"I can get whatever I want to eat and when you, you know, you forget to eat you sometimes pick up fast food"
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The subtext is that privilege doesn’t cancel chaos. If anything, having "whatever" on tap can make eating less intentional, not more. "You forget to eat" is doing a lot of work: it signals busyness as status, but also a kind of disconnection from basic cues. The punchline, "you sometimes pick up fast food", punctures the glamorous assumption that famous people live on curated salads and private chefs. It’s a recognition that fast food isn’t just a "bad choice" - it’s a system designed for people who are tired, late, and running on adrenaline.
Contextually, Jones comes out of a media ecosystem obsessed with women’s bodies, appetite, and self-control. The line reads like defensive candor: don’t judge the drive-thru; judge the pace of life that makes it feel like the only option.
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| Topic | Food |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Jones, Star. (n.d.). I can get whatever I want to eat and when you, you know, you forget to eat you sometimes pick up fast food. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-can-get-whatever-i-want-to-eat-and-when-you-you-102232/
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Jones, Star. "I can get whatever I want to eat and when you, you know, you forget to eat you sometimes pick up fast food." FixQuotes. Accessed February 2, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-can-get-whatever-i-want-to-eat-and-when-you-you-102232/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I can get whatever I want to eat and when you, you know, you forget to eat you sometimes pick up fast food." FixQuotes, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-can-get-whatever-i-want-to-eat-and-when-you-you-102232/. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.








