‘Hot felon’ Jeremy Meeks reflected on the immediate aftermath of his mugshot going viral in 2014 after the Stockton Police Department posted it on their Facebook page.

‘I was probably getting 300 letters a day, and it was just too much,’ the 42-year-old White Cross Management Model told Matthew Cox’s podcast Inside True Crime on Sunday.

‘I’m getting naked pictures, I’m getting money orders. All kind of money’s being sent in.’

But the worldwide fame got tiring for Meeks once random people started snatching up his coveted two visitor’s passes allotted per week at the Sacramento County Jail, and arriving unannounced.

‘And Sacramento is very strict and just a**holes when it comes to visiting,’ the Washington State-born heartthrob recalled.

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‘Hot felon’ Jeremy Meeks reflected on the immediate aftermath of his mugshot going viral in 2014 after the Stockton Police Department posted it on their Facebook page

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‘I was probably getting 300 letters a day, and it was just too much,’ the 42-year-old White Cross Management Model told Matthew Cox’s podcast Inside True Crime on Sunday. ‘I’m getting naked pictures, I’m getting money orders. All kind of money’s being sent in’

‘I’m getting random people visiting me and I’m denying them before I even walk up the stairs into the section and I’m like, “I don’t know who that person is!” I could see him through the glass. I’m like, “I don’t know who that person is!”

‘They’re like, “Well, I’m still taking your visit. You can deny it, but I’m still going to take your visit for the week.” So now my family can’t come because I got f***ing random people coming to see me and it was so frustrating.’

Meeks – who scored nicknames like ‘prison bae’ and ‘the blue-eyed bandit’ – would plead with the strangers not to come back so he could see his children.

‘They’re like, “Well, we drove all the way from Tennessee!”‘ the Love After Holidays actor recalled.

‘”I understand that and thank you. But my son’s five years old and he doesn’t understand why I’m not home and he needs to see me. And so I’m just going to ask that you please don’t come back. Write me.”‘

Meeks welcomed 15-year-old son Jeremy Jr. during his decade-long marriage to nurse Melissa Meeks, which amicably ended in 2018.

The former Crips gangster is also father to seven-year-old son Jayden from his two-year relationship with Topshop heiress Chloe Green, which ended in 2019.

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But the worldwide fame got tiring for Meeks once random people started snatching up his coveted two visitor’s passes allotted per week at the Sacramento County Jail, and arriving unannounced (pictured in 2022)

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‘And Sacramento is very strict and just a**holes when it comes to visiting,’ the Washington State-born heartthrob recalled. ‘They’re like, “Well, I’m still taking your visit. You can deny it, but I’m still going to take your visit for the week.” So now my family can’t come because I got f***ing random people coming to see me and it was so frustrating’

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Meeks – who scored nicknames like ‘prison bae’ and ‘the blue-eyed bandit’ – would plead with the strangers not to come back so he could see his children: ‘They’re like, “Well, we drove all the way from Tennessee!”‘

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The Love After Holidays actor recalled: ‘”I understand that and thank you. But my son’s five years old and he doesn’t understand why I’m not home and he needs to see me. And so I’m just going to ask that you please don’t come back. Write me”‘

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Meeks welcomed 15-year-old son Jeremy Jr. during his decade-long marriage to nurse Melissa Meeks, which amicably ended in 2018 (pictured in 2024)

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The former Crips gangster is also father to seven-year-old son Jayden from his two-year relationship with Topshop heiress Chloe Green (R, pictured in 2018), which ended in 2019

At the time, Meeks was serving 13 months for possession of a firearm and resisting arrest in 2015-2016 following his prior nine-year sentence for grand theft and corporal injury to a child aged 16.

‘The hate came from the correction officers [not the other inmates],’ the Dutch III: International Gangster actor continued.

‘I was very angry with the correctional officers who, you know, they were beating the s*** out of me for a while, different shift changes and [it was jealousy]. There’s a lot that I could say.’

Meeks – who boasts 2.2 million social media followers – scored his latest brand ambassadorship last November with the clothing company SAYA, which was dubbed ‘Oriental Angels.’