Other Voices, Other Geniuses: Jamie Linn Watson
Please don't hit her really hard in the head
For today’s edition of my questionnaire series, a real treat: my bestie/wifey/lil sister JAMIE LINN WATSON!!!
Jamie and I met at what we were told was a final callback for the NYU improv team. I remember looking at this innocent teenager from Baltimore and thinking, “she seems sweet, too bad I have to destroy her.” I really wanted to be on the improv team.
Happily, the final callback thing was a ruse, and we were both inducted as new members. I no longer feel a need to destroy Jamie, and after reading this, neither will you.
In addition to being hysterical on TikTok and Instagram, Jamie can be seen in a recent episode of What We Do In The Shadows, in the Peacock original Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, and in these Sprint commercials that don’t air anymore but I still think about them.
OTHER VOICES, OTHER GENIUSES: Jamie Linn Watson
What song are you especially into currently?
“Pearls” by Jessie Ware
What is your greatest pet peeve?
I hate when people play animals in improv
What is the trait within yourself about which you feel the most ambivalent?
I have beautiful blonde hair, the kind of hair where stylists say “women pay hundreds to have your color” or “I will sue you in a court of law if you ever change your hair.” But wouldn’t I look cute with like a…Sarah Snook strawberry look?
How do you like to waste time?
Eating shredded Mexican Blend cheese straight out the bag
What news topic that will always get you to click?
Here’s How I Found Out My Husband Was Cheating
What is the most illegal thing you have ever done that you are willing to admit to here?
Clicking the yes to the “are you over 18” button before porn when I was really 13
Whom do you consider to be the most overrated dead musician?
Is Bob Dylan dead yet
If you could press a button and get ten million dollars but one person would die and it wouldn’t be linked to you in any way, who would you want to die?
This is like sooooo boring but my ex (Trump)
What is your favorite outfit worn by any character in The Devil Wears Prada?
Girl I watched this movie LAST NIGHT I love Andi’s big necklaces in various outfits (the chanel necklace that is like 5 layers of big pearls, we know the necklace) but also when she has that black scarf in Paris? when she goes on a date with the Mentalist? The scarf has lil puff balls on the end, it makes her look like a slutty inky squid.
When have you been or felt the most FAMOUS in your life?
When Hailey Bieber followed me on TikTok
What is your current Lock Screen?
It’s a painting of two lil ladybugs on a branch looking at the moon. When my bf saw it he said “aw thats us” so I can’t legally ever change it
How many piercings do you have, and where on your body are they? If none, what would you get if you had to?
I have 9 ear piercings :)
How many tattoos do you have, and where on your body are they? If none, what would you get if you had to?
I have none but I would get something so thinly-lined and miniscule. I’ve considered a little lemon on my foot, cus I have a big scar there from when I cut my foot on a bottle of Mikes Hard Lemonade in a pool and got 30 stitches. But it also goes along with making lemonade out of lemons etc etc
What is your most irrational fear or anxiety?
I have a fear of getting hit on the head really hard. To the point where school sports were pretty impossible for me because I was always randomly putting my hands on my head to protect my precious soft brain.
Who or what is your most problematic fave?
Lena Dunham
What is the name of your most active group chat and what do you typically message about?
It is called WAGZ and it is exclusively Brooklyn Comedy Gossip
What is your favorite sex act or position?
I’m good at blowjobs and I like the power
What do you think Taylor Swift is doing AT THIS VERY SECOND?
I hope she’s napping on the jet.
With an unlimited budget, what elective or cosmetic surgeries would you have done?
Cool sculpting, cellulite removal. Something like buccal fat removal that isn’t that at all, actually- like something that sculpts my face like an intense facial made of ice and I look pretty and defined, but not like a chiseled Hot Squidward.
How did you meet your best friend?
Preschool (okay you’re crying!)
Who or what gives you the ick?
Boys who carry around leather messenger bags
What is your credit score? C’mon, just tell me!
I wanna preface this by saying at one point it was almost 800. But right now it’s in the mid-600s because I maxxed out a card and can’t get a good job 😈
How did you meet the person to whom you lost your virginity?
Acting school. He dumped me because he wanted to “focus on acting” (we were 19)
Thoughts on God?
Something else is there. Not sure if it’s God, or just the power of the universe. But something’s got their hand in my bullshit for sure
How is a raven like a writing desk?
Both are often sleek yet cursed.