Jesse Lally is adding more to the story about his relationship with late celebrity model Anna Nicole Smith.
Before going into luxury real estate in Los Angeles, The Valley star was a New York model. Sometime in 2002, he shot an ad campaign with Anna Nicole for the TrimSpa weight loss supplement.
Anna Nicole claimed to have lost more than 69 pounds using the dietary supplement. She was a spokesperson for TrimSpa from 2003 until her death in 2007.
A two-year relationship
Jesse first discussed his relationship with Anna Nicole during a May 21 appearance on Watch What Happens Live. “I met her,” he told Andy Cohen. “[We] did a photoshoot for TrimSpa in Miami, and we remained friends for, like, a year and a half.”
On June 5, Jesse was a guest on Teddi Mellencamp and Emily Simpson‘s podcast Poppin’ Off, where he fleshed out a few more details about his friendship with the iconic celebrity. When Teddi asked if he’d “hook[ed] up” with the 1993 Playmate of the Year, he confessed, “For a year or two, yeah.”
Jesse and Anna Nicole shot the TrimSpa commercial on Miami Beach. “It’s freezing cold in Miami at night time,” Jesse recalled. “We’re walking back to the set. We’re all wrapped in towels, and she’s like, ‘Oh my god. I hope I don’t get sick.’ And I’m like ‘Well, I have a ton of vitamins and supplements and stuff in my room.’”
Apparently, Anna Nicole called him later that night and invited him to a couples’ massage. They took several pictures together during “the massage night.” The father of one remembered that Smith signed one of the photos and gave it to his brother who had recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. He was touched that she signed the photo, “Welcome home.”
They allegedly continued to see each other on her occasional trips to New York. He also said Anna Nicole would spend time with him when he was in Los Angeles.
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