September 23, 2021

EP. 77 — Phoebe Robinson Returns

Comedian, author, and actress Phoebe Robinson returns to I Weigh this week to discuss quarantining with her boyfriend (aka British Baekoff) and getting comfortable with some of the bodily functions that may inevitably spring up, her decision to not have children, growing past being a workaholic, how self-care is taking care of your community, and her new book – Please Don’t Sit On My Bed In Your Outside Clothes – which is out September 28th!
You can find Phoebe’s new book wherever books are sold, and follow Phoebe on Instagram and Twitter @dopequeenpheebs
You can find transcripts for this episode on the Earwolf website. 
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Transcript

Jameela [00:00:00] Hello and welcome to another episode of I Weigh with Jameela Jamil, I hope you’re well, and if you’re not, you might feel better after today’s episode because I love it when a friend comes onto this podcast. I know I always say that. I mean, I love everyone who comes on this podcast. But when a close buddy of mine who normally I have these conversations with over FaceTime honors me with their presence on this podcast, it really makes my day. And Phoebe Robinson is someone who I’m so grateful to be friends with because she’s just such a rare find in an industry that is really sharky waters and full of people who aren’t grounded a lot of the time or who aren’t kind a lot of the time we don’t have other women’s back in particular, and I think specifically women of color, be them brown or black or like wherever they’re from, like in particular, are made to feel like you have to compete with each other because th

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