How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Leslie Jones

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Set us as preferred Leslie Jones was 14 when her father broke the news to her: “We’re moving to Los Angeles.” For the actor and former “SNL” cast member, leaving her Memphis hometown felt like the end of the world.“I lost every bit of my s—,” she recalls.

“I cried and begged him, like, ‘Please don’t take me away now.’” She’d just become friends with the popular kids at her high school.Plus, she was in the marching band — a rifle twirler — which in the South basically means “you’re a jock, you’re a star,” she says, laughing.

In Sunday Funday, L.A.people give us a play-by-play of their ideal Sunday around town.

Find ideas and inspiration on where to go, what to eat and how to enjoy life on the weekends.Despite her resistance, Jones’ father stood firm: “He was like ‘I can’t let you stay here in Memphis.You’re not going to do what you need to do with your life,’” Jones says.

Though she hated L.A.at first, she eventually found her footing and joined the basketball team at Lynwood High School.

She grew to love the city and now splits time between L.A.and New York.

“[My dad] was really strategic and smart and I’m really glad he did it,” she says.Jones’ latest project is hosting HGTV’s “Roast My Rental,” a reality show in which she visits some of America’s worst-rated short-term vacation rentals and attempts to transform them within 72 hours, alongside designer Jasmine Roth.

One of her Airbnb pet peeves: when owners put out items that are too personal.“Sometimes they want to put their personal linens in there.

They’ve got pictures in there.Like why are your pictures in my room? I don’t want to know who’s renting to me,” she jokes.

Jones, who is also in the middle of a comedy tour, shared what her Sunday Funday in L.A.entails.This interview has be...