Jameela Jamil understands the tendencies of an internet troll — because as she herself puts it, she used to be one.

The Good Place and She-Hulk actress looked back on her days of being annoying online while appearing on the latest episode of David Tennant Does a Podcast With. Fellow actor and podcast host David Tennant asked Jamil if she was “equipped against” the “torrents of abuse” that people who speak out on the internet tend to receive. “Are you fine to let all that bounce off? Or does that get to you sometimes?” he asked Jamil, who is known for being quite outspoken on social media.

“When it comes to just standard abuse, I find rape threats very distressing because I’m a human,” she replied, “but other than that, I used to be an internet troll, David. I was an internet c–t.”

Jamil went on to say she didn’t even realize it at the time, but she was on the internet “just to make fun of people and be mean.” She clarified that this was in the early days of social media, when she would engage in “slut shaming” or be “a misogynst,” and “didn’t know anything about activism” or what the word “patriarchy” meant.

“I didn’t know anything because I was just mentally ill and lonely and insane and so I would get online and just be a little bitch,” Jamil said. “So I understand the mentality of someone who feels so disempowered in their own life, and they have so much rage pent up and [it] needs to go somewhere, and they can’t for whatever reason express it where they are so they just think, ‘Oh, this is all so dehumanized. I’m just going to spur out some s— online and it’s not really going to hurt anyone because it’s just words.'”

She continued, “So I kind of get it, so it doesn’t really bother me. When I see that I go, ‘You’re lonely or you’re having a mental health crisis.'”

Tennant then asked Jamil what changed in her life to get her to stop such behavior.

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“I had a nervous breakdown, and I got therapy, and I became a happier person and started living a happier life, and then boom — the urge to be a c–t went away,” she admitted. “But I was one and I own that, and I understand it and I’m really glad now, kind of.”

Elsewhere on the podcast, Jamil delved into her childhood struggles and how they shaped her current resilience, her mission to promote empathy and civil discourse, and her journey of using her platform to challenge societal norms and inspire change.

Listen to Jamil on Tennant’s podcast above.