Miss J. Alexander's closest friends are defending their decision to create a GoFundMe page in support of the former America's Next Top Model judge. "Most people know these folks as judges - for me they are foremost my friends. None more so than the incomparable #MissJ who has been a strong force in my life for almost 20 years," Hollywood talent manager and producer Steven Grossman wrote via Instagram on Sunday, February 22. "He recently shared publicly for the first time details of his debilitating stroke in 2022 that left him fighting to regain his speech and mobility ever since.