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David Taylor and other surprising gay porn stars

Picking this up from another thread. David Taylor has always fascinated me. Very handsome guy From a seemingly solid family. Played D1 lacrosse at Syracuse on a full scholarship. Did a stint in the Marines. Came to LA to become and actor, started studying at a legit school and... turns to gay porn. Hardcore. Fucks and gets fucked by over a dozen guys including Jake Cruise. Goes back to legit acting but does not try and hide his porn past.

What's the back story on a guy like this? Why porn which does not pay all that much. In debt to a drug dealer/bookie? Family issues? Gay and this is how he deals with it?

There are a couple of other guys like that-- Nixon from SC, Kellan from CF, who also seem far more middle class, intelligent and unlikely G4P porn stars.

I get why someone like Brandon, who was in foster homes, or the clearly working class kids on Broke Straight Boys with tats across their chests and bad teeth and heavy regional accents might turn to porn-- not much else going on as a way to make money in their world.

But a guy like David Taylor... seems like he could have cleaned up as a bartender or waiter or whatnot. At least compared to what Jake Cruise must have paid him. Plus the notoriety and fact that with the internet, everyone know.

Thoughts?

by Anonymousreply 65May 30, 2018 12:46 PM

Because you all will want a link or two

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by Anonymousreply 1March 27, 2017 3:41 AM

Another one

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by Anonymousreply 2March 27, 2017 3:41 AM

Don't click on r1's link - it downloads something to your computer.

by Anonymousreply 3March 27, 2017 3:57 AM

My bad R3-- just copied the first link that came up. Had a legit screen grab to it. Should have checked it first.

by Anonymousreply 4March 27, 2017 4:06 AM

David Taylor was a hottie. Xvideo links don't work on DL for some reason. I'll click on them, but all they do is load. Regardless, he was a beast, and quite beautiful. I didn't know he had such a charmed past.

What do we officially know about Nixon? There's something about him that seems off... or unknowable... like there's a blankness there.

by Anonymousreply 5March 27, 2017 4:14 AM

From his accent (or lack thereof), his very straight teeth (orthodonture) and overall vocabulary, Nixon seems like just another Newport Beach kid. Another one who I wonder why/how he wandered into gay porn. No tats either.

by Anonymousreply 6March 27, 2017 4:21 AM

I can see that. I think he's spending all his Sean Cody money to body build... he's swelling up.

by Anonymousreply 7March 27, 2017 4:23 AM

Trying to make it as an artist is tough, OP.

And most middle class men don't have enough money to coast on between gigs.

And NO, bartending and waiting tables DOESN'T pay as well as porn or escorting or get these people closer to fame.

And I thought David Taylor DID try to hide his gay porn past — he now says in interviews he was a "model" but doesn't disclose the porn.

BTW BRIDES OF SODOM sucked more than just blood.

And I don't remember him in AMERICAN SNIPER -- WTF did he play?

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by Anonymousreply 8March 27, 2017 6:36 AM

[quote]And I don't remember him in AMERICAN SNIPER -- WTF did he play?

Some random soldier.

by Anonymousreply 9March 27, 2017 6:38 AM

He comes off as bland and empty.

by Anonymousreply 10March 27, 2017 7:00 AM

Nice looks and cock, though.

I don't think the tattoos are right for him.

by Anonymousreply 11March 27, 2017 7:11 AM

That's just false logic R8: yes, porn pays more than bartending, but if you want to become a legit actor, plenty of guys wait tables and tend bar or drive Ubers and get by. There's got to be a reason to go be a porn star and it's unlikely that a college grad/ex-marine is going to see that as a typical option.

Nixon is indeed swelling up R7, not sure if that's to further his porn career or what.

CF's Kellan is another one I am curious about. Seems like a smart enough guy, excellent top and bottom, but he's been doing porn for years now. No one seems to have figured out his real identity either.

by Anonymousreply 12March 27, 2017 3:22 PM

I agree with the OP. Some of these guys, I really do wonder what's in it for them.

I can understand the guys from Eastern Europe doing porn...many are dirt poor and have no way out... but if you're American and you're white, handsome, reasonably intelligent, not into drugs or crime, with your future ahead of you...why do porn? You've got plenty of other opportunities.

With the way society is, a porn past can only be a hindrance to most career choices. And those videos will be floating around the internet forever.

by Anonymousreply 13March 27, 2017 3:39 PM

Todd Maxwell always surprised me in this regard. He's Ivy-educated (Cornell, but still), on the swim team and from a nice middle class family. Couldn't figure out why he did porn.

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by Anonymousreply 14March 27, 2017 3:40 PM

[quote]Fucks and gets fucked by over a dozen guys including Jake Cruise.

Did David Taylor ever bottom? He always came off as the "trade top" type to me in the few scenes I've seen him in. I always assumed he was G4P.

by Anonymousreply 15March 27, 2017 3:42 PM

A lot of them do it because they have strong exhibitionistic tendencies for whatever reason. They may have been fat or spindly growing up and want to show to the world they've got good bodies now and are sexual beings.

