.
Jameela Jamil is no stranger to a Twitter feud. Aside from starring in The Good Place and founding the I Weigh “revolution against shame,” most people know her for calling out celebrities who hawk dangerous appetite suppressants. Of course, whenever you take to social media with an opinion, there are always people on the other side of the fence who don’t agree or say Jameela’s methods and tone do more harm than good. Most recently, Jameela had to defend her own health issues and being cast as a judge on HBO’s upcoming voguing and ballroom show Legendary. And now, she opened up to The Guardian about her controversial Twitter persona, how being partially deaf shaped her, and the worst thing about apologizing on Twitter.
Right off the bat, Jameela started talking about how after years of corrective surgeries, her “hearing is at about 65 percent now.” She added that being partially deaf has made her a “more thoughtful, peaceful person, as well as hyper-observant” in addition to being a bit of a control freak. Actually, Jameela said that while it might seem like she drunk tweets all the time, “Growing up with a disability also makes you obsessed with control, so I’ve never even tried alcohol.”
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Speaking of Twitter, Jameela knows she can be “annoying” on that platform, but she insisted, “I think I’m less annoying in person than I am on Twitter. I live online as a provocateur. Sometimes you have to say things that are going to piss people off in order to create discussion.” Whoa, did you also just get a flashback of the time she said the Kardashians’ pockets are lined with the blood and diarrhea of teenage girls”?
While she’s not trying to defend her “insensitivity,” she does think it helps spark conversations. But when she does “genuinely get it wrong,” Jameela thinks apologizing on Twitter often brings out the worst in online critics. She shared:
“The worst I feel is when someone has misconstrued my tone, or I’ve misrepresented myself, and I’ve hurt a group of people by mistake. That burns me to my core. I can’t sleep and I can’t eat...I’m happy to be called out. I don’t mind learning in public. I’ve become a better person for it. What I find frustrating is that when you admit you were wrong people seem to attack you more. When I apologize there’s a hysteria of bullying.”
Yikes. The internet is a rough place. Hopefully, she’s able to find a way to start thoughtful discussions online without being totally “insensitive” and attacked by others.
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