Jeremy Meeks Says Both Of His Parents Were Addicts & He Was A Heroin Baby: My Childhood Was Very Dark

Jeremy Meeks

Jeremy Meeks Says Both Of His Parents Were Addicts & He Was A Heroin Baby: My Childhood Was Very Dark

While we know Jeremy Meeks as #PrisonBae turned supermodel, he revealed he had an extremely tough life before he became famous.

He opened up about his upbringing in an interview earlier this week. He said his issues began when he was born, and expanded into his troubled childhood.

“So, my childhood was very, very dark. Both of my parents were heroin addicts. I was a heroin baby.”

He revealed that his dad stabbed his mother’s best friend to death in his quest to find Meeks. He said,

“[My father] was looking for us and she was the only one who knew where we were at.’

Meeks was nine-months-old at the time.

What his father didn’t know was that Meeks and his family lived in the apartment right above the best friend.

As he grew older, he said he had to grow up quickly as he tried to help his mother navigate her heroin addiction while she dated men who were abusive to him and his two siblings.

“Growing up in a heroin household is really hard. You have to grow up really fast, and fend for yourself, and bring something to the table so that everyone can eat.”

Meeks’ life seemed to take a positive turn when his older sister joined the military when she was 18-years-old. She returned two years later and legally adopted Meeks and their brother.

Still, by then Meeks, who struggled with a learning disability, said it was usual for him

“to make bad decisions.”

He became familiar with the gang lifestyle after he moved from Washington state to L.A. in the sixth grade.

“Next you know I’m fighting and fighting and fighting and I had to learn really fast about colors, and gangs, and neighborhoods, and sets. At a really young age, I got put on to the hood and from there, I moved out of the house at 15 and was in the streets.”

Shortly after, he went to juvenile detention for the first time, got shot five times and was beat up by gang members with bats, all within a year’s time.

He ultimately spent more than a decade of his young life in jail. He said his complexion didn’t help his life behind bars.

“For most light-skinned people, you’re not black enough and you’re not white.”

But his life finally did take a turn for the better after he was convicted for grand theft and firearm possession in 2014.

His mugshot went viral as millions swooned over his appearance.

Jeremy Meeks Mugshot (circa 2014)

Melissa Meeks

Jeremy Meeks, Chloe Green

As for what’s next for Meeks, he said he’s looking to enter the music industry.

“When I do music I want to make sure it’s a positive message, but still street, without the killing and the drugs and the bad message. It’s kind of hard to find the balance.”

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