It's been a long, long year and a half since we last saw Jamie-Lynn Sigler in her role of pampered Mafia princess Meadow Soprano, but that doesn't mean she hasn't been busy. According to a recent interview she gave to People magazine, a lot has changed in her life, career and even her health.
After she was badly miscast in the starring role in the Heidi Fleiss TV movie, she's filmed a couple of B movies, and has done a two-part episode of "Will & Grace". Next up on her schedule is the horror film "I Remember" with Haylie Duff. But most of recent changes to Jamie-Lynn's life have been very personal and heartbreaking: her 2-year marriage to A.J. DiScala ended last September.
When asked what it was like to suddenly find herself single at 24, she told People: "To come from where you thought your life was set – that this is who you're going to be with, that you're going to start having children with him very shortly – for it all of a sudden to kind of all not be there, it's scary. I met A.J. when I was 19. We started dating when I was almost 21. But from the day I met him he was the man in my life. So I basically went from being in high school and having my parents take care of me to A.J. being that caretaker."
"Now, being 24 and single again, you learn a lot about yourself. This is the time to find out what Jamie wants. Who Jamie is. But with A.J. and I there's no hatred, there's no anger. I still love him very much. I know he loves me. It's just what's best for both of us."
She also spoke openly on her close friends Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson: "It's funny, 'cause A.J. and I, when we met Nick and Jess, we really bonded because we were both these young married couples. And it's kind of ironic that we both separated in the same year. A.J. and Nick are extremely close, and Jess and I are close, and we all respect and love each other just the same."
Meadow's alter-ego has also been struggling with an eating disorder, which she says is now under control. "I've definitely been in the public eye during years when girls go through a lot of changes," she tells People in its latest issue. "But I'm more confident now in the person I am." She also mentions that she's started her own foundation to help girls with eating disorders. "I was mentoring a bunch of girls at a treatment facility in Malibu and we still keep in touch via e-mail," Jamie-Lynn said. "I think people view it as this vain disease. But it's becoming an epidemic."
The original article can be found at people.aol.com.
Comments
I feel my Jamie-Lynn is so Beautiful and has a lot to look forward to.
Posted by: Raymond Vetrano | June 21, 2007 6:12 PM