July 2, 2020

EP. 13 — Matt McGorry

This week, actor and activist Matt McGorry joins Jameela to talk about how his eyes were opened to the world of activism and need through social media, learning how to be empowered to be a better ally, his journey from bodybuilder to self-acceptance, and leaving dieting behind.

Transcript

IWEIGH-013-2020702-McGorry-ACv01-DYN.mp3   JAMEELA JAMIL [00:00:00] Hello and welcome to another episode of “I Weigh” with Jameela Jamil. I hope this episode finds you well. I have loved reading all of your messages. Thank you so much. I’m so happy that you enjoyed Munroe’s episode. She was just incredible, wasn’t she? She’s so inspiring and interesting and honest and eloquent and that voice. Oh, I just love her. And I’m so glad that so many of you do too now. It also really warms my heart when I get so many messages from people telling me that they are taking these episodes, especially Munroe’s episode back to their families to help their families understand their experience. If they too are transitioning or have transitioned or they’re, they’re sending them to their friends and family in order to just help them come onside to support trans and gender nonconforming people. And so I really thank Munroe for coming on to th

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