Where is jesse camp now

But now, in a rare interview, Jesse is trying to offer some answers… in his own roundabout, rambling way. Wait a minute… a character? Jesse Camp was a character? But for Jesse to pull back the Oz-like curtain on his own persona now is a surprising new development. The Jesse Camp you saw on television was at least 50 percent who I really am.

But was Jesse Camp a character? It was kind of an Andy Kaufman sort of thing. An unlikely instant star, he was soon adored by preteen fans, who crowded around him devotedly as he paraded through Times Square in feather boas, leather trousers, sparkly Steven Tyler scarves, and mismatched leg-warmers during his wacky man-on-the-street segments for MTV.

Unscripted television! Yes, in some ways, Jesse was a reality TV trailblazer. I really thought I could do it, and even be a part of it… until the week my album came out and it sold, like, nothing. Rolling Stone tallied a list of many of those stories, which included a lie about his parents being divorced, a fib about his dad owning a roofing company, and the falsehood that his pa had to pull strings to help him graduate from high school.

All lies. Camp justified his tall tales by saying they were his "way of dealing with a lot of other issues. His storytelling became a major problem when he became a celebrity. Publications would publish his made-up fables in the press, which reportedly ticked off his parents. Camp later decided to go to therapy to deal with his penchant for stretching the truth.

What's the truth about Jesse Camp's family life? According to Complex magazine, he was raised in a typical, middle-class household in a Connecticut suburb. His mother was a special needs elementary school teacher, and his dad was a professor at the University of Hartford. Coming from " really straight " parents with jobs in the school system, we can assume they wanted their son to value education just as much as they did.

When he didn't, that supposedly proved to be a point of contention in their relationship. They didn't really understand me, and they got really frustrated and took a lot of their own anger and hostility at the world out on me," he told Entertainment Weekly. With his high school diploma in tow, the Connecticut native headed to California to pursue a heavy-metal music career. Give me a break. He shacked up in a "kind of seedy" room in North Hollywood, but his life eventually went into a tailspin.

According to police, Jesse's sister reported that she last spoke with her brother "around the 11th or the 12th" of July, which she said was "unusual. The Riverside Police posted to their Facebook page and asked for information about Jesse, but also said that "there does not appear to be anything suspicious at this time.

It's not known why the officer conducted the check. In May, Fontana Police booked and released the former MTV VJ for alleged possession of methamphetamine, but there was no additional information available.

Despite disappearing from television in , Camp is still trying to recapture the glory of being a VJ. He and his sister, Marisha, have been working on a web series, currently titled Born to Rock and Roll , since January that would follow Jesse around while he interviews everyone from Korn to Rick Springfield, and even Miley Cyrus. So, what does he do for money now? Camp is coy to discuss his current finances.

I have a low overhead. Jesse, whose real name is Josiah, maintains that "Jesse" is a Kaufman-esque character and that he's not really that weirdo from MTV. The Jesse Camp you saw on television was at least 50 percent who I really am. But was Jesse Camp a character? Oh, no doubt, yeah, it was a complete character.

So, who is Jesse Camp now? According to Camp, his endgame with the whole VJ thing was to get a record deal, which he accomplished with very little fanfare.

And while it's disappointing that no one bought the album, it's important to remember that he was only 18 or 19 when MTV and Hollywood Records gave him a bunch of money, so of course he wasn't thinking about his brand. But in the harsh light of hindsight, Camp realizes that he should have tried to play the game more.

Jesse told Rolling Stone :. When you look at the stats on paper, I had a huge fan base of people that really loved me. But they loved me for my comedy and my personality. So like, if we had put out Jesse Camp Hair Oil and Jesse Camp Toothpaste, just Jesse Camp novelty-type stuff, that probably would have done a whole lot better than, like, an actual record.