"I like doing interviews. I really do"
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There is a peculiar bravery in saying you like doing interviews, out loud, twice. In a celebrity economy where media appearances are framed as punishment, Jamie Kennedy’s “I like doing interviews. I really do” reads less like a fun fact and more like a defensive charm spell. The repetition is the tell: it’s not only enthusiasm, it’s preemptive damage control against the suspicion that anyone who enjoys publicity must be vain, desperate, or selling something.
Kennedy’s career context makes that insistence land. He came up in an era when being “famous for being funny” could curdle into being famous for being famous, especially after highly visible turns in mainstream comedy (and the tabloid halo that follows). For an actor who has often played the clown, the sidekick, the guy who talks too much, interviews aren’t just promotional obligations; they’re one of the few arenas where personality is the product. If the work ebbs and flows, the conversational presence can still stay booked.
The subtext is transactional but not cynical: interviews are a way to steer the narrative, to reclaim authorship over a persona that pop culture tends to flatten. “I really do” isn’t only sincerity; it’s a bid for credibility in a format audiences have learned to distrust. He’s saying: I’m not trapped here, I’m choosing this. And that choice is the point.
Kennedy’s career context makes that insistence land. He came up in an era when being “famous for being funny” could curdle into being famous for being famous, especially after highly visible turns in mainstream comedy (and the tabloid halo that follows). For an actor who has often played the clown, the sidekick, the guy who talks too much, interviews aren’t just promotional obligations; they’re one of the few arenas where personality is the product. If the work ebbs and flows, the conversational presence can still stay booked.
The subtext is transactional but not cynical: interviews are a way to steer the narrative, to reclaim authorship over a persona that pop culture tends to flatten. “I really do” isn’t only sincerity; it’s a bid for credibility in a format audiences have learned to distrust. He’s saying: I’m not trapped here, I’m choosing this. And that choice is the point.
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