Jameela Jamil Slams Tabloid For Clickbait Headline About MCU Future

Jameela Jamil is unhappy about a tabloid misrepresenting her words!

After her role in the existential NBC series, "The Good Place," brought her public attention, the actress went on to star in other larger-scaled Hollywood projects. One of those projects was her portrayal of the villainous Titania in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series, "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law." Since then, Jamil has set her eyes on landing roles within the "Star Wars" franchise — a dream that a news outlet recently misconstrued in their headline.

For anybody who has followed Jamil's career since she started as a TV show host, it will not be news that she is a pop culture fan. In fact, the actress has been incredibly vocal about her keen interest in joining the "Star Wars" franchise. She doubled down on her need to appear in the project when she sat with SFX Magazine for an interview. In the 36-year-old's words:

"I've done DC, I've done the MCU, I've now joined Star Trek, so it feels only natural that I should at least be allowed to do catering at Star Wars. I've been referring to it as my nerd EGOT [Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony] – that would be the ultimate dream come true and fulfill every 12-year-old fantasy I had. I'd take literally anything, but I think, a villain.…."

Unfortunately, when the outlet published the interview, it came with a headline that Jamil found unpleasant. The vocal "Star Trek" actress shared a snapshot of the headline, which claimed that she wanted to "jump ship" after "She-Hulk" tanked on Disney+ on her Instagram Story.

Before that, Jamil had posted the same screenshot to her Instagram feed with the caption, "WOWWWW The headline vs the quote. I said this during my Star Trek press tour in zero relation to the success of any previous project, just my love of certain sci fi worlds."

According to her, the MCU series "was a success," and if anybody had to "lie like this to try to prove otherwise," they had lost the "fight." The "DC League of Super-Pets" star conclusively penned:

"Hope these people stretch before they attempt the mental gymnastics required to create such nonsense."

Within hours, her comment section was filled with supportive statements from her fans and fellow celebrities. Actress Sophia Bush exclaimed, "It's just insane!!!" while singer Kechi Okwuchi noted, "Bruh. They found a way to still take a (ironically) biased dig at She Hulk while presenting your words out of context cos they know most ppl don't read past headlines. Amazing ??‍♀️."[sic]

Actress Natalia Cordova-Buckley wrote, "The M for media really stands for Manipulate Masses," and one fan added, "Journalism is mostly dead, stuff like this is the equivalent of trash magazines at grocery store checkout lanes."

Another fan claimed that the outlet was "obviously so jealous and triggered by a strong, successful woman of colour, that the only way they can neg you is with this clickbait headline."

A third person called it "bizarre journalism," and a fourth agreed that while the article was terrible, Jamil and her fanbase needed to focus on making her "Star Wars" dream come true.

"You absolutely better be in Star Wars and they better not try to hide you behind any heavy prosthetics or alien makeup. Just big bad gorgeous YOU," a fifth fan encouraged the former BBC Radio 1 host.

The Blast reported last month that Jamil joined the controversial "nepo babies" topic following its rebirth by a New York Magazine cover story highlighting today's artists — in film and music —  who achieved their acclaim through their parents' fame, connection, and wealth. The "The Misery Index" game host shared her take with her 3.7 followers penning:

"Because the back and forth on this is getting dull… yes, the nick-name must be a little grating and is deliberately patronizing. And that's a bit shit because you have your own human trials and struggles."

After encouraging the "nepo babies" to acknowledge their privilege as regards hard work and talent and hard work. Jamil admonished, "That doesn't make you un-talented. It just makes you extremely lucky, and you just need to acknowledge that and move on."

While she considered herself more privileged than a disabled actor, the actress admitted that she was "less privileged" than nepo babies.