AOL: Jameela Jamil at Center of Backlash Over Stark Ariana Grande Health Claim
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Jameela Jamil
Jameela Alia Jamil is a British actress, comedian, activist, and presenter. She began her career on Channel 4, where she hosted a pop culture series in the T4 programming block from 2009 until 2012. She then became the radio host of The Official Chart and co-hosted The Official Chart Update alongside Scott Mills on BBC Radio 1. She was the first regular solo female presenter of the BBC Radio 1 cha…
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culture · British actress and comedian (born 1986) · model · radio personality · television actor · television presenter · journalist · also Jameela Jamil, Jameela Alia Jamil, Jamil
Born 25 February 1986 · Q2404977
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2026· 9 entries
AOL: Jameela Jamil Defends Herself Against Critics After Ariana Grande Comments
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Public attention spiked: 8,130 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.1× the usual 1,981, with 2 article edits. Coverage that week: “Jameela Jamil Defends Herself Against Critics After Ariana Grande Comments” (AOL).
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Yahoo: Jameela Jamil Under Fire Over Ariana Grande Health Comments
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The News International: Jameela Jamil’s Ariana Grande comments draw backlash amid weight scrutiny
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Yahoo: Jameela Jamil Refuses to Walk Back Her Ariana Grande Comments: “Are We Waiting for a Star to Die?”
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Pedestrian: Jameela Jamil Is Being Blasted Online For Calling Britain ‘The Most Evil’ And Where Is The Lie?
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Public attention spiked: 6,257 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.2× the usual 1,981, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 14,360 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.2× the usual 1,981, with 22 article edits. Editors noted: Reverting possible vandalism by ~2026-40821-31 to version by WikipediholicRat. Report False Positive? Thanks, ClueBot NG. (4543346) (Bot)
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2024· 2 entries
Inverse: Jameela Jamil wants a Star Trek-Marvel crossover movie: "My brain would explode"
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“my kidney, my liver, my digestive system, my heart”
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2023· 1 entry
Jamil signed an open letter expressing "serious concerns about editorial bias" in The New York Times's reporting on transgender people
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2022· 2 entries
Voiced Wonder Woman in the animated film DC League of Super-Pets
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Jamil worked on two superhero projects: the animated film DC League of Super-Pets and the live-action television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
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2021· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “In March 2021, Jameela Jamil said "I almost killed myself a year ago" due to the effects of a bitter dispute with Piers Morgan.” Correct Attribution.
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Jamil contributed to the production of Blake's fifth album, Friends That Break Your Heart, adding additional production to its first single, "Say What You Will"
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2019· 1 entry
Called out rapper Cupcakke on Twitter for posting about doing a water fast
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2018· 3 entries
Awarded BBC 100 Women (2018).
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In part due to this work, Jamil was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women during 2018.
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Jamil joined the cast of Disney's Indian-inspired cartoon set in fictional Jalpur
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2016· 2 entries
And moved to Los Angeles, with no plans to act, and instead intended to work as a screenwriter
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Jameela Jamil moved to the United States
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2015· 1 entry
Jamil launched Why Not People
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2014· 1 entry
Voiced her disapproval of Beyoncé sexualising her public image like Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Iggy Azalea and criticised all these artists for "delud[ing] themselves into thinking it's 'feminism' if you get
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2013· 2 entries
Criticised Rihanna in her column for Company magazine, blaming her for maintaining a relationship with her abuser for fame, smoking marijuana, and posting "provocative images on Instagram to millions of hungry follow
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“Radio 1 are my family and have been incredibly supportive, and I am absolutely staying at the station but in a role that is flexible enough that I can leave the country for longer periods of time, than if I have a set weekly slot.”
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2010· 1 entry
Jamil presented The Closet, an online fashion advice show on the social networking site Bebo produced by Twenty Twenty
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1986· 1 entry
Born 1986-02-25.
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