One of my favorite Bravo shows ever was a show called Work Out. The show featured Jackie Warner, the owner of a large gym in Los Angeles and her relationship with her employees. Jackie is gay, but straight women were unusually attracted to her. I was one of those women. Jackie was attractive, but not overly so. Her personality was rather inconsistent and at times unpleasant. I cannot put my finger on what I found so attractive about her. There was just something magnetizing about her. I found my attraction to her a bit odd and unsettling. But the attraction was real.
So I was particularly sad to hear that Jackie was arrested late Friday night and charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon. According to numerous reports, Jackie went out Friday night and had one martini with friends taking an Uber in both directions. She came home early, took and Ambien and went to bed. The next thing she remembers is waking up in the hospital.
It seems that Jackie got out of bed under the influence of Ambien and took her car out for a drive. She did not get dressed but just left in a t-shirt and underwear. She then crashed into a pole. Then the car rolled backward nearly hitting a police officer who had to jump out of the way to avoid being hit. That is the reason for the assault with a deadly weapon charge. She did not quite reach the DUI level on her breathalyzer.
It’s been a rough few years for Jackie. A couple of years ago, one of her former employees and friend, Greg Plitt was killed when he was allegedly trying to out run a train. I know. It’s weird.
It’s sad to hear that Jackie isn’t doing so well. I hope she gets the help she needs to get her back to a happy place.
Edited to add mugshot,
Wow, her pupils are SO DILATED! Wherever she was trying to go, she put on lipstick. But not pants. Insert lipstick lesbian joke here. As unflattering as this mugshot is, I think it will only help her case.
So sad to hear this. I used to watch Work Out all the time. While I wasn’t a straight woman attracted to her I really admired her confidence, grit and hard work. Ambien has been known to affect sleep walking and who knows what it might do if you’ve been drinking. This is horrible. My coworker said she heard Bob Harper – Biggest Loser – collapsed and had a heart attack while working out in a gym. I hope he’s ok to
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I loved this show so much and was devastated when Greg died. I understand what you mean by the unsettling attraction to Jackie because I definitely felt it to but no idea why. Prayers going up for her ??
You said it all. Ditto
Do you guys mean Doug? Doug was the super sweet, supportive trainer everyone loved who died while the show was filming. Greg Plitt was the hot model guy in season 2. Greg Plitt didn’t seem to take training all that seriously and got in trouble for a drunken hook-up with blonde cast mate during the Skylab bootcamp trip.
Jackie Warner straddled the line of supremely self-confident and annoyingly egotistical. She seemed to go out of her way to act like a dickhead to people – her girlfriends, her hook-ups, that Brian guy.
Not too smart of her to take a sleeping pill after consuming alcohol. I won’t even take that sleep-quil stuff after a cocktail. She’s lucky no one was hurt.
Toni- Both Doug and Greg have passed away.
True, but Doug passed during the filming and airing of the show and it was a major part of the show. Greg Plitt passed years afterwards. My question sought to clarify who they were devastated about – both obviously tragic as they were taken so young.
And a double ditto, you said it all.
Ambien is a very dangerous sleeping drug. A Kennedy woman had a bad driving incident while on Ambient, went to trial and beat the charges.
Hope Jackie does the same.
No! Not my girlfriend Jackie. Your description of your attraction to her as “odd & unsettling” is so on the mark. I’m not sure if I like her but I kind of love her. I have a friend that drove while asleep on Ambien. It’s a serious issue. I don’t understand why they keep prescribing them. Sheesh.
She has a certain magnetism that is attractive. That Ambien is no joke! My doctor wanted to prescribe it to me for sleeplessness but since I live alone. I told him no… I could just imagine me waking up with some “bright idea” and doing something stupid. Hopefully she can move on from this without too much damage.
I loved Work Out and I also was one of those women that loved Jackie. And Greg’s death was so sad and gruesome to say the least.
I used to take Ambien when I was working third shift & I’d try to sleep during the day & have troubles. It’d definitely would jack you up if you didn’t go to bed within 15 mins of taking it or if you had any alcohol.
I recall taking an Ambien and trying to watch Iyanla’s old show, “Starting Over” & I remember start to trip mid-show. And it seemed like Iyanla speaking in slow mo. I was done after that.
I am totally with you on the attraction to her but being a straight girl. I had no idea that Greg died. That is terrible. Jackie has got some pretty serious charges but considering circumstances and especially factoring in the Ambien it may turn out to not be so bad.
