Jesse Carter Russell was conceived in the parking lot of Max’s Tavern, in Eugene, OR. His mother was the daughter of a US Steel worker with fingers the size of sausages. His father was a whiskey drinking truck driver for Ken Kesey’s brother. In his quest to forget these humble beginnings, he has hitchhiked across Italy and Mexico; fought back diarrhea while caressing Swedish boobs at a full moon party in Thailand; grew and shaved a beard while working the day bar in Antarctica; wore a Speedo in Almaty, Kazakhstan; and ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.

He now lives in a small apartment in Venice Beach and works as a reality TV producer.