Jesse Camp is safe and sound.
As we reported last month, the former MTV VJ was reported missing by his sister Marisha Camp after he lost contact with his family for approximately a week.
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Days later, Riverside Police found the TV personality, who was no longer “in need of any assistance.”
On Sunday, the Wanna Be A VJ contest winner released a statement on his Instagram, thanking friends and loved ones for their support. He wrote:
“I am one of the luckiest human beings on the planet to have been blessed with such amazing friends and loved ones and if you are reading this right now, I am obviously talking about YOU !!! I feel horrible that I caused so many wonderful people to worry about my well being with the whole “missing person” thing !!!”
As to why he went missing, Camp — in a joking manner — said he was hit in the head by a “child size tetherball… causing quite a concussion.”
“One lesson I definitely learned from all of this is that it is not smart to sit underneath a coconut tree if you are not wearing a helmet !!! I don’t know how long I had been out for before I was awoken by a bearded elf named Gandolf Garcia … or Officer Garcia as he insisted upon being addressed as. Evidently a rather large coconut (or a child size tetherball according to Gandalf G) made contact with my cranium causing quite a concussion. Somehow I managed to make several appearances around Riverside County during this time as well as becoming an Autozone district manager. All I can say is thank God I wasn’t working for Napa Auto Parts, I don’t know if that is something I could have lived with.”
Now that the drama is behind him, Jesse wants to move forward with his life, as the incident “was a much needed wake up call.”
“All joking aside, I am doing much, much better now. I promise all of you that this was a much needed wake up call and I fully intend to give you the brilliant second act you know I’m capable of having as long as I stay positive and give it my all. Knowing how much love you have for me gives me the strength of ten thousand men … or roughly 12,000 coconuts !!!… I will NOT let you down !”