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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Dee Jefferson

Jameela Jamil: ‘I used to be a massive troll and bitch on the internet’

‘No one happy and well-sexed is ever writing a horrible comment to a stranger online’ … Jameela Jamil.
‘No one happy and well-sexed is ever writing a horrible comment to a stranger online’ … Jameela Jamil. Photograph: Sela Shiloni

What’s been your most cringeworthy run-in with a celebrity?

I knocked over Al Pacino at a party. It was at the head of UTA’s house back in maybe 2015. I’d stolen a bunch of food – they had really good wagyu steaks, so I took 10 wrapped in a cloth napkin, they were kind of bleeding. I bundled them in between my legs, underneath my miniskirt, and was shuffling as fast as I could out of the party when I knocked over Al Pacino. And then I left him on the ground, because the steaks flew out from under my skirt, leaving this bloody streak across the white floor. I grabbed the steaks and ran out of the party and texted Judd Apatow: “Sorry, I had to leave. I hope they catch that guy that knocked over Al Pacino.”

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