I married a prisoner – he pays for EVERYTHING, trolls say I’m a gold digger
A WOMAN married to a prisoner has come up with a creative way to deal with their long-distance relationship.
As she waits for her husband’s release, Jade Chipps, 31, makes do with a cardboard cutout of him for company.
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In her viral videothe TikTok user (@jadalous) shared how she met Chris through a pen pal program for prisoners.
“So I was an idiot and decided to go to jailinmates.com and then I saw this hottie,” the Florida native explained.
“A few months later we started talking on the phone and messaging each other.
“Then I finally decided to meet him, we really fell for each other and seven months later we decided ‘let’s just get married.'”
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Jade revealed that Chris proposed to her just two months after her first letter.
He even bought a house near the prison so I could be closer to him.
The couple has been together for almost seven years now, but it could be even longer before they can live under the same roof.
Chris, who was sentenced to 31 years for burglary and identity theft, is currently out on parole.
In the meantime, Jade has come up with some creative solutions to deal with his absence.
Although she has a small pillow with Chris’s photo on it, it is her life-size cardboard cutout that has gone viral online.
She explained that her husband was the one who came up with the idea to help combat her loneliness.
Jade revealed that she even had a friend photoshop a Hawaiian shirt onto the cutout, explaining that she wanted photos without Chris in his prisoner uniform.
The couple jokes that they will burn the cutout together after Chris’s release date.
As well as buying her a house and a cut-out of himself, Chris also traded in Jade’s car for a Chevy 2500, which retails for around £50,000.
People have accused Jade of being a gold digger after she revealed her husband pays for everything.
British prison brides
- Tracey Bottomley married double murderer Ernest Otto Smith in the US after meeting through a pen pal initiative in prison. Tracey, from West York, knew he had been given a life sentence with no chance of parole
- Rebecca Shortfrom Oxfordshire, told her family she was on holiday in the US in 2022. They didn’t know she was getting married to double murderer Manuel Ovate Jr, who was on death row
- Paula Williamson an actress who appeared in Hollyoaks and Emmerdale, married the infamous Charles Bronson in 2017 after they became pen pals
- Karen Charves married Kenny Richey in 2014 while on death row. He was convicted of setting a fire in 1986 that killed his ex-girlfriend’s two-year-old daughter. Karen and Kenny’s union did not last long and she claimed he was abusive.
- Naomi Wisefrom Essex, married Victor Oquendo, nicknamed Animal, while serving a 24-year sentence in a US prison. They split in 2022 but have now rekindled their romance
She addressed people’s misconceptions about their relationship in a TikTok video.
“People would say Chris is using me if I was the one putting money on his books, but if my husband in prison has the means to support me, am I using him?” she pointed out.
“I don’t want to break it to you, but Chris comes with a lot of baggage and no amount of money would make me stay if I didn’t love him.”
However, Jade explained that she wouldn’t let online haters get to her.
“If you can survive a prison sentence and a bunch of haters praying for the demise of your relationship, you can survive anything,” she said.
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