Overview
- In the Truth or Trash podcast, Jerkel admitted consuming Ecstasy daily during an eight-month party binge on Mallorca.
- He linked his financial collapse to a failed sports bar venture and years of unrestrained partying that left him broke at age 29.
- Jerkel said those experiences taught him to avoid risking everything on a single venture and to approach life with greater awareness.
- After hitting rock bottom, he rebuilt his life and now shares a daughter with longtime partner Peggy Jerofke.
- The couple became engaged in 2024 after 25 years together and plan to marry in 2025, marking a hopeful new chapter.