Jeanna Fine has moved lock, stock and barrel to upstate New York.
Fine: "My son's starting kindergarten, and I didn't feel that San Diego was a child-friendly place to be. I wanted to be close to my mother and my grandmother. We got 48 acres and a lake. And he comes home with big grass stains on his knees and frogs in his hands. It's great. As long as I live near an airport, and I have three to choose from, I'll continue dancing. Besides, I'm two hours from the city [New York]. If there's fantastic project afoot, I'll still participate. I do so little filming anyway, there was no sense to stay near Los Angeles just for that reason.
"I'm also building a website, jeannafine.net. But my plans for the New Millennium are just staying home and being a mom."
With the E! Channel's airing of the two-hour Savannah documentary this past week, Fine was asked about her participation in that project.
Fine: "I kind of wish it didn't come up just before this show. It was like every other person asking me about it. It's surprising how untactful some people can be, 'Hey, I saw you on TV. You were crying.' Well, did you take a minute to notice why? My grandmother said I looked like shit. Well, I was crying for three hours. Just when I think I'm over it, really I'm not.
"We had an ongoing, on-again, off-again, volatile, loving relationship. At that time I was having a lot of problems myself. Between Sikky Nixx and Savannah pushing and pulling, I pretty much at one point ran away from them both. I couldn't take it any longer. But I feel I left her behind when she needed me most. It's very sad.
"It was only meant to be an hour piece," Fine adds. "But the producers were so moved by what I had to say, and how much I had to say, they called me specifically that they were going to turn it into a two-hour special. I think they covered it really well. It was a fairly accurate portrayal. The advice I give to any girl getting in this business is you better have a real strong family network around you and have some idea of who you are before you get involved. You get built up to be a big star here, but out in the real world you're a prostitute. When you get out there and try to mingle with the regular public and be a star, they'll shut you down pretty quick. It can be an overwhelming feeling. You better have your family and real friends there for you. Luckily, I do."
