Jameela Jamil talks getting celebrities to share their most disastrous dates

The actor, activist and podcaster explains the concept behind her new podcast "Bad Dates" and tells "The View" co-hosts how she wants to change the way of thinking about exercise.
7:20 | 03/22/23

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>> IT IS SUBTLE, BUT IT SAYS IT. >> I'M SHY. >> WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW. IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE. IT'S JUST JUMP IN. YOU'VE GOT EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT THEIR BAD DATES NOW ON YOUR PODCAST. WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO DO THAT? TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT! >> THE PODCAST CAME ABOUT BECAUSE MY FORMER LANDLORD CAME UP WITH IT, AND IT PAYS TO BE A GOOD TENANT FOR MORE REASONS THAN ONE. ENJOYED MEET LIVING THERE AND ENJOYED ME AS A PERSON -- THAT SOUNDS SEXUAL, IT WASN'T PURELY CAME TO ME WITH THIS CONCEPT BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE IT IS THE GREAT EQUALIZER. DOES NOT MATTER HOW RICH OR HOT OR FUNNY OR COOL YOU ARE, NONE OF YOU ARE SAFE FROM A BAD DATE. IT IS SUCH A CONTAGIOUS SUBJECT. IT LEADS TO PEOPLE SHARING AND OVER SHARING. >> DO YOU HAVE THAT MANY FRIENDS? >> I AM REMEMBERING ONE RIGHT NOW. >> DO YOU HAVE THAT MANY FRIENDS HAVE BEEN ON BAD DATES? >> HANDS UP, WHO HAS HAD A BAD DATE IN THIS AUDIENCE? RIGHT? THERE WE GO. FOR THOSE WHO THINK THEY HAVEN'T HAD A BAD DATE, MAYBE YOU WERE SOMEONE ELSE'S BAD DATE. >> OH, THAT'S TRUE. >> COME IN HOT. >> THAT IS SO TRUE. >> I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS BECAUSE I'VE LISTENED, BUT HAVE YOU BEEN ON MANY DISASTROUS DATES? >> I HAVE ONLY BEEN ON A FEW DATES BECAUSE I DID NOT KISS ANYONE UNTIL I WAS 21, NOT FOR LACK OF TRYING. THROWING IT OUT THERE. NO ONE WANTED TO CATCH. [LAUGHTER] I AM WHAT YOU WOULD CALL A SERIAL ERECTION KILLER. I WOULD HAVE MY OWN NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY SERIES ABOUT ALL OF THE ERECTIONS -- >> I DON'T -- >> IS THAT TRUE? >> IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IN WHICH I DID DATE, I HAD A SERIES OF TERRIBLE DATES, BUT THE SHOW IS NOT ABOUT TRAUMA -- >> IT IS THE ACCENT THAT MAKES THEM JUST FLOP? >> NO, IT IS -- [LAUGHTER] >> SAID THE PERSONALITY. >> I THINK IT IS GENERALLY THE PERSONALITY. I AM A TRICKY -- >> I DON'T BELIEVE THIS. YOU ARE SELF-DEPRECATING. >> I DON'T KNOW, LET'S DATA. I'M ASKING YOU OUT, OFFICIALLY COME ON TELEVISION. >> SOMETIMES MEN DON'T LIKE A STRONG WOMAN. >> SHE IS HILARIOUS. >> IT IS NOT LIKE I HAD EVERY GUY AT MY FINGERTIPS. >> CHEMISTRY IS TRICKY, ALSO. >> YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT. [LAUGHTER] IT WAS JUST NEVER IN THE CARDS FOR ME. I WAIT THREE MONTHS BEFORE I KISS OR HAVE SEX WITH SOMEONE, SO IT IS LIKE "THE HUNGER GAMES" TRYING TO GET -- IT'S RIDICULOUS. >> THERE IS A BOOK ABOUT THAT. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO WAIT. >> I'M NOT EVEN DOING IT IN THAT WAY. