Fascinating episode

[mrs_sweetpeach]

I'm watching the new episode of Hoarding: Buried Alive and it's about a trust-fund baby who became addicted to possessions. I didn't expect this episode to be much different than any of the other hoarding shows I've seen, and as is fairly common, it began with a bit of her personal history, the statement that she has never allowed any of her friends inside her home, and then a shot of a friend walking down the sidewalk to her place. I thought to myself, "Holy cats, does he ever resemble Ron Jeremy." Well, come to find out her friend *is* Ron Jeremy. On the Judge show, whatever that was, I discovered he's funny and surprisingly personable. Tonight I learned he can play Bach on the harmonica. And he's impressing me with his questions and comments -- he was very obviously surprised and concerned but he was also supportive and generally complimentary about her possessions. (Although he was also clear that she has *way* too much stuff.)

This woman has so many beautiful things -- and literally tons of cool stuff -- and she may be the most in denial of any of the hoarders I've seen. I do not have a good feeling about how she's going to do in the long term.

I also wish Ron Jeremy had more time on screen. I think he was the best part of this episode. I will also say that this particular episode makes it clear that hoarding is a result of some sort of mental illness.

Comments

[siberian-skys.livejournal.com]

I wish I'd seen that one. I'll have to check and see if it's available On Demand when I actually wake up. I haven't been caffeinated yet. I've seen Ron Jeremy interviewed over the years and he does seem like a really nice and cool guy. I will never forget finding a grainy, bootlegged copy of one of his movies while I was going through unlabeled VHS tapes from my grandmother's house when we moved her into assisted living. That was one of the funnier phone calls I'd ever had with my mother. Hey, ma, guess what I found?

[luvmax1.livejournal.com]

I watched it, too. The way she took the slightest question from Ron as an attack, you could tell she's in serious trouble.

[kevinnickerson.livejournal.com]

I met Ron several times when I was photographing Nudes-A-Poppin. He seemed like a decent guy, and he's actually a damn good emcee.