Transgender Jazz Jennings of ‘I Am Jazz’ Battles Mental Health Issues and 100 Pound Weight Gain In Season 8

Transgender Jazz Jennings of ‘I Am Jazz’ Battles Mental Health Issues and 100 Pound Weight Gain In Season 8

I Am Jazz star Jazz Jennings battles mental health issues and tackle a 100 pound weight gain after taking a leave of absence from Harvard.

The TLC star’s binge eating disorder is out of control in upcoming season 8, which premieres on January 24, but with the support of her family, Jazz Jennings sets her sights on getting readmitted to school and getting healthy. In addition, she’s tackling a lot of hate directed at her as a transgender woman.

In season 8, the 22-year-old Harvard student, deals with death threats, an emotional Jazz tells her mom Jeanette Jennings in the clip below, “It just doesn’t stop.”

“It’s OK,” Jeanette comforts her daughter. “Give me a hug.”

Naturally, Jazz’s mother is terrified for her child’s safety while she’s attending college so far away.

“This is exactly what we’ve been afraid of,” Jeanette says in the preview below. “This is different. There’s a person out there that knows where she lives. I’m absolutely terrified because there’s no timeline on a death threat.”

According to statistical data, transgender individuals and communities experience shocking amounts of violence and discrimination. Trans and non-binary people face staggering rates of domestic, sexual violence, and often the targets of transphobic hate crimes.

In the clip, the threat to Jazz’s life seems to escalate as she leads a group of fellow transgender activists across campus, chanting, “We’ve got the power!” while wearing a rainbow heart sweater and the transgender flag as a cape.

“I just need to get over there,” Jeanette says while on campus watching her daughter protest, at the same time the camera pans to campus security on hand.

I Am Jazz will also see the Florida native getting her first bikini wax, going on various dates as she pushes herself beyond her comfort zone.

“I’m about to go on my first date in four years,” Jazz reveals in the preview.

However, the I Am Jazz star’s anxiety is through the roof, which Jazz describes as just “takes over.”

After the season 8 trailer dropped, I Am Jazz fans reacted to the 22-year-old’s struggles.

One person wrote, “The mother, the doctors and tlc producers should be in jail for what they have done to this child.” Another wrote, “I think she’s taking on too much on her plate and I think she should just quit the TV show and work on herself and go to therapy and take a break from the media.”

Someone else commented, “What happens to her when the show ends? When the world is no longer watching her thru all the messages. She will definitely slip into a terrible depression. She has only known to be followed by cameras all thru her life. And once that’s gone, how will she feel? There’s a lot of baggage there left, after the show ends. Its sad.”

Another person shared, “Jazz seems like a lovely young woman with a lot of mental health issues. These issues do not seem to be helped by appearing on tv.”

A fan commented, “Can’t wait for another amazing season!”

“Idk I like jazz, but I think something is really wrong with her. I think her parents have been exploiting her since she was a child and it’s all catching up to her. To have mental health problems this bad and still haven’t been properly dealt with. Idk I don’t know something is not right.” Someone pointed out.

Press play below to watch a preview of I Am Jazz season 8.

 

I Am Jazz premieres on Jan. 24, at 10 p.m. ET, on TLC.

 

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