Jessica Lee Williamson

Because they picked me to be in their show, even though the theme was women who date the wrong men.

I was only 18 years old and I had only dated two guys in my life, but to be fair, I was technically a woman and they were both technically really wrong for me.

I guess it made for really boring television because Geraldo was like really trying to pump up the drama by pouring on the pity.

And after asking me about my dating experiences, he just kind of grabbed my hand and was massaging it.

And it was really weird because he had this, I think it's a Star of David tattoo in the web between his thumb and his index finger.

And that's all I could stare at while the cameras are on me.

And he just kept massaging my hand and saying, you poor girl.

How are you ever going to find the right man?

And it made me really uncomfortable.

And I tried to diffuse it with a joke, a really bad joke, something along the lines of, well, I guess I'll just dye my hair blonde because every guy I've ever met always likes girls with blonde hair.

But it didn't come out as a joke.

It just came out like a sad person.

And then that was when the studio audience turned on me and gave me this group lecture on self-respect.

Most of it's foggy, but I remember one woman standing up and just shouting, girl, don't ever change yourself for a man.

At this point, I didn't realize...

The level of humiliation I had made it to, you know, I still was like, oh, this is going all right.

I think this is going all right.

My mom is a man-hater.

I'll just put that out on the table right now.

She's also Cuban and talks too much, and so she was in the audience kind of talking to herself, and then Geraldo noticed.