I loved Work Out and was bummed when it didn’t come back. I thought it was a pretty good show. I really liked the cast and some of the members of Jackie’s gym.
I took Ambien off and on for a few years and I also did really strange things that I never remembered the next day. Luckily I never drove, but I did rearrange my entire living room (furniture too), would make meals in the middle of the night, would send ridiculous text messages, and booked a trip to Vegas for a weekend that I had no recollection of booking until I saw the email confirmation the next day. Nothing surprises me that happens to people when they take Ambien. I really wish Jackie the best and hope everyone is okay.
Similar things have happened with ambien, in fact, two adult Kennedy offspring were in car situations where alcohol and this notorious sleeping medication were involved. A Kennedy woman had wine at dinner with friends, got home safely, took ambien and went to bed. Several hours later she was found on the side of the road, a county away, having no idea how she got there. Another Kennedy, who happened to be a Congressman at the time, was found after impacting one of the concrete pylons around the Capitol in the wee hours of the morning, totally disoriented. Even though the woman passed the breath-test, both ended up being charged with DWI.
Years ago, I had a close co-worker whose husband was prescribed Haldol as a sleeping medication. In the middle of the night he started beating her in bed, and as she was trying to run from away from the house, he picked up a knife in the kitchen and stabbed her several times. She kept running toward the door, in order to protect her two young sons sleeping upstairs. Fortunately, she was able to get outside, and her screams alerted neighbors who managed to restrain him, as he was continuing to stab her. She survived with more than a dozen major wounds and left with visible facial and chest scars. Her soon-to-be ex-husband was sent to a psychiatric hospital and never served time.
Moral: Beware, some sleep medications lead to uncommon bizarre, reckless and sometimes violent behavior.
I too am a straight woman with a strong attraction to Jackie. No cool ambien stories though.
We should all form a club. There are lots of us. 🙂
Swear to you, the other day before this happened, something I saw made me think of the show, and HER. I was thinking about how it kinda seemed really easy to develop a lady crush.
I’ve had that happen regarding medicine, years ago. It’s scary, awful, and luckily I was just taken home. Ever since, I’m phobic of side effects.
I stopped taking ambien because it made me sick after waking up, and it’s a dangerous drug. Apparently I went to the door and told a utility worker trying to get in my back yard that I was going to sick my dog on him if he didn’t leave and what not. He came back the next day again to get in the back yard and told my husband what happened. I sleep naked so I hope I didn’t open the door, but I really have no idea and that’s scary!
I met Jackie many years ago, we were on the same flight from LAX to Cabo, she was with that crazy girl she was dating in season 1 (maybe 2?) I think she was Brazilian or something. Anyway, we were at baggage claim and Jackie walking straight into me, almost knocking me over. She was very nice and apologized profusely. I told her I had just watched a marathon of Work Out the day before on Bravo while packing. Her show inspired me to start working out (I was around 250 lbs at the time, I’m only 5’4″… I was a moose on the loose). She was so kind and supportive and gave me some diet and exceedize advice, which was very kind of her. Mid sentence the crazy girlfriend stepped in between us and said ” we’re on vacation, don’t ask her for free advice! She gets paid thousands of dollars for what you’re asking for. If you want advice, stop eating shit and sitting in front of the TV all day, and make an appointment to see her, now go away!” I didn’t ask for the advice, she volunteered. I was humiliated, and Jackie was very apologetic. She gave me a hug and said “I know you can do it, just commit to doing the work”. It was amazing and gracious. That girlfriend was something else though, abdcwe heard them bickering all the way to the shuttle. Hope this current situation is just an unfortunate misunderstanding and is all worked out (no pun intended)
*exercize advice
God how I despised that girlfriend. You should have smacked her in the face.
Ugh, that girlfriend was the worst! I got scared when I saw the title of this story because I was scared Jackie had another psycho girlfriend (you know people tend to have a type) & they got into a physical fight. I was actually relieved to see the assault was ambien driving.
I am psycho! We would be perfect together! And I would be her pet weight loss project where she would transform me back to my former beauty. And then I’d leave her for some dick. 🙂
OMG TT, what a great fantasy or short story.
Possible you would not leave her for some dick, just saying it could be good. Ha ha
I also found Jackie very attractive, think it’s in part her smile.
