Based on information here and elsewhere, it seems Disney actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is connected to PG in several ways. (You may know more...)
1. Born: Waco, Texas
Waco connections:
- Near George Bush Family Ranch (Crawford, TX)
- David Koresh's child abuse cult (Branch Dividian)
- Jessica and Ashley Simpson
- Joe Simpson (psychologist, youth minister and daughters' manager)
Jessica Simpson and Hewitt both had "relationships" with John Mayer, as did Katy Perry.
2: Los Angeles
At age 10, after winning a Little Miss competition, talent scouts recommended that Hewitt move to LA to pursue acting and singing. Her classmates then included Jonathan Neville, who became a "talent scout" and recommended her for the show Party of Five.
Note: She joined Party of Five at age 15. Does anyone start working as a talent scout at 15?
In LA, Hewitt lived at the Oakwood Apartments, which have been discussed in other posts:
3. First role: Kids Incorporated (Disney)
Corroborated sexual abuse by producers, with co-star Stacy Ferguson (Fergie):
At this time, producer Tommy Lynch also made a TV special for Andrew Dice Clay. Dice was a raunchy comedian, best known for his pornographic "nursery rhymes".
In 1994, Lynch created The Secret World of Alex Mack. Though a children's show, it became well known for creepy themes:
- "In the pilot, when 12-year-old Alex morphed back into a human after a stint as goo, she was naked".
- "In one episode, Alex got a duplicate, who among other things, nearly killed her by trapping her in some clogged plumbing and waiting for her to either suffocate or... "
- Lynch begged Larisa Oleynik (Alex Mack) to stay on the show, offering her a feature film and a ton of money. But Oleynik left saying she was "burnt out".
Actress Jessica Alba also began her career with Lynch/The Secret World of Alex Mack.
4. Music: Jive records
Hewitt's managers created a successful "overseas" career for her as a singer, the "success" of which depended on her keeping quiet. Hewitt's first album, Love Songs, was released by the Japanese label Meldac when she was 13.
She released two subsequent albums called Let's Go Bang and BareNaked.
BareNaked was on Jive Records, the same label as Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears and NSYNC.
5. TV: Party of Five
Hewitt joined Party of Five at age 15 to play Sarah Reeves. She apparently carried on a poorly disguised relationship with at least one adult making the show.
6. Movies:
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
Co-stars:
- Anne Heche
- Freddie Prinze Jr.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar
- Brandy Norwood (sequel)
Shortcut To Happiness (2003)
Co-stars:
- Dan Aykroyd
- Gregg Bello (Darren Aronofsky collaborator)
- Alec Baldwin
- Kim Cattrall
Does anyone have more to add... perhaps based on the last two movies, or looking somewhere else?
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migratorypatterns ago
Good stuff. UpVoat for you.
Wasn't there a CDAN post about an actress who had a hit song in Japan? I don't remember what it said, but remember they mentioned an overseas hit.
GD_Ridefort ago
Read here. Scroll down to 148:
"Oh, one time about a decade ago, the second of our two victims in this blind was making noises about going public. One of the foreign child porn producers she had met one of her 'exchange tours' arranged for her to make a record. Although it was released here, it was only a moderate success."
"In the country overseas though it sold millions of copies making her a huge star in that country. The company spent millions on advertising to ensure the sales and that deal has kept her quiet until now."
"at the age of 12, Meldac funded the recording of Hewitt's debut studio album, Love Songs (1992).The album was released exclusively in Japan, where Hewitt became a pop star."
migratorypatterns ago
Yes. That's the blind I was talking about.
UpVoat for you for being clever enough to find it. It does sound like her, no? And with the details ... seems to fit ...
GD_Ridefort ago
I scratched the surface with more research, and this came up:
In 1994, Hewitt was able to record an album called Let's Go Bang. She was 15 at the time. The album had a song called Let's Go Bang. It was written by Goldmark, Lyter and Roberts. The lyrics include:
The lines 'fits you like a glove / so instinctive as to make love', 'Uncle Funk wants it over tonight / wherever they take you tonight', and 'bang it all up and out / I wanna go bang!' are really messed up, if three adults collaborated on writing them.
Again, Hewitt was 15 when recording this... probably younger when decisions were made about what "material" to put on the album?
millennial_vulcan ago
waaaay younger when she covered "Heart of Glass" ICK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDVqjpCbYhg
@carmencita @migratorypatterns
carmencita ago
Good God! Swirls all around her almost the whole time AND the Red Lolita Heart Shaped Glasses AND the plastic Heart Shaped Hearts inside the other Hearts. OMG she must have been around anywhere from 11 to 14 in that. Scares the crap out of me. Geez.
GD_Ridefort ago
I wonder if these records ever made any money, or if they were purely a vehicle for testing (humiliating) her?
According to wikipedia, Hewitt released two major label albums in 1995 and 1996. Combined, they had a total of seven singles... all of which "failed to chart".
Her 1995 album stands out because of the cover art, and the blatant theme of its title/lyrics (Let's Go Bang). Again, Hewitt was 15.
Unlike the Lolita sunglasses, heart-shape symbols and other clues in earlier videos, this "music" project seems to have been all about making Hewitt sing lyrics, do photo shoots, etc. that were so overtly sexual as to publicly degrade her.
Then, she gets rewarded with the starring role on TV's Party of Five, and the I Know What You Did Last Summer movie franchise in 1997. But only after she and her stage mom surrender their dignity by cooperating on an album that presents Hewitt as a 100% sex slave, even if no one planned on the music actually being successful...
carmencita ago
It sounds like the typical pay your dues. Get sexualized and then let us shame you. After you do all that only then are you finally rewarded. Only after God knows what you have let them do to you. I have a feeling that all these kids are so very needy, needing love from there Moms and never getting it, and doing whatever mom wants her to do. Go ahead, go with the nice man in the suit.
GD_Ridefort ago
Yup. From the outside, it's hard to believe that execs would sink thousands of dollars in a project they knew would have no commercial upside for them.
But when you understand they're playing a bigger game, you can see them dangling a "major label" opportunity in front of the girl's mom, and laughing about the terrible music they're using as an excuse to debase her.
Thirty years later, Fergie singing the national anthem comes to mind. No doubt the same kind of people still pulling her strings... using humiliation as the currency that enables her to have a "career".
carmencita ago
What a Travesty. She looks like something the cat dragged in at 4am. I am ashamed for her. So very sad.
migratorypatterns ago
Yeah, it's inappropriate for a minor that age to be singing those lyrics.
I feel sorry for the victims. At least the ones who don't become handlers themselves.
She seems another star with a story to tell. She knows a lot, but it's unlikely she'll ever say a word about it.