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Is Sara Bareilles "Deeply Flawed"?

2 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief conversational excerpt, Speaker A asks Speaker B whether they consider themselves "deeply flawed," prompting an honest admission. Speaker B acknowledges deep personal flaws but emphasizes that recognizing and becoming intimate with those flaws enables genuine self‑love, rather than pretending to be perfect. The dialogue also touches on the importance of maintaining a sense of humor about one's imperfections, suggesting that humor is a necessary coping tool. Overall, the exchange reflects a reflective, self‑accepting perspective on personal imperfection.

Do you consider yourself deeply flawed? Oh my God, yes.
Yes. I mean, I love me, don't get me wrong. I have like a really healthy ego in that way, but like deeply flawed. And the more that I have gotten intimate with the ways in which I am flawed, the more able I am to love myself for the person I actually am instead of pretending I'm something else. Does that make sense?
Yeah. Do you sort of have a sense of humor about it?
Yeah, I think you have to.
Yeah. Yeah, I agree.
I think that the, um, there is something so endearing about the trying that like, that so often people are trying and they're not doing it right. Like they're missing something, they're missing a connection, they're misunderstanding another person's needs, but like, Really, I think a lot of times people are trying to be good, to do good, and we just like mess up. And I find that very endearing.