Transgender Reality TV Star Jazz Jennings Struggles With Mental Health, Obesity After Gender Reassignment Surgery, ‘Humiliated,’ ‘Fat-Shamed’ By His Parents
The parents of Jazz Jennings, a man who was ushered into the national spotlight as a transgender activist at the age of 7, “fat-shame” and chastise their self-proclaimed mentally ill son in season 7 of “I am Jazz.”
In a trailer for the upcoming season, Jennings reveals he has gained over 100 pounds while struggling with mental health issues while being mocked by his family, in the trailer of Season 7 of his TLC reality series “I am Jazz.”
“I do experience fat-shaming from my family,” the 21-year-old, who underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2018, explains in one scene. “It makes me feel really humiliated.”
In another clip, Jazz takes his shirt off and strips down to a sports bra to showcase his “big old belly.”
Plans to attend Harvard University fell by the wayside two years ago because had to “refocus and recenter” his mental health,
