Jesse Camp Keeps It Real By Peeing Off Roof of The Standard

Things got a little crazy at the opening party for the Boom Boom Room, a new club on the top of The Standard Hotel Saturday night—Jesse Camp straight-up urinated off the roof! Wait, who's Jesse Camp? Apparently, he was an MTV personality at the end of the last century. And he still gets invited to things! But just because Camp accepts an invitation doesn't mean he's agreeing to play by society's uptight rules. Here's how he breaks it down for New York's Shira Levine: "I'm not going to lie, man; I peed off the roof. But honestly what’s that in the name of a good time? I mean, I keep it real... I didn't break a city law. No one can say that." Levine points out that Camp sure did break the law, but he's ready with an airtight defense: "I didn't know I was going to do that, so can you even blame me? So, like, fine — come and arrest me." But before anyone gets too worked up about the ethics of urinating off a roof onto a crowded city, lets all step back and remember that Camp was relieving himself onto the Meatpacking District.

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By John Del Signore in News on September 15, 2009 1:04 PM

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Bouncing Soul

Invisibleman you are so right except he wasn't trying to hang with them he was trying to cop drugs from them.

I was once standing on the cube, I was only 14 and he approached me with one of those crusties and asked if I had any blow. I can't believe people still even acknowledge this attention seeking psycho's existence.

invisibleman

i used to see this big gorilla do laps up and down st marks,puttin in work for that street cred..he was like the walgreens punkrock type..trying to hang out with the stinky stmarks dog hugging summer camp punks..it was pretty funny..

mtv should pay for his relocation. its their fault.

somebody call Dan Cortese

Ethan

Pee-Pee Jesse.

just saying

More like Pee-Wee Jesse.

NannyState

If he really wants to defecate onto the streets, he should just jump off the roof of the Standard.

Thespis

When keeping it real...goes wrong.

jules1000

I think he was a great VJ and very memorable.

But now, so many years later, I'm wondering whether drugs fried his brain.

Also, what does he live off? trust fund?

JenChungsBaby

I remember thinking this guy was the stupidest person to ever be on television. But that was before the reality television craze.

Tower18

Oh this guy. Yes, I remember him. Okay.

Nyctini11

*warning* NSFW.... do we really even think he hit the ground from the roof w/that mini-madoff??

I think not, he's off the hook!

gothamguy

I've just been partying here and having a good time, peeing off roofs and stuff. I mean I think peeing is what you do when you got to go.. . . I mean, people need to understand that on a human level that's a cool place and a righteous spot and you have to love life and you need to shine because it fuels the love and it's beautiful and let it live.

Mr. Camp, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Global Wombat

Nice copy and paste job, there.

gothamguy

your point?

Dude69

It would be a perfect scenario if:

1) His stream hits any or all of the cast of the reality show "The City"

2) Then it hits some type of live electric wire or device, knocking him off the roof.

zodak

i always thought he was functionally retarded.

chlyn

FWIW, he's a prep school grad and lunacy is his shtick.

goyogago

Graduating from a prep school does not in any way mean you're smart.

chlyn

Yes, I was counting down the seconds until someone posted such a retort. My point was that he's not mentally deficient; it's an act. For the record, I do think he is smart.

chlyn

My reply was for Zodak #22.

Clarice City

So, he's still alive. I'll be damned. And, he still makes my skin crawl.

jaycjay

Having read the linked page about him, I have a vague memory of him from MTV. They did the "who wants to be a VJ" competition a couple of times, and he won the first one in 1998. As I remember it, it was kind of a surprise that he won because the other finalist was really good; interesting and knowledgeable about music. Of course, that's not so important in the MTV VJ job description, so the irritatingly flamboyant Camp was named the winner.

But someone in the MTV hierarchy saw the error in that, and they actually ended up hiring both of them. The other guy, Dave Holmes, was on MTV for a few years and hosted a handful of shows including 120 Minutes, where his expertise was valuable.

Camp did TRL (the job the contest was hiring for) for about a year and then a talk show on the network but was gone by 2000.

longacre

And you still see Dave Holmes doing various cable hosting gigs, while Jesse is...peeing off roofs.

robingee

He's still a thing?

hotstepper

i peed in his hair.

birdmechanical

Hey! Stop ripping on the story, I remember the whole be a MTV VJ contest and his winning it with his "wacky" personality.

oh memories.

longacre

For some very disturbing reason, I remember his response to a question about how he felt after winning. "It's better than pushing a broom or being president."

ides_of_march

Thank you for not providing streaming video of this.

wac0202

"streaming video"....heheheh

str1cken

Celebrity relevancy: 0

str1cken

Celebrity relevancy: 0

luckmagnet

I totally thought he was dead

wac0202

I wonder how LA weekly feels about this now?

"All things considered, Camp seems fairly well-adjusted."

wac0202

how in the world does he still get invited to things?

jules1000

because his behavior will get the events publicity.

Sommelier

Oh, oh! I know who he is! I know! He's the guy who did the "Leave Brittney alone!" video on YouTube. I almost didn't recognize the douchey-looking face withot the cheap blonde dye-job.