In Jamaica, we tend to overintellectualize issues to an absurd degree, but Jamaicans have been up in arms since the revelations last week from well known socialite Jodi Stewart-Henriques aka Jinx regarding the shenanigans of Usain Bolt and how he has become a “horrible neighbour”.
Last Monday, a resident of Norbrook posted on Facebook that the bike riders in the area were inconsiderate, and Jinx chimed in immediately to place the blame squarely on the Olympian shoulders of Bolt and his brother.
“Between the bikes … , loud, horrid music, parties and screams, I honestly wish he would go back to where he came from. He’s a horrible neighbour. I cannot wait to move,” Jinx posted.
She added that she has sought help from the police, but that none have intervened because ‘it’s Bolt’.
“So unfair and disrespectful. I’ve honestly lost all respect for him. He takes his nasty behaviour with him everywhere … . So many people love him and he’s such a poor example of how to behave. I honestly can’t blame the set of UPT (uptown) that have him as poppy show in parties or on their boat. He’s the ultimate party clown,” Jinx ranted.
What we find disconcerting is that the “loud horrid music’ she is referring to is probably dancehall, and her husband, is one of the major proponents of said music. She is a hypocrite of the highest order, and furthermore, a classist.
What the hell does she mean by “I wish he would go back to where he came from…”. Does she mean the rural poverty of Trelawny? Or something far more sinister?
I find the whole episode funny because if she were to move to a upper class white neighbourhood, she would be treated with the same disdain with which she is trying to treat Bolt. Maybe she is jealous because Bolt is filthy rich and living a lifestyle so hedonistic and wild it makes the teeth of all the upper class neighbours vibrate. Jinx is way out of order, guess she is aptly named then,she is a real “crosses” since a jinx is a type of curse placed on a person that makes them prey to many minor misfortunes and other forms of bad luck.
Jinx was wrong to go on social media and out the man. She is real uptown buttu to pull of a stunt like that.
