Lonelygirl15 is no longer lonely or anonymous. Lonelygirl15 is New York Film Academy graduate Jessica Rose. The Internet phenom hit geekdom hard and it was finally the geeks that outed Lonelygirl15 as an act.
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| Lonelygirl15 Confessions |
Lonelygirl15 was supposedly16-year-old home-schooled "Bree" but once it looked like it would be exposed as an act - the creators confessed and came clean.
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The creators identified themselves to The Associated Press as Miles Beckett, 28, of Woodland Hills, Calif.; Mesh Flinders, 26, of Petaluma, Calif., and Greg Goodfried, 27, of Los Angeles.
Beckett, a self-confessed Internet geek, said he came up with the idea of using short videos as a storytelling technique while a surgical resident. Earlier this year, he met Flinders, a fledgling filmmaker, at a party.
Once they found Jessica - Lonelygirl15 was set.
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Now Jessica Rose is also confessing she is homesick. The striking actress is from new Zealand and wishes she could return.
According to the Herald in New Zealand Speaking she told the paper from her Los Angeles apartment, stunning New York Film Academy graduate Jessica Rose, 19, said she longed for the home comforts of New Zealand.
"I just wish I could do what I am doing here from New Zealand," she said. And she revealed life had changed dramatically after she was unmasked as the face behind an international video diary phenomenon.
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"I never really thought so many people would care about my life," said Rose, on MTV.
"It's been insane. I've had so much attention given to me that I didn't expect. This is not what I'm used to doing in my daily life."
Certainly many people did care, and still do despite the confession that it was all an act.
--Jennifer Cox writes from Seattle