May 27, 2026 · 45 min · 20 segments
\[Original air date: June 14, 2022] Jenna Ortega gets refreshingly candid about representation, body image, and therapy, and spills the deets on what it was like working with Tim Burton in the…
Jenna OrtegaGuest
Penn BadgleyHost
Nava KavelinHost
Sophie AnsariHost
So there I was, a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed sixth grader in all my awkward glory.
Wake me up.
Wake me up inside.
I can't wake up.
Wake me up inside.
Call my name and save me from the dark.
In fifth grade, I was surrounded by girly girls with cute braids and perfect outfits, and then there was me, an oddball, emo, 11-year-old tomboy who already had hair everywhere.
No, no, not only was my hair abundant, it was also very dark, which made it really pop against my pale skin.
And thanks to my Hispanic roots, I had a pretty aggressive unibrow blooming in full force right when fifth grade started.
You remember bright-eyed, bushy-tailed? Yeah, so we sat alphabetically in the hallways after lunch, and I just so happened to be slotted right between my crush, Jack, and the school bully, Noah.
At that moment, Noah turned around, interrupting my silent ruminations on the beauty that was Jack, poked his grubby Noah finger right between my eyes, proclaiming, "Nice hairy caterpillar, freak." Noah.
That night, I tried to convince my mom to let me use tweezers to tame this beast.
So there I was, a bright-eyed, bushy-tailed sixth grader in all my awkward glory.
Wake me up.
Wake me up inside.
I can't wake up.
Wake me up inside.
Call my name and save me from the dark.
In fifth grade, I was surrounded by girly girls with cute braids and perfect outfits, and then there was me, an oddball, emo, 11-year-old tomboy who already had hair everywhere.
No, no, not only was my hair abundant, it was also very dark, which made it really pop against my pale skin.
And thanks to my Hispanic roots, I had a pretty aggressive unibrow blooming in full force right when fifth grade started.
You remember bright-eyed, bushy-tailed? Yeah, so we sat alphabetically in the hallways after lunch, and I just so happened to be slotted right between my crush, Jack, and the school bully, Noah.
At that moment, Noah turned around, interrupting my silent ruminations on the beauty that was Jack, poked his grubby Noah finger right between my eyes, proclaiming, "Nice hairy caterpillar, freak." Noah.
That night, I tried to convince my mom to let me use tweezers to tame this beast.
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