Oh you cracked me up with that one! Ain’t that the truth!
That was my major problem with Jackie. She always chose the worst women – either weak willed hetero sycophants or straight up joyless b*tches.
Didn’t she date Jillian Michaels right before the show started airing?
(I mean, that would be proof positive that she likes ’em bitchy. That is the one guest Andy has openly admitted he wouldn’t have back on WWHL. She was a total cunt to his staff and he did NOT appreciate it)
Ambien ain’t no joke. I was on it for a short while. Woke up one morning with the living room looking like the morning after a frat party. Taco Bell wrappers everywhere. Accused hubby of being up all night gaming and eating junk. Got in my car later that day, and the receipt was on the passenger seat. It was me! I drove 20 miles round-trip and ate $25 worth of Taco Bell with no recollection of it at all.
Bamabelle – you were a lucky lady to make it home safely.
Wow, I guess I’m the only one who has taken Ambien uneventfully. I’ve taken it many, many times…even after nights of drinking, and all that happened was…sleep. Huh.
That you know about. I have the photos. Send me eleventy billion dollars and I will destroy them….
It’s true-there are some people who can take it and have zero problems, others like e- who will never take it again, after just one experience. I woke up and didn’t like the way I felt, so never took it again.
There are so may options out there for drugs to do many things, among them some very good non-habit forming, non-narcotic and non–psychotic sleeping aids, that are prescription, or over the counter. I would not stay with one that scared me the way one round of Ambien did- at a low dose.
Ambien really sticks out as one that affects so many people badly. I hope Jackie can find an attorney who can tell her story and get this resolved- well, for her.
I absolutely loved Jackie. And I, too, was strangely attracted to her, and I’m straight also. What a horrible bitch that girlfriend was to you, Aurora – I’d say a cuntsatchel, actually.
When my mother was in the hospital dying of cancer, my cousin came to visit and help me. She brought me two of her prescriptions – one for Xanax, and one for Ambien. She had stopped taking both, but thought I might need them to get me through that time. I was taking Tylenol PM to sleep at night and that was helping me, so I never took the Ambien. But during the day the anxiety was overwhelming so I did take her up on the Xanax. I liked it a little too much, so after I took the last one I never attempted to get my own RX. The Ambien has been sitting in my cabinet for 6 years, just in case. After reading this, I think I’ll be throwing it away!
I loved that show. Jackie definitely had something. It’s that same something that K.D. Lang has.
I can’t remember if that show was a spinoff or something. Well now I must go find out or I won’t be able to think of anything else.
I don’t know if there’s an Ambien defense. There have been so many reports of this sort that I can’t help but think it shouldn’t even be available.
I dont watch this show, but ambien is a weird feeling drug. I haven’t taken it in a long time, but I remember it hits you really fast, especially if taken with a drink. You have alot of weird dreams on it and you wake up out of it with an abrupt gasp. You feel as though you have lived through a movie or as though your brain was working over time the whole time you were asleep. I never got up with it though.Some one else said it worked good for her, but she stopped taking it when she found out she had a phone conversation with a friend on ambien, and didn’t even remember calling the person.
I loved this show! I always wondered what happened to her. The show had a great cast of characters. I stopped taking ambien after calling and cussing several people out and not remembering a second of it. it gave me serious ambeinesia.
I loved this show and I’m with you about having an attraction to Jackie. I watched because Greg Plitt was on it. I met Greg when I was 14 at a diving competition. He was such a sweetheart and really loved his family. I just happened to be watching and there was Greg and his eyes that season! He was 11 or 12 when we met and we kept in touch off and on through out our teen years. I pray Jackie comes out of this. I had to stop taking Ambien because I slept walked, tried to drive once, etc. That stuff is no joke!
Oh god, I was scared to even read this. Not Jackie!! But whew, glad no one was hurt. Is Jackie everyone’s type?? Meow.
I haven’t taken a prescription drug that wasn’t an antibiotic in years. Of course, I probably need a bucketload of whatever makes people sane, ha.
Just seeing comments here, the lawyer should be able to find a lot of information regarding Ambien for her defense. Hoping for her a quick and positive resolution. Sucks the police were the “victims”?. So glad no one was seriously hurt.
I know she had a rough night, but she is almost unrecognizable! I wouldn’t have believed this was even her. And, I’ll join the club too – there was something about her.