Miss Cleo on The Jenny Jones Show

Remember Miss Cleo? She was the wildly popular Jamaican psychic and shaman whose infomercial ran on TV from 1997 - 2002. Miss Cleo was the spokesperson for the Psychic Readers Network, which was a pay-per-call psychic reading service charging $4.99 per minute for a "free reading." In three years, it's estimated her service billed $1 billion through 900 numbers but once the Federal Trade Commission stepped in, the company was charged with deceptive advertising, billing and collection practices and PRN had to cancel $500 million in customer bills and pay a 5 million dollar fine.

It turned out that Miss Cleo's real name was Youree Harris and she had never been to Jamaica. So the name was fake and so was the accent. But she was good! Before things went awry, Miss Cleo was a guest on my show and did some readings for the audience.

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[jedi071983]

ms cleo i need to know the date of my birthday

[vaibanez17]

It's funny that people are so quick to say that Miss Cleo was talking nonsense she just pulled out of the air, but then are also quick to defend preachers who do the same thing in churches.

[FrozenRemix1]

Her patois is HORRID!!!! I say burn her, Sylvia Browne, and all these lying ass preachers at the stake.

[calaragazza]

How was she fake? I never new her story. I just read somewhere that she's a lesbian.

[1lricardo]

No offense- but. "She never SAID she was a reader"? She presided over a Psychic network & charged darn near $5 per min... so, she presented herself as such. Here she sits, telling a perfect stranger to hold off upgrading her education ( i.e.- life) until Spring. Why? B/c it sounded "good"...? The U.S. ran her out of "town" on the proverbial rail. BTW: POTUS B. Obama has yet to call a meeting, wherein he states: "I am the President." Since when do people have to announce the obvious?

[Lucky Blessed]

This stuff is all entertainment people. She never said she was a reader. she acted a part that people wanted her to act. Please anyone who believes in phone fortune tellers are fooling themselves.

[HaBooBo0]

Yes, she was/is an actress who had her own production company and acted in her own projects, so you're full of shit or an attention-whore yourself. If she's still doing "readings", they are part of her current con.

[GnarlyDude970]

Fake ass bitch ruining lives

[rvggarcon]

You better tell it!

[FriedContent]

She claimed to be from Jamaica when she was actually born in Los Angeles. She faked her accent and everything else about her. That's acting.

[Amanda Smith]

Actually I know her personally and she wasn't an actress. She actually still does readings and such.