5 times Leslie Jordan won our hearts
A post shared by Leslie Jordan (@thelesliejordan) Despite being a well-known face on film and TV for the past three decades or more, Leslie Jordan has never had a higher profile.The 67-year-old’s fame received an unexpected boost during the first year of the pandemic in 2020.
A relative newcomer to social media, Jordan tackled the boredom of being in lockdown with his mother in Chattanooga by posting videos to Instagram.
Many went viral, and he now has over 5.7 million followers.He’s used that attention to good effect. When bootleggers began to slap some of his sayings on t-shirts and started selling them, he decided to make his own shirt line and sell them to benefit GSLEN, a nonprofit that supports LGBTQ youth.Jordan has talked openly in his past problems with alcohol and drugs.
It resulted in him being sentenced to 120 days in jail in 1997. He served 12 days before being released and has been sober ever since.Last year, he spoke at a conference of the National Association for Drug Court Professionals, a charity that develops strategies within the judicial system that empower people to change their lives.
