We all love her on “The Daily Show,” and it turns out Jessica Williams is just as charming in real life. The lovely self-confessed media junkie is the cover girl for Wired magazine’s January 2015 issue as she makes her way toward total media domination.
Williams explains, "There's something missing in all this new media craziness, and that is something that uses celebrity news as a way to get into a really serious analysis of our culture. When they think they're getting dirt, we give them the vegetables."
As for her own daily routine, Jessica notes, “Every day when I wake up, I check Instagram. Then I look at Twitter to see what the One Directioners are talking about. I check Facebook to see how everybody from high school's doing. I go on Reddit to see what my weirdos are talking about. Then I go on Tumblr to see what my feminists are talking about.”
Williams is also convinced that celebrity news needs to get more intelligent- “The world is ready for a more sophisticated TMZ. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that any dummy with a half-decent idea can become a billionaire. And hell, I've always wanted to become a media mogul. So allow me to introduce JMZ!”
Jessica even has a plan- “First I have to get the word out. I'm thinking I'll begin at New York Landmarks and just start grabbing people's phones and taking pictures of myself, then texting their friends the photo with a note that says, ‘For more, go to JMZ.com.’ That's how you spread the word.”
“I've already got my tagline picked out: Willy Believe That Happened? Like, Will You Believe That Happened? That's how all those celebrity sites work anyway. Would you believe she wore that out in public? And then the reader clicks through and gets the answer. ‘Yeah. I believe it. This is in the realm of possibility.’ Every time.”
