{"id":284650,"date":"2019-12-06T07:36:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1100152"},"modified":"2019-12-06T07:36:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T14:36:51","slug":"jameela-jamil-hilariously-recalls-her-first-dj-gig-at-elton-johns-birthday-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/jameela-jamil-hilariously-recalls-her-first-dj-gig-at-elton-johns-birthday-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Jameela Jamil Hilariously Recalls Her First DJ Gig at Elton John’s Birthday Party"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jameela Jamil<\/strong>‘s first DJing gig is definitely one for the books.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, The Good Place<\/em> star<\/a>, who has been DJing for eight years, recalled her first-ever experience behind the booth during her visit to Conan<\/em>\u2014get this: it was for Sir Elton John<\/strong>‘s birthday party! After joking that she wanted to become a DJ in order to avoid talking to people at parties, she revealed that a booking agent presented her with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. There was just one problem: Jameela had never actually DJed before.<\/p>\n

“She said, \u2018You know, do you DJ?’ And, I was like, \u2018cause I’m a sociopath, \u2018Yes, I do,'” she told host Conan O’Brien<\/a><\/strong>. “And because this woman books all the biggest events in London, she was like, \u2018Oh, my God! I need a DJ next week for Elton John’s birthday party.’ And I said yes! And I had one week to learn how to DJ.”<\/p>\n

To put the moment into Good Place<\/em> terms, she added, “I am trash. I am Jason Mendoza, not Tahani.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Naturally curious about how the gig went, Conan asked the I Weigh founder<\/a> to keep telling the story. To his surprise, Elton wasn’t the biggest fan of her set.<\/p>\n

“It was OK,” she admitted. “Sir Elton was not thrilled, but it was fine. And it kicked off an 8-year career, so I must have done something right.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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In fact, moments like these are actually quite common for Jameela. Reflecting on the spontaneity of her decision, The<\/em> Misery Index <\/em>host confessed that she had the same blind courage going into her Good Place<\/em> audition.<\/p>\n

“That’s been my whole career, even with The Good Place<\/a>,” she explained. “I never acted before. The audition was the first time I had ever acted. And I was there in a room with [creator] Mike Schur<\/strong> and he was like, \u2018Have you, um, you can improv, right?'” And I was like, \u2018Yes.’ And he made me improv with him for 10 minutes, which was the worst feeling on earth. And somehow, I survived that. But my whole career has just been 10 years of saying yes to everything\u2026it’s been great.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Obviously, she nailed the audition. Jameela has expressed her gratitude to Schur and the rest of The Good Place <\/em>team before. Ahead of the 2019 Emmy Awards, she thanked them for the “chance of my lifetime” and recalled what it was like to wrap the Emmy-winning series<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“I cried my face off and I never thought I would because I’m English because I’m dead and cold inside, but it really hit me when he walked towards me and said that’s a series wrap; this man found me from nowhere plucked me from obscurity,” she told E! News exclusively<\/a> on the red carpet. “I had never acted before gave me the chance of my lifetime everything I’m able to do in the world is because this man took a chance on me for no good reason and so it just killed me and I cried and cried and cried all night and it felt sad to say goodbye to that wonderful cast and this magical show.” <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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E! News<\/i> returns Monday, Jan. 6 at 7 a.m.!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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