Goodbye Penny Flame, Hello Jennie Ketcham
A lot has been made of Penny Flame’s impending appearance on Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. A lot of people, myself included, wondered whether she’d hit rock bottom or was trying to improve her mainstream name-recognition. Her new blog is being promoted on industry boards (not by her), and after reading it, the answer might be “both.”
Penny’s real name is Jennie Ketcham, and now that she’s left porn, it makes sense to refer to her as Jennie going forward. In fact, she’s actively trying to leave the Penny Flame persona behind her because it’s the only way to move forward with a new life:
…I apologize for speaking about Penny as though she is a different girl than me, but fundamentally, she is. I don’t want to keep separating my actions from hers, but at this point I feel I must in order to separate myself from the little monster created. Because she is a monster, one that has gone tearing through this town crushing everything in her path.
After reading Jennie’s blog, I was really filled with hope for her and her future. Unlike some other stars who leave the business and proceed to trash it (Sierra Sinn, for example), Jennie doesn’t blame porn or anyone in it for her circumstances. She’s an alcoholic and a sex addict and she’s taking it a day at a time. I hope she’s able to maintain her sobriety and I’ll be looking forward to whatever she does next.
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Tags: alcoholism, celebrity rehab, dr. drew, jennie ketcham, jenny ketcham, penny flame, sex addiction, sobriety
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May 4th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
pornsteria.com says:She seemed a mess lately. She’s obviously a bright girl and it’s nice that she doesn’t blame the industry for her personal issues. That said, the industry is no place for someone with her issues to be and she recognizes that. I think she genuinely enjoyed sex and had fun being a little vixen on camera. Just as I think, deep down inside, Sierra Sinn did as well.
Penny… or Jennie… is just mature enough to accept responsibility for her own shortcomings and follow through on a course of action without going on some righteousness crusade.
I do wonder if “Becoming Jennie” has VH-1 reality show written all over it though. Porn girl trying to make good, overcome her sex addiction and alcoholism, trying to lead a normal life after porn, meeting nice guys and falling in love. Cameos by Dr. Drew, Hulk Hogan, Danny Bonaduce and Scott Baio.
Is Jennie a stoner like Penny or is she shedding that too?
May 6th, 2009 at 10:14 am
alison says:If VH1 hasn’t made that show, they’d better. Or, once she’s sober, perhaps she can be the new host of Charm School.
I think when you do AA, you can’t smoke weed. I’m guessing that went out the window with the drinking and the sex.