May 19, 2022

EP. 111 — Lauren “Lolo” Spencer

Actor, disabilities activist, and Youtube influencer Lauren “Lolo” Spencer joins Jameela this week to discuss her diagnosis of ALS at a very young age, how the people she loved came around her in difficult times, fighting for “non-medical” acting roles, why she started her Youtube channel Sitting Pretty, the monetary issues that face disabled people, the challenges of dating, what she hopes to see change in the world for disabled people, and more.

 

Check out Lolo’s Youtube channel – Sitting Prettyhttps://www.youtube.com/c/SittingPrettyLolo

Follow Lolo on Instagram and Twitter @itslololove

 

You can find transcripts for this episode here: https://www.earwolf.com/show/i-weigh-with-jameela-jamil/

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Transcript

Jameela [00:00:00] Hello and welcome to another episode of I Weigh with Jameela Jamil, a podcast that wants shame to die. I hope you’re well. I’m alright. I think I’m starting to. I’m either in shock as to how bad things are in the world or I’m starting to process it all and starting to breathe again and recognize that it’s it might actually be okay. And we still do have time to turn many things around. And I’m just trying to deep breathe my way through it. I have also been reunited with my dog in the last couple of days since my last slightly frenetic intro for this podcast. And so that’s probably also helped and calmed me down massively because I hadn’t seen him for ten fucking weeks. And so that’s been great. If you haven’t seen my dog, head on to my Instagram and look at my highlight called Barreled for truly the best part of your day. I know everyone says that, but my dog really is barking fantastic. Anyway, so I

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