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Jazz Thornton

Jazz Thornton

Activist and author

Nov 4, 2026

18:56
Take you.
18:57
Yeah.
18:57
It wasn't until I was like, had been gone down into the station that I found out that he, um, he got cash out.
19:03
He was, he got like a white rental van and then he had some kind of like burner phone so that he wasn't traceable, which is.
19:10
why police were struggling to find him the night prior.
19:14
But I literally only just learned recently, after we've done the stalk show, that where they found and arrested him was by my house.
19:23
So they believed that his intention was to take both of us out.

14 MINS LATER

33:40
How has this, because obviously you do incredible advocacy around mental health, how has this experience, and this was long before this experience happened to you, how has it impacted your mental health?
18:56
Take you.
18:57
Yeah.
18:57
It wasn't until I was like, had been gone down into the station that I found out that he, um, he got cash out.
19:03
He was, he got like a white rental van and then he had some kind of like burner phone so that he wasn't traceable, which is.
19:10
why police were struggling to find him the night prior.
19:14
But I literally only just learned recently, after we've done the stalk show, that where they found and arrested him was by my house.
19:23
So they believed that his intention was to take both of us out.

14 MINS LATER

33:40
How has this, because obviously you do incredible advocacy around mental health, how has this experience, and this was long before this experience happened to you, how has it impacted your mental health?
18:56
Take you.
18:57
Yeah.
18:57
It wasn't until I was like, had been gone down into the station that I found out that he, um, he got cash out.
19:03
He was, he got like a white rental van and then he had some kind of like burner phone so that he wasn't traceable, which is.
19:10
why police were struggling to find him the night prior.
19:14
But I literally only just learned recently, after we've done the stalk show, that where they found and arrested him was by my house.
19:23
So they believed that his intention was to take both of us out.

14 MINS LATER

33:40
How has this, because obviously you do incredible advocacy around mental health, how has this experience, and this was long before this experience happened to you, how has it impacted your mental health?
18:56
Take you.
18:57
Yeah.
18:57
It wasn't until I was like, had been gone down into the station that I found out that he, um, he got cash out.
19:03
He was, he got like a white rental van and then he had some kind of like burner phone so that he wasn't traceable, which is.
19:10
why police were struggling to find him the night prior.
19:14
But I literally only just learned recently, after we've done the stalk show, that where they found and arrested him was by my house.
19:23
So they believed that his intention was to take both of us out.

14 MINS LATER

33:40
How has this, because obviously you do incredible advocacy around mental health, how has this experience, and this was long before this experience happened to you, how has it impacted your mental health?
18:56
Take you.
18:57
Yeah.
18:57
It wasn't until I was like, had been gone down into the station that I found out that he, um, he got cash out.
19:03
He was, he got like a white rental van and then he had some kind of like burner phone so that he wasn't traceable, which is.
19:10
why police were struggling to find him the night prior.
19:14
But I literally only just learned recently, after we've done the stalk show, that where they found and arrested him was by my house.
19:23
So they believed that his intention was to take both of us out.

14 MINS LATER

33:40
How has this, because obviously you do incredible advocacy around mental health, how has this experience, and this was long before this experience happened to you, how has it impacted your mental health?
25:38
Paris Hilton's connection to ADHD, what's her connection? What's her story?
25:42
She got diagnosed as an adult with ADHD.
25:46
And so she was very much talking about because it was never studied in girls.
25:50
It's only ever been studied in young boys until like 15 years ago.
25:54
And so when she got diagnosed, she began to realise that all the things that she thought was wrong with her as a person was actually ADHD.
26:03
And so after that diagnosis, I think is when she started following me because I was posting about it at the time.
26:09
And so, yeah, she just wanted to bring together people all of her like favorite creators and celebrate um our brains and kind of do like a whole bunch of educational things and yeah it was it was really cool you
26:58
Pretty surreal, I would imagine, the experience for you.
2:39
Paris Hilton's connection to ADHD, what's her connection? What's her story?
2:43
She got diagnosed as an adult with ADHD.
2:47
And so she was very much talking about because it was never studied in girls.
2:51
It's only ever been studied in young boys until like 15 years ago.
2:56
And so when she got diagnosed, she began to realize that all the things that she thought was wrong with her as a person was actually ADHD.
3:04
And so after that diagnosis, I think is when she started following me because I was posting about it at the time.
3:09
And so, yeah, she just wanted to bring together people all of her like favorite creators and celebrate um our brains and kind of do like a whole bunch of educational things and yeah it was it was really cool you
3:21
got a photo with her i saw her as well what did she say to you
34:22
So now it's a you pr- now it's a you problem.
34:24
Yeah, literally.
34:25
But then eventually, like, this guy does get arrested because he escalates, and they were like, "Hey, there's a chance he might, like, take you out and take himself out as well." Um, but even still, because he hadn't directly said that, they just believed that was his intention.
34:39
They were like, "Um, we have to, like, let him go, but we'll install cameras around your house and, um, g- good luck." [laughs]
FletchHOST
35:41
Yes.
35:41
And we've had it...
35:42
Um, I mean, after I started to share my story, I had thousands of New Zealanders reaching out who have had experiences with it.
35:49
And I thought it was like...

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