"It's okay,' you know? It's okay to be you. It's okay to just not be okay. It's okay to not be okay"
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The subtext is as much about exhaustion as empowerment. Stewart has spent her career watched, meme’d, and psychoanalyzed, her body language turned into internet diagnosis and late-night punchlines. When someone that hyper-visible says “just not be okay,” it lands as a refusal of the performative wellness script celebrities are expected to recite: grateful, glowing, thriving. She’s not elevating pain into aesthetic; she’s normalizing the days when you can’t.
The phrasing is plain, almost stubbornly unpolished, which is why it works. It doesn’t sound like a slogan cooked up by a PR team or a therapy-app push notification. It sounds like a friend talking you down from a spiral, or someone practicing the words out loud until they stick. The cultural moment matters, too: post-pandemic fatigue, rising mental health literacy, and backlash to “positive vibes only” ethos. Stewart’s intent isn’t to diagnose or solve; it’s to lower the social tax on being human in public.
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| Topic | Mental Health |
|---|---|
| Source | Help us find the source |
| Cite | Cite this Quote |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Stewart, Kristen. (2026, January 15). It's okay,' you know? It's okay to be you. It's okay to just not be okay. It's okay to not be okay. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-okay-you-know-its-okay-to-be-you-its-okay-to-165339/
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Stewart, Kristen. "It's okay,' you know? It's okay to be you. It's okay to just not be okay. It's okay to not be okay." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-okay-you-know-its-okay-to-be-you-its-okay-to-165339/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"It's okay,' you know? It's okay to be you. It's okay to just not be okay. It's okay to not be okay." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/its-okay-you-know-its-okay-to-be-you-its-okay-to-165339/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.











