<p>Comedian and actor <a href="https://www.katbirdcomedy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kat Bird</a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/tigerbelly" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tigerbelly</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU85eUbayJ9SW6VaQkoW52w" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sideboob podcast</a>, <a href="https://www.hotelcafe.com/tickets/?s=events_view&amp;id=15388" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Netflix Is a Joke Festival May 8th</a>) and comedian and actor <a href="https://linktr.ee/avabunn?utm_source=ig&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=link_in_bio&amp;fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMjU2MjgxMDQwNTU4AAGn2w4pI-Cl8mO4pgq8mMW2Ih7r31A3vkN8Ihg3ebzxY9q7EYvZoEq4VsRTXVo_aem_Vg1ak9NjP5yL-h8XUSaUow" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ava Bunn</a> (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/scrubs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Scrubs</a> on Hulu, JFL’s 2025 New Faces, <a href="https://ucbcomedy.com/show/netflix-is-a-joke-presents-late-bloomers-with-ava-bunn/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Late Bloomers at Netflix Is a Joke Festival May 8th</a>) join Jameela this week with stories that will make you feel significantly better about your own love life.</p><br><p>Kat shares what happened when she re-entered the dating world after seven years, including one encounter set to some extremely ill-chosen background music, and another involving a life-sized pillow of Michael B. Jordan and thirty-five minutes of shimmying politely in the background. Ava, meanwhile, shares what happens when you answer a phone call mid-hookup convinced it's a casting director, and what happens when the entire contents of a large coffee decide to make their exit during a Zoom audition with Mindy Kaling.</p><br><p>This week's Misery Loves Company comes from listener Jess, whose very enthusiastic sex life managed to send a firefighter back into a second round of ACL surgery, and inspires the team to ask: "Should we have signature moves?"</p><br><p>You can follow Kat on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/katbirdcomedy/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@katbirdcomedy</a> and find her tour dates at&nbsp;<a href="http://katbirdcomedy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">katbirdcomedy.com</a>. Catch Ava in her monthly show <a href="https://ucbcomedy.com/show/late-bloomers/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Late Bloomers</a> in LA and New York, find her online at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/avamariebunn/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@avamariebun</a>, and watch her every Wednesday on Scrubs on ABC and Hulu.</p><br><p>And <a href="https://www.netflixisajokefest.com/shows/wrong-turns-with-jameela-jamil" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">book now</a> to see Wrong Turns with Jameela Jamil live at the 2026 Netflix Is a Joke Festival with guests: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lamorne/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lamorne Morris</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/glittercheese/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Liza Treyger</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisflemingfleming/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chris Flemming</a>.</p><p>Jameela's Substack is <a href="https://jameelajamil.substack.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A Low Desire To Please</a>, you can also find her on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jameelajamil/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jameelajamil?lang=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@jameelajamil" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>.</p><p>Our consulting producer is <a href="https://www.colinanderson.info/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Colin Anderson</a>.</p><p>Wrong Turns was created and produced by Jameela Jamil and Stewart Bailey.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>