The following article contains references to substance abuse and domestic violence.
The rise of the supermodel in the late ’80s and early ’90s was a cultural phenomenon.
More than just pretty faces, these women and girls were icons who quickly became household names.
Infamously coined “heroin-chic,” this new look was more than aesthetic.
For some of the girls, like King, it was a lifestyle.
Since she was a preteen, she has experienced more than her fair share of tragic circumstances.
“I knew every model, I knew who Steven Meisel was,” she says.
That obsession, combined with her stunning good looks, didn’t endear the future star to her peers.
The bullying was so bad that King penned an essay about it forEllemany years later.
However, those early years left lasting scars on the star that even fame couldn’t heal.
“Then I realized that I didn’t feel any different.
No matter how successful I was, I still didn’t feel like I fit in.”
“She was different from the start,” admitted Nancy.
“I started to feel really isolated,” she explained to The New York Times Magazine.
But as Jaime King found out, the party favors can be addicting.
I got myself into a little trouble," she admitted to The New York Times Magazine.
“I was missing planes, I was screwing up jobs.”
Exhausted and depressed, King was in need of a big wake-up call to get clean.
If you or anyone you know needs help with addiction issues, help is available.
Visit theSubstance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration websiteor contact SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
For Jaime King, that step was the tragic overdose of her boyfriend, famed photographer Davide Sorrenti.
The couple wed in 2007 and wanted to start a family, but it wasn’t that easy.
“When I got pregnant, it was the best thing in the whole world.
I had never felt so grateful, happy and elated,” she toldPeople.
King then experienced postpartum depression.
The experience inspired her to speak out.
Sadly, just 20 weeks into her second pregnancy, King received devastating news.
In an interview withPeople, King recounted the hours leading up to her son’s surgery.
Swift later made a sizeable donation to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where Leo had his surgery.
First, King tore three ligaments in her ankle that required daily rehabilitation exercises to properly heal.
It’s enough to make anyone paranoid, especially when children are involved.
Fortunately, no one was seriously injured.
The actor publicly thanked those who came to her aid and shamed the paparazzi for their behavior.
King was granted a temporary restraining order against her spouse.
She recounted being publicly berated and yelled at by her spouse.
Newman said that King often drove under the influence with the children in tow.
Newman alleged that he did stage an intervention, saying King checked into rehab in Utah.
Only time would tell.
A source close to King toldE!
News, “Jaime was not told about Kyle’s relationship or the pregnancy until right before the holiday.
She was very blindsided by this.”
When the baby was born, the source told E!
News, “They received kind congratulations from both Jaime and her long-term boyfriend.”
Per usual with theestranged husbandand wife, it became a case of he said, she said.
According to court documents obtained byE!
She added, “We look forward to co-parenting with grace and understanding.”
“I am hopeful that this will be a clean beginning for them,” he said.
