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“At eight, I had men putting dimes in my hands saying, ‘Call me. It’d be so great to f*ck when you’re older.'”
This is the kind of harassment and “horrible stuff” Jewel Kilcher has endured her whole life, even before her rise to international fame.
In a new interview, the Hands singer reveals she’s had men hitting on her since she was a child — and it all came to a head when she was a fledgling singer-songwriter trying to break into the music industry.
At just 15, she was fired from a cafe job in San Diego for refusing to have sex with her boss. The lack of income eventually led to her living in her car, which was then stolen.
It was the most vulnerable moment of her life, and there was plenty of businessmen eager to take advantage of it.
“It was almost like they were sharks that could smell blood, like of vulnerability. I’d go back to my car, writing songs, and men would literally come up and proposition me. They would be like, ‘Hey, do you need rent money?’ you know and things like that,” the now 41-year-old tells The Hollywood Reporter. Watch TV host David Koch discussing the status of women in the media industry with Mia Freedman. (Post continues after video.)