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR -- UNTIL I'M READY. >> AND THAT'S FAIR. >> I'M SORRY! [LAUGHTER] >> AND THAT IS FAIR. WELL, LET'S MOVE ON NOW. >> PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO THAT. >> I WAS WAY MORE DIGNIFIED LAST TIME. >> DON'T LOOK AT THEM. >> I'M LOOKING AT OUR EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, WHO LOOKS LIKE HE IS ABOUT TO DIE, SO LET ME MOVE ON. >> HE WAS ABOUT TO DIE ABOUT 10 MINUTES AGO. >> WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON. NOW THAT YOU HAVE HEARD ALL OF THESE DATING HORROR STORIES, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, RIGHT, FOR THOSE WATCHING OUR SHOW NOW, ANY RED FLAGS TO AVOID? >> WELL, YOU HEARD ONE. >> I HEARD ONE. SPEAKER EVERYONE HAS THEIR EYE ON INDIVIDUAL RED FLAGS. I THINK THERAPY IS THE KEY FOR EVERYONE TO SPARE EACH OTHER FROM BAD DATES. MY ONLY ADVICE IS TO NEVER EVER -- AND I LEARNED THIS ON THE PODCAST -- EVER TRUST A FART. I DON'T DO IT. IT IS NOT YOUR FRIEND. YOU THINK IT IS YOUR FRIEND, IT IS NOT. >> DID YOU SAY A -- >> A FART. >> IT'S ON SO MUCH PRETTIER IN YOUR ACCENT. >> LIKE DO IT IN FRONT OF SOMEONE? >> NO, NO, IT BECOMES NOTHING ELSE SOMETIMES AND WE JUST DON'T NEED TO GET INTO IT BECAUSE MORNING TELEVISION, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING. >> TOO LATE. >> DON'T MAKE ME SAY IT. >> WELL, WE CAN PIVOT TO SOMETHING YOU ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT -- >> UNBELIEVABLE SEGWAY. I WANT TO END ON SAYING THAT THE PODCAST, WHILE GROSS AT TIMES, ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS AND ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMEDIANS IN THE WORLD, LIKE CONAN O'BRIEN, NIKKI GLASER, NOTARO, JUST BEARING IT ALL ON THIS PODCAST. IT IS GOING TO HAUNT ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. YOU ARE ALL WELCOME ON. >> FIVE YEARS AGO, YOU LAUNCHED AN ORGANIZATION, MENTAL HEALTH MOVEMENT CALLED "I WEIGH." NOW YOU'RE TAKING ON THE CONCEPT OF EXERCISE. >> YOU HATE EXERCISE, AS WELL? >> I HATE EXERCISE. I HAD AN EATING DISORDER FOR 20 YEARS, EXERCISE WAS SOMETHING I DID TO PUNISH MYSELF FOR EATING, IT WAS ALL MY AESTHETIC, SO WHEN I RECOVERED FROM ANOREXIA, I DID NOT GO ANYWHERE NEAR -- STAYED IN BED FOR EIGHT YEARS, I SEE IT AS THIS EXCLUSIVE LOVE, THIS ELITIST PLACE WHERE YOU HAVE TO DRESS A CERTAIN WAY, LIKE, NO, SORRY, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY LANGUAGE. >> DO WE HAVE A SHOT OF BRIAN? >> NOW HE IS ON THE FLOOR. >> I APOLOGIZE. CHILDREN, THAT IS VERY BAD LANGUAGE. YOU ARE WEARING THESE BRAS AND LEGGINGS -- IF YOU WANT TO WEAR THE BRAS AND LEGGINGS, THAT'S FINE, BUT I DO NOT WANT TO WEAR SOMETHING THAT IS LEMON AND SEE-THROUGH -- >> DO YOU EXERCIS OR DON'T? >> I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU. I BROUGHT SOME FOOTAGE DOING >> THAT'S IT? >> OH, I DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> IS THAT PIZZA? >> I AM EATING PIZZA AND DOING AEROBICS TO DISCO MUSIC, BAGGY CLOTHING, YOU CANNOT SEE ANY OF MY BODY. I AM TRYING TO TAKE ON A PUNK, ALTERNATIVE VIBE WHEN IT COMES TO EXERCISE WHERE IT IS NOT ABOUT YOUR BODY, IT IS NOT ABOUT HOW YOU LOOK AT THE GYM, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO LOOK LIKE A MODEL AT THE GYM. I LOOK LIKE A BABOONS BUM PEER I HATE THE TERM "NO PAIN, NO GAIN" WE ARE A CULTURE OBSESSED WITH DIET CULTURE AND EXERCISE AND PUNISHMENT AND SELF -- LIKE, TAKING AWAY FROM OURSELVES, AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT EXERCISE, BECAUSE WHEN I WENT TO MARVEL, THEY MADE ME GAIN WEIGHT AND TRAIN SIX DAYS A WEEK -- >> WHAT A NICE JOB. >> WITHOUT HAVING TO THINK ABOUT BEING THINNER. BUT IT MEANT THAT MY MENTAL HEALTH IMPROVED TENFOLD, AND I HAD NEVER SEEN IT LIKE THAT. IT CHANGES THE ENDORPHINS, THE DOPAMINE, SLEEP BETTER, STRESS RELIEF, ALL OF THESE BENEFITS. >> WE LOVE YOU. YOU HAVE TO COME BACK. >> YES. >> JAMEELA JAMIL. [LAUGHTER] NEW EPISODES OF HER PODCAST, "BAD DATES," DROP

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