Mother’s Day memories. Pregnant Alexis Gale revealed the sex of her third child with estranged husband Jimmie Allen amid their divorce.
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lifelong struggle with his weight.“It was scary,” Smith, 52, told People. “At that moment, I wouldn’t have been averse to not being around any longer.
I called a friend and said, ‘I’m in a weird, dark place. I need to go somewhere and get help.’ “Smith said that a month of intensive therapy helped him escape from his “larger-than-life” persona — or as he calls it, “the other guy” — and deal with his darkest moments.
The “Clerks” director claims that at 6, an older boy in his neighborhood forced him to perform sexual acts with a young neighborhood girl.Smith said he convinced himself that he and the girl “were just playing doctor in an alleyway.”He said he saw the situation differently when meeting with his therapist in January.“When a third party is instructing you to do something against your core values like that,” the therapist reportedly told him, “that’s sexual abuse.”The Post reached out to Smith for comment. Smith said he was further traumatized a few years later when his fourth-grade teacher, who was not named by People, made fun of his weight in front of his classmates.
(Smith famously showed off a 51-pound weight loss in 2018 following a heart attack.) “I felt disgusting, like I didn’t matter. That’s when ‘the other guy’ started to appear,” Smith recalled of his childhood weight struggles.
“I decided to be entertaining and make people love me before they noticed I was fat.”The New Jersey native was only 24 when his career took off following the success of his 1994 film “Clerks,” but by that time, he “was already a self-loathing mess.”” ‘The other guy’ became my favorite piece of clothing to wear. I’d just let him take over,” admitted Smith, adding that he threw himself into his work, churning out project after
.Mother’s Day memories. Pregnant Alexis Gale revealed the sex of her third child with estranged husband Jimmie Allen amid their divorce.
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Sometimes the cultural re-evaluation of a film can go both ways: For as much as viewers can say “Yes, this movie is actually good” they can also say “We see now it’s incredibly problematic.” Such is the case with director Kevin Smith’s 1997 feature “Chasing Amy,” which tells the story of a straight man (played by Ben Affleck) falling in love with a lesbian (played by Joey Lauren Adams). As director Sav Rodgers’ documentary, “Chasing Chasing Amy” explores in its first trailer: Can one enjoy a film that falls into stereotypes as often as it breaks them?“Chasing Chasing Amy” isn’t just a look at the Smith film but how it influenced Rodgers own journey of self-discovery.
medical emergency almost a month ago.The comedian, 43, appeared on Tuesday’s “Impaulsive” podcast and dished how the Oscar winner, 55, is feeling now.“I think the dope thing is that he’s getting better in his situation,” Hart told host Jake Paul. “Everybody’s prayers, everybody’s love, energy, all that stuff is seen and felt.
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Content warning: This story contains discussion and description of sexual assault.Kevin Smith has revealed that he spent a month in a mental health treatment facility after having “a complete break from reality” last year. The events were caused by unresolved issues concerning childhood trauma.In a new interview with People, the Clerks and Chasing Amy director spoke for the first time about his experiences of being sexually abused and guilted for his weight as a child.
Kevin Smith is getting candid and honest in a new interview, where he openly discusses his decision to seek help.
Kevin Smith is opening up about childhood moments that led to him seeking mental health treatment.
Kevin Smith is revealing for the first time that he spent one month at a treatment facility to address memories that he said put him «in a weird, dark place.» And it was at that moment when he said he knew he needed to get help.The famed director opened up like never before about his mental health struggles, telling he woke up one morning last January in «terror» and he was convinced he was losing his mind. At the center of his mental health struggles was a traumatizing episode at six years old when he said he was sexually abused when an older boy he didn't know forced him to perform sexual acts with a young neighborhood girl.Smith told the outlet he was convinced that they «were just playing doctor in an alleyway,» but it was his therapist who opened his eyes.«When a third party is instructing you to do something against your core values like that,» Smith recalled the therapist telling him, «that's sexual abuse.»There was another incident Smith recalled that proved traumatizing, and that was a teacher fat-shaming him when he was just nine years old and made fun of his «gut» in front of the entire class.«I felt disgusting, like I didn't matter.
Kevin Smith is getting vulnerable about the “dark place” he was in prior to seeking mental health help. In January of last year, the Clerks di
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Kevin Smith is opening up about seeking help following a “scary” incident where he was convinced he was losing his mind in a candid new interview.
Director and actor Kevin Smith checked into a mental health facility after suffering a "complete break from reality" in January 2022. "It was scary," Smith, 52, admitted in a new interview. "At that moment, I wouldn't have been averse to not being around any longer," the "Clerks" director told People magazine.
Calling out the rumors. Tom Sandoval has heard the speculation about Raquel Leviss‘ stay at a mental health facility — and he isn’t thrilled by the insinuations.
season 2 alum Danielle Ruhl is continuing to speak out about her alleged treatment from Netflix and Kinetic Content producers while filming the hit reality series.Danielle exclusively spoke with ET's Kevin Frazier via Zoom after sharing some of her own personal experiences with earlier this week.Danielle, who tied the knot with her now-ex-husband, Nick Thompson, on season 2 of the hit reality series, told ET that she was not offered medical or psychiatric assistance while filming the show.«When I was experiencing some medical stuff in the pods, there were no doctors. When I was experiencing mental health issues, there were no therapists,» she claimed.
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