{"id":1583,"date":"2026-07-22T00:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T00:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=1583"},"modified":"2026-07-22T00:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T00:35:52","slug":"godzilla-vs-kong-star-kaylee-hottle-dead-at-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/?p=1583","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Godzilla vs. Kong&#8217; Star Kaylee Hottle Dead at 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1584\" src=\"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/949359463d1449829b4a80d904a75669_md-300x225.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/949359463d1449829b4a80d904a75669_md-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/949359463d1449829b4a80d904a75669_md.webp 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0f32455b1912952e4d2dd62edd78ad38\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\"><strong>11:12 AM PT &#8212;\u00a0<\/strong>TMZ has obtained\u00a0<strong>dispatch audio<\/strong>\u00a0of the car crash.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-5c516ba105fed94e0a3c275e9619b70b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\"><strong>9:22 AM PT &#8212;<\/strong>\u00a0Authorities say\u00a0<strong>Kaylee Hottle<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>was riding in a 1995 Honda Accord when the driver veered off a Maryland road and\u00a0<strong>slammed into a roadside ditch<\/strong>\u00a0early Tuesday.<\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-fd661a742eed0ab8b50775ac7cb8bdaf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Kaylee Hottle &#8212; a deaf actress best known for playing Jia in two &#8216;Godzilla&#8217; films &#8212; is dead.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-743092daf750f9ff14469cbbab86345f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Her father,\u00a0<strong>Joshua Hottle<\/strong>, tells TMZ &#8230; his daughter was killed in a car accident early Tuesday morning in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua also shared the tragic news in a nearly 23-minute-long social\u00a0<strong>live stream<\/strong>\u00a0&#8230; explaining in ASL that he had to fly from Texas to claim her body.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1585\" src=\"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ea8b6d2c8e8445139785a6cf838e017b_md-300x225.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ea8b6d2c8e8445139785a6cf838e017b_md-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/thejoeroganpod.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ea8b6d2c8e8445139785a6cf838e017b_md.webp 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3e92a25468fd39e4da2abf1cc31fbc9c\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Joshua says he learned Kaylee was involved in a serious car accident &#8230; and officials called him shortly after this initial shock to inform him her heart stopped on the way to the hospital.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-aa8a8ef4622d75e55147aca657f141fa\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">Kaylee &#8212; an Atlanta, Georgia native &#8212; comes from a multi-generational deaf family. She got her start in commercials &#8230; notably a PSA for the live video messaging app Glide, which is used by many members of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community, when she was just 9 years old.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Godzilla vs. Kong | It&amp;apos;s Not Safe Here | Warner Bros. 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