“What can I say? It's a guilty pleasure.”

You were watching a cheesy TV drama. Your sister saw you watching it and laughed at you. You know that the show is silly, but you like it anyway. You say:

 What can I say? It's a guilty pleasure.

What can I say?

"What can I say" is something you say when you don't have any other good response to what someone says. Some situations where you can give this answer include:

• When someone says something really good about you, and you agree but you don't want to brag.
• When someone is really angry about something, but you aren't able to fix their problem.
• When someone criticizes you, and you agree that it's true.

a guilty pleasure

A "guilty pleasure" is something that you like, even though you know it's not good.

"Guilty pleasures" can include unhealthy food or entertainment that gets you hooked but isn't very intelligent.