Jameela Jamil insists fame is "not an easy path".
The ‘Good Place’ actress admits it is tough being a celebrity because you "get hurled up on to a pedestal" and it is a "long way down" if you are to fall off it.
She said: "It’s not an easy path. You get hurled up on to a pedestal and it always feels a bit like a trap – it’s very high, it’s easy to slip off and it’s a long way down. I’m just learning, I’m not the authority on anything. I’ve not handled myself perfectly at all times, but I am a human, prone to error."
And the 34-year-old actress and presenter has slammed those who launch a "smear" campaign against her.
She added: "It’s when it’s a lie, a smear campaign – that doesn’t sit well with me because that’s the technique of discredit. We make [women] sound crazy and unhinged, and we try to devalue their word and their work."
And Jameela – who started her career as a television presenter before making her way into the acting industry – understands why people may see her as the "enemy" because she is a "slim, privileged person".
Speaking to The Guardian newspaper, she said: "I look like the enemy. I’m a slim, privileged person who exists within this industry; I totally get the mistrust. I will just have to do the work to prove I wasn’t such a s***bag after all. I’m not doing this for popularity. I’m doing this so that I can undo the stuff that I saw when I was younger, that made me unwell, and try to change it. And sometimes you have to be annoying and attention-seeking in order to instigate that change."
Jameela Jamil: Fame isn’t easy
