Megan Jean Morris

Megan Jean Morris.

You just finished appearing on season seven of Ink Master. Tell us a little bit about what that experience was like. Was it what you expected?

To understand how crazy it was for me to see myself on TV, you have to understand where I come from. I grew up in the woods in Maine. We did not have running water. There was a beautiful stream we got our dish water from and a spring down the road we got drinking water out of. My bed was in the kitchen. My parents kept the oven on at night with the door cracked so I could stay warm and my dog Jessie slept at my feet. I grew up learning how to be careful with kerosene lanterns and how to shift smoothly in my dad’s standard Ford F150. The day I was invited to be on an international television show I pictured that little girl who was me. With my Raggedy Ann doll sitting high in a tree I had climbed, looking out at the mountains knowing I would be out there one day. Doing a reality TV show was just as interesting to me as living in India. It’s a different world and it has helped me understand some of the people in this world better.

Now, we don’t want to go all TMZ on you, but how are things with Cleen? Did you ever expect to have a budding relationship be so much in the public eye?