Jackson Phillips did a lot of porn in the early 90s, and, as he never stopped telling everyone, he went to Amherst for college, and had a graduate degree in art history and had his own business that made him a lot of money. But he had a lot to prove, which is why he did porn. He was very aggressive about coming on to websites (like ATKOL back then) to toot his own horn and tell everyone how great he was. His ego was ridiculous.

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by Anonymousreply 16March 27, 2017 3:45 PM

I would imagine sex addiction (along with low self esteem) is part of the reason they are in porn.

by Anonymousreply 17March 27, 2017 4:20 PM

Jasun Mark was talking on Facebook awhile back about all the Ivy League and prestigious career guys that have done porn for Titan...of course he didn't say who was who.

by Anonymousreply 18March 27, 2017 4:20 PM

Mike Gaite has a law degree from Stanford. Last I heard he was living in San Francisco...with a roommate!

It's only one of the best schools in the country...

by Anonymousreply 19March 27, 2017 4:54 PM

He did at least once R15-- link provided. He even cums hands free at 13:52 or so

He was tat-free in the video, so I'm guessing it was at the start of his career.

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by Anonymousreply 20March 27, 2017 5:47 PM

I've always wondered about this too, OP

Kellan and Nixon (CF and SC, respectively) are, as noted upthread, very different than the usual porn stars--orthodonture, no tats, no working class regional accents-- so I wonder what drove them to do porn.

Kellan in particular has been in dozens of scenes. He's always enthusiastic, a great top and bottom, and hot AF. (Plus he doesn't shave his pubes.) Always surprised he isn't a bigger star as he's got the looks to be an actor on one of those CW shows aimed at 14 year old girls.

Another interesting thing is that they both seem clever enough to have eluded the Nancy Drews and Hardy Boys who manage to track down the real identities (and social media profiles) of porn stars.

Theories?

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by Anonymousreply 21June 21, 2017 4:41 PM

Bunch of judgemental cunts in this thread. Small minded and obviously far more petit bourgeois than the discussed guys who made a buck or two in porn.

by Anonymousreply 22June 21, 2017 5:29 PM

Some people do it for a living, some people do it because they like being exhibitionists, some people do it just for fun.

The Swedish dude on Million Dollar whatever NYC was porn star Tag Eriksson. He come from a rich Swedish family, want to do porn, go to LA, did a bunch, went home and wrote a book about it. I have a friend who is happily married to a wealthy dude, and he is still filming because he likes showing off. Some people just want to do porn, and it is usually the judgemental pusses that tsk tsk about it that are the most annoying.

by Anonymousreply 23June 21, 2017 5:35 PM

David Benjamin did it for 3 or 4 years, not sure why seems to come from a nice family and has an education. He now sells real estate in DC

by Anonymousreply 24June 21, 2017 5:41 PM

First, I don't think you can tell that much about class background based solely on appearance. This is especially true if you live in a major metropolitan area.

Second, even guys who are not socio-economically disadvantaged can be victims of abuse and trauma, or suffer from depression, which is the psychological profile of 99.9% of sex workers.

Third, we can never know why someone does anything but there is no special glamour or security in waiting tables or bartending. We shouldn't assume that everyone believes that having a survival job is preferable to being a porn actor.

by Anonymousreply 25June 21, 2017 5:50 PM

R20 That's NOT David. It's Sasha Byazrov. Pretty sure David never bottomed.

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by Anonymousreply 26June 21, 2017 5:54 PM

Lol OP David Taylor aka Greg Duke sure as hell does try to hide or downplay his porn past. He locked his social media accounts after people started asking him about his porn and he was/will block anyone who brings up David Taylor. He was/is escorting under the radar or may have gotten a permanent arrangement with a sugar daddy.

Why did he turn to porn? To pay the bills and fund a drug habit.

by Anonymousreply 27June 21, 2017 6:01 PM

I've said this before but most people working in porn are lowkey sex addicts. They love having sex, it is why they are drawn to doing porn in the first place.

by Anonymousreply 28June 21, 2017 6:03 PM

Why do people in Ivy League colleges do Chaturbate?

by Anonymousreply 29June 21, 2017 6:04 PM

To pay the tuition?

by Anonymousreply 30June 21, 2017 6:06 PM

People in ivy leagues are human too and have the same urges.

The ones in porn are likely sex addicted and don't have great self esteem. They may not see other opportunities so they gravitate to porn.

It's not like hundreds of them are from the Ivy League, juts a few here and there

by Anonymousreply 31June 21, 2017 7:02 PM

Would some of you men stop being so judgmental? The hypocrisy is astounding. Quite a few of you watch and enjoy gay porn. I do, as well. If you had a handsome face, a gorgeous body and a big cock, it would be so tempting to do gay porn if the money is great. Also, you'll have sex with some of the hottest men in the world. Who could blame gay porn actors for doing what they do?

by Anonymousreply 32June 21, 2017 8:05 PM

[quote]it would be so tempting to do gay porn if the money is great.

