Jayne Kennedy is sort of an icon for football fans, especially those that remember her time on NFL Today. Black folk were so mesmerized and indeed proud to see her holding her own. Besides being good to look like, she was knowledgeable about football and didn’t come off as some bimbo beauty.

Surprisingly, she states she never viewed herself as beautiful, and accepted being stared at early in her life, often due to her being the tallest person in her classes and mostly any room she entered. I didn’t know, that she was Miss Ohio back in the day. I didn’t know about her struggle to break through in Hollywood.

She tells her story honestly and in fascinating detail. Naming names along the way. She describes the breakdown of her marriage to Leon Isaac Kennedy and the aftermath of the infamous “intimate encounter” tape that effectively pushed her into the darkness for a number of years. She acknowledges that her disappearance was mainly due to her own shame and she didn’t want to face the world.

So, I feel like she really came to this memoir to air it all out and her journey is an amazing one filled with resilience, heartbreak and joy. A great read that may once again put her in the national spotlight. Just think had she come along 20 years later. Her sex tape would have made her a global superstar!

However, she doesn’t express any regrets and seems to be living her best life right now. Thank you Jayne Kennedy for sharing your story. And special thanks to Netgalley and Andscape books for an advanced DRC. Book drops in September 2025.