Forgiveness
Subject in Mental Health
Forgiveness has come up in 6 episodes across 4 podcasts in TMT, including On Purpose with Jay Shetty, The Daily, Digital Social Hour. 7 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Chris RockComedian Devine cites as showing up to clubs alone without an entourage
Rock says love is revealed only when one must forgive someone.
“You don't realize if you love somebody until you have to forgive them”
The Daily: Chris Rock Has Been Thinking About Forgiveness (Oct 3, 2026) · Listen from 53:00
Citing his grandfather's return to society after prison, Rock argues that accusations should be certain and that punishment should have a time limit.
“And B, when people do things, there's a fucking time limit in the real world”
The Daily: Chris Rock Has Been Thinking About Forgiveness (Oct 3, 2026) · Listen from 35:13
David FullmerRoofing entrepreneur based in Hawaii and Texas, author of Becoming Seven and founder of the Becoming Seven framework
Fullmer recounts that his mother declined to pursue child support that could jail his father, choosing instead to work and forgive.
“David, it's better that we work than the little kids see their dad go to jail because there's a possibility he could be put in jail if he doesn't help pay”
Digital Social Hour: The Outcast Who Built A Business... | David Fullmer | DSH #2020 (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 41:03
Fullmer outlines forgiveness principles including forgiving past and current wrongdoers without necessarily letting unsafe people back into one's life.
“The next is to forgive people currently that have wronged you. This doesn't mean you let them back in your life if they're not safe, right?”
Digital Social Hour: The Outcast Who Built A Business... | David Fullmer | DSH #2020 (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 24:34
Sylvester StalloneAmerican actor, screenwriter and director known for the Rocky and Rambo franchises; author of the memoir The Steps
Stallone says he wasted much of his life on anger and competition until he stopped around age 70.
“it took me until maybe 70 years old to stop doing that. to just like, let it lie”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: SYLVESTER STALLONE: “I Wasn’t Stupid. I Was Just Misunderstood.” (Sep 28, 2026) · Listen from 53:28
Oprah WinfreyAmerican broadcaster whom Nguyen said he met while traveling with his Zen teacher
Winfrey said forgiving herself is harder than forgiving others and defined forgiveness as giving up hope that the past could be different.
“Best definition I ever heard for forgiveness also came from the show. Giving up the hope that the past could be any different”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: OPRAH WINFREY: The Life Lessons That Changed Everything (Sep 16, 2026) · Listen from 1:24:38
Emilie KiserAmerican social media content creator and mother whose son Trigg died after a drowning accident in 2025
Kiser says her anger at her husband shifted to empathy once she recognized the accident could just as easily have happened while she was in charge.
“This could have just as easily happened to me. This could have just as easily been me and Brady's position”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty: Emilie Kiser EXCLUSIVE: The Loss That Changed Her Forever (Jun 17, 2026) · Listen from 45:28
Sean KellyHost of the Digital Social Hour podcast
Kelly recounts that his father never forgave his own father and believes the resentment shortened and damaged his life.
“My father never forgave his father for the way he was raised. So I saw him live in that pain and that hurt my whole life”
Digital Social Hour: The Outcast Who Built A Business... | David Fullmer | DSH #2020 (Jun 15, 2026) · Listen from 26:30
Kelly McDanielHolistic psychotherapist and author of the book Mother Hunger
McDaniel distinguishes forgiveness, done for one's own well-being, from forgetting what someone is capable of.
“But forgiving is not forgetting. We don't want to forget what this person's capable of doing”
The Mel Robbins Podcast: You’re Not Broken: Why You People-Please, Feel Anxious, & Never Feel Good Enough – and How to Heal (May 21, 2026) · Listen from 1:02:04
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 3 episodes
- The Daily · 1 episode
- Digital Social Hour · 1 episode
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
Episodes
Chris Rock Has Been Thinking About ForgivenessThe Daily · Oct 3, 2026 · 1 h 3 min
Chris Rock tells David Marchese about his film Misty Green, forgiveness, cancel culture, therapy and an NVLD diagnosis, Hollywood, and why comedy needs nuance.
SYLVESTER STALLONE: “I Wasn’t Stupid. I Was Just Misunderstood.”On Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 28, 2026 · 1 h 29 min
Jay Shetty interviews Sylvester Stallone about his painful childhood, rejection, creating Rocky, his parents, career slumps, health, marriage and his memoir The Steps.
OPRAH WINFREY: The Life Lessons That Changed EverythingOn Purpose with Jay Shetty · Sep 16, 2026 · 1 h 31 min
Oprah Winfrey tells Jay Shetty about her Mississippi childhood, surviving abuse, her rise in broadcasting, spiritual practice, legacy, and her upcoming Aha experience at the Sphere.
Emilie Kiser EXCLUSIVE: The Loss That Changed Her ForeverOn Purpose with Jay Shetty · Jun 17, 2026 · 1 h 7 min
Emilie Kiser tells Jay Shetty about losing her son Trigg in a pool accident, living with grief publicly, her marriage, and pool safety.
The Outcast Who Built A Business... | David Fullmer | DSH #2020Digital Social Hour · Jun 15, 2026 · 1 h
Roofing entrepreneur David Fullmer tells Sean Kelly about his Becoming Seven day-of-the-week life framework and his journey from youth corrections to business success.
You’re Not Broken: Why You People-Please, Feel Anxious, & Never Feel Good Enough – and How to HealThe Mel Robbins Podcast · May 21, 2026 · 1 h 12 min
Mel Robbins talks with psychotherapist Kelly McDaniel about 'mother hunger,' the unmet childhood needs for nurturing, protection, and guidance, and how adults can heal them.