OHMYGOSSIP — Jameela Jamil will only return to acting if she finds a role with a “bigger purpose”.
The ‘Good Place’ star is enjoying working on her ‘I Weigh’ podcast and accompanying YouTube channel, and is also keen to produce documentaries, so for her to get back in front of the camera for a TV show or movie, she’d need to be offered something “unbelievably special” that would help further the causes she’s passionate about.
She said: “My heart has gone back to hosting and I’m enjoying interviewing again and talking to fascinating people, like Reese Witherspoon, Roxanne Gay, Billy Porter and ALOK. I would like to enter more into the producing space, in the documentary space. For acting to come back into my life, it would have to be an unbelievably special role, where I felt like there was a bigger purpose in it.
“We don’t have a lot of South Asian representation in Hollywood still, there’s like five of us. If I felt like I could further that conversation, then I would act again.”
Jameela is thankful her podcast and YouTube channel have given her outlets for her views as the restrictive nature of Twitter has led to trouble in the past.
She said in an interview: “Now I have the podcast and YouTube channel I don’t have to compact all my thoughts and that’s amazing. Now I have space and time for nuance and context, because without that I got f***ed on Twitter.
“It’s understandable for the public not to trust powerful people, so I’ve always known that everyone has always read the most evil possible intention into my every move, they always think I’m manipulative or I have an ulterior motive. No one can believe that I would genuinely just want to try and help.”
The 34-year-old star is known for her activism and outspoken nature on issues such as body positivity, and she admitted there are stars with far higher profiles who are keen to get involved with her campaigning but are too afraid of the ramifications.
She said: “There are people so much more powerful than me who could do so much good but they’re scared of being cancelled. I know this because I speak to them on a daily basis and they all want to help but they’re so afraid of getting something wrong.”

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