What Did Olivia Jade Say on Red Table Talk?
9 Revelations From Olivia Jade's Red Table Talk About the College-Admissions Scandal
!["When it was happening, it didn't feel wrong."
On what she's learned: "I really felt most moved by the fact that we did all of this and were so ignorant. A huge part of having privilege is not knowing you have privilege, and so when it was happening, it didn't feel wrong . . . I was in my own little bubble, focusing on my comfortable world. I never had to look outside of that bubble . . . I remember thinking, 'How are people mad about this?' I know that sounds so silly, but in the bubble that I grew up in, I didn't know so much outside of it. A lot of kids in that bubble, their parents were donating to schools and doing stuff that advantaged [them]. It's not fair, and it's not right, but it was happening."
Olivia doesn't consider herself to be a victim: "I'm not trying to victimize myself. I don't want pity. I don't deserve pity. We messed up. I just want a second chance to be like, I recognize I messed up. For so long, I wasn't able to talk about this because of the legalities behind it. I never got to say, 'I'm really sorry that this happened' or 'I really own that this was a big mess up on everybody's part.'"
Olivia hopes the public will grant her a second chance: "I think what's so important to me is to learn from the mistake — not to now be shamed and punished and never given a second chance. I'm 21. I feel like I deserve a second chance to redeem myself, to show I've grown."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/1S3jTnf2xlYao9I3XRPd8Wu_FaY/fit-in/1024x1024/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2020/12/08/785/n/1922398/c39823e790e10091_GettyImages-926489538/i/When-it-was-happening-it-didnt-feel-wrong.jpg "\"When it was happening, it didn't feel wrong.\"
On what she's learned: \"I really felt most moved by the fact that we did all of this and were so ignorant. A huge part of having privilege is not knowing you have privilege, and so when it was happening, it didn't feel wrong . . . I was in my own little bubble, focusing on my comfortable world. I never had to look outside of that bubble . . . I remember thinking, 'How are people mad about this?' I know that sounds so silly, but in the bubble that I grew up in, I didn't know so much outside of it. A lot of kids in that bubble, their parents were donating to schools and doing stuff that advantaged [them]. It's not fair, and it's not right, but it was happening.\"
Olivia doesn't consider herself to be a victim: \"I'm not trying to victimize myself. I don't want pity. I don't deserve pity. We messed up. I just want a second chance to be like, I recognize I messed up. For so long, I wasn't able to talk about this because of the legalities behind it. I never got to say, 'I'm really sorry that this happened' or 'I really own that this was a big mess up on everybody's part.'\"
Olivia hopes the public will grant her a second chance: \"I think what's so important to me is to learn from the mistake — not to now be shamed and punished and never given a second chance. I'm 21. I feel like I deserve a second chance to redeem myself, to show I've grown.\"")
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