It appears Jaime King has really gone off the rails

Who?

Can you blame her? Her name is spelled Hy-mie but pronounced Jamie. It's enough to make anyone crazy.

Heroin from 14, dead boyfriend, dated Kid Rock [ewww. No.]...that's just the known stuff. Did she ever have a chance? At 21, dating Kid Rock...

"During her first job modeling, King began using heroin and had an addiction to the drug from age 14 to 19, at which time she went to rehabilitation for her addiction.[41] Her boyfriend, 20-year-old fashion photographer Davide Sorrenti, died from a kidney ailment.[41] She briefly dated Kid Rock at the age of 21.[41]

In 2006, while working on the set of Fanboys, she met future husband Kyle Newman, the film's director. Within three months of dating, the two moved in together.[42] Newman proposed in spring 2007, and the two married on November 23, 2007,[43] in an "intimate and relaxed" ceremony in Los Angeles at Greystone Mansion, where Newman had proposed.[44] King told InStyle magazine, "I want at least three children."[42] King and Newman have two sons together;[45] Taylor Swift is godmother to their second son.[46] In 2014, she revealed her struggles with endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome, which led to infertility. King suffered five miscarriages and an ectopic pregnancy prior to her first successful pregnancy.[47]

In May 2020, King filed for divorce from Newman after 14 years of marriage.[48] King also filed a domestic violence prevention petition and was granted a temporary restraining order against Newman,[48] which was later withdrawn.[49] The divorce was finalized in September 2023.[50]"

I used to sort of like her. She was the queen of 2010s horror remakes (My Bloody Valentine, Mother’s Day, Silent Night) and I thought she was actually a decent actress. The last thing I remember her being in was that Netflix series Black Summer, which a lot of people liked but it only had one season.

I’ve seen her social media and some interviews with her though that I found kind of bizarre/off-putting. She seemed to really glom onto female pop stars there for a minute (making Taylor Swift her kids’ godmother, and befriending/ingratiating herself with Lana Del Rey, which seemed to be short-lived). I dunno—I just picked up weird vibes from her that seemed desperate and strange.

Desperate and strange describes most people in show business, especially aging actresses

Part of this crowd

I don’t know her.

R2, didn’t you just this discussion on another thread? While Jaime is indeed pronounced Hy-mie in some Latin cultures (and usually a man’s name) it is also pronounced Jamie (usually a woman’s name) in other cultures (like French).

I specifically opened this thread to see if the Hy-mie troll had chimed in…

I pronounced it Jame because Nama never could remember if it was supppsed to be James or Jaime.

The Hy-mie Troll is sadly going to have few outlets unless it starts new threads. There just aren’t enough Jaimes these days.

Taylor, please stop ignoring your dear friend during her time of need.

I always got her confused with Marley Shelton and Jaime Pressly

She used to go by James. I think.

[quote]I specifically opened this thread to see if the Hy-mie troll had chimed in…

It's not just her. "Jaime" bugs.

[quote]Kyle said Jaime told their son, “Every single word you’ve said since you were born is dangerous.” He claimed she also said, “Everyone in the world will die because of you … especially you.”

Mother of the Year.

Dad needs full custody and mom needs rehab including therapy and medication

Terrifying! Her sons are only 8 and 11 years old.

Jaime King is not just an addict, but extremely mentally sick. There are plenty of addicts who don't say the crazy things that she has been accused of. It's one thing to have an addiction and to struggle with that. Quite another to tell your son, "Every word that has ever come out of your mouth is dangerous." And to blow cigarette smoke directly in your eight year old's face.

Makes me wonder what dark things lurk in her past, perhaps her childhood.

I feel so bad for the ex/father. His experience of fatherhood has been intertwined with constant worry and their mother's sickness.

I remember when she was the “It” girl in fashion during the heroin chic days and she was profiled in the NYT magazine. With gorgeous back stage/ fashion show photos by a top photographer. She was being marketed as a sort of American Kate Moss…. Beautiful and enigmatic with seedy down market roots. I think a lot of grunge designers like Marc Jacobs liked her. She had a heroin addiction at a young age which was apparently part of her “mystique”

Art photographer Nan Goldin photographed her for the New York Times, and she used to go by “James” King

At first I assumed this was the one who peed in public, but that was Jaime Pressly, who looks exactly like Jaime King.

I’ve always thought she was absolutely beautiful. As far as models-turned-actresses go, she was also one of the better ones. I know she had her heroin issue when she was a teen model, but it seemed like she’d been very stable and healthy for decades, and worked consistently. For some reason I never envisioned her backsliding and things taking such a dark turn.

As someone with a mentally ill mother who was extremely abusive - the kids would be better off if she died. They face years of torment otherwise.

I stopped talking to my mum in my twenties and it saved my life.

R8 Really? I can assure you, I've never mentioned this here, usually I mention it to my best friend who is an ex pat and teaches English in South America. I'm glad to know that others noticed it too, though. I've never seen Jamie spelled anyway but Jamie. Sure, you can spell it Jaime, but it's wrong. Just because it's now acceptable doesn't make it right.

She never had a chance. I remember that ny times story. It’s amazing she got as far as she did tbh. Who sends their 14 year old daughter to nyc to live by herself a s a working fashion model.

Jaime Pressley must be pissed.