You seem to miss the point. The money is not great, not at all. That is why it is interesting to think about what makes these people still want to do it.

by Anonymousreply 33June 21, 2017 8:08 PM

Money is not an issue. Why do people do Cam4 for free?

by Anonymousreply 34June 21, 2017 8:12 PM

I was a webcam model and escorted a little bit for a few years. I did the webcamming because, yes, I did make some money doing it (it was nice supplemental income), it was fun (my webcam show was full of broad humor because I attracted some legitimately hilarious guys to my room), and I was indeed a sex addict. And yes, I suffer from depression/anxiety, but I don't know how that figured in to it. Just disclosing that because it was brought up by someone up-thread. I didn't know it was a "thing" among sex performers, but I have noticed it among a few other cam models I've liked.

David Taylor is gorgeous, but I was always disappointed that he didn't bareback and had a resoundingly average dick.

by Anonymousreply 35June 21, 2017 8:18 PM

Greg/David usually has bit roles in major studio movies - often glorified extra work. However, I have often wondered if he is hired more to be entertainment off the set like those Sean Cody boys and gay porn studs who were spotted getting extra work in the X-Men movies directed by Bryan Singer?

by Anonymousreply 36June 21, 2017 8:55 PM

Do people do Cam4 for free?

I thought all those chat sites were pay-- the audience paid them and they'd move up the scale of sex acts for various amounts of money.

R33 is correct-- the money in porn is shit and it's going to haunt these guys forever, especially the ones who don't identify as gay.

And that's BS R25, you can 100% tell class background from appearance--straight teeth, a good vocabulary and lack of a regional accent all add up to a middle class upbringing, especially when you compare them to the guys who usually wind up on the "straight boys having gay sex" type sites.

What's amazing to me is that there seems to be an unending supply of these guys.

by Anonymousreply 37June 21, 2017 8:59 PM

Kent from CF was always a surprising porn star. A middle class student of law with the above mentioned orthodonture and tat-free body. The European Stimulus series revealed him to be something of a beer connoisseur.

Can anyone with a good ear place his accent? He was from somewhere in the Pacific North West.

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by Anonymousreply 38June 21, 2017 10:41 PM

I must have missed the mentions of names of the graduates ivy universities. Who? And which school?

by Anonymousreply 39June 21, 2017 11:10 PM

One guy who went to Cornell

by Anonymousreply 40June 22, 2017 3:17 AM

porn just isn't that shameful

by Anonymousreply 41June 22, 2017 3:18 AM

R41 = former Sean Cody solo video star

by Anonymousreply 42June 22, 2017 3:21 AM

Kellan didn't escape the Nancy Andrews. He has a retar...errrr...special needs child and at one point was a single dad.

by Anonymousreply 43June 22, 2017 3:28 AM

That's sad to hear R43

Had no idea.

May not be able to watch his videos anymore knowing that :(

by Anonymousreply 44June 22, 2017 11:18 PM

I may be wrong but I interpreted it as OP asking why middle-class, educated STRAIGHT guys with options would get into gay porn. Obviously if a gay guy gets into gay porn it may be because it's an ego boost and a way to hook up with hot men.

by Anonymousreply 45June 23, 2017 12:03 AM

Whores come from all walks of life.

by Anonymousreply 46June 23, 2017 12:23 AM

Why did Mike Branson do porn instead of practice law?

by Anonymousreply 47June 23, 2017 2:43 AM

FWIW, R45, that was my take as well.

by Anonymousreply 48June 23, 2017 2:44 AM

[quote]Why did Mike Branson do porn instead of practice law?

Networking opportunities with future potential clients.

by Anonymousreply 49June 23, 2017 3:56 AM

What networking opportunities? He wasn't specializing in criminal law.

by Anonymousreply 50June 23, 2017 8:19 AM

He was on a mission from Jebus to share his hotness with the world.

by Anonymousreply 51June 23, 2017 8:49 AM

True whores can't help themselves, it doesn't matter how smart or talented they are, their mental/personality defects and their hyper sex drives will always win out.

by Anonymousreply 52June 24, 2017 12:03 AM

Mike did porn to pay for law school.

by Anonymousreply 53June 24, 2017 12:38 AM

Do sex addicts generally appear so listless and disinterested when engaged in sex acts? These G4P porn stars are criminals who probably can't get legit jobs.

R37, poor people can get braces and many rich ones don't. Some people erase regional accents others preserve them. It seems everyone under age 30 has at least one tattoo, regardless of upbringing. These characteristics may prompt assumptions about class background but are hardly ever reliable. ESPECIALLY in large cities where people are more keenly aware of outward appearances and work hard to cultivate images that may not be indicative of their socioeconomic background.

That said, things may be different in porn-world and I am no expert in that arena.

by Anonymousreply 54June 24, 2017 4:54 PM

Over time regular sex becomes boring to porn stars so they end up getting into kinkier and riskier stuff to get that old thrill.

by Anonymousreply 55June 25, 2017 1:23 AM

David Benjamin basically had a mid-life crisis---he's talked about it in interviews. He also tried to do legit acting in theater around the time he did porn. I'd imagine that the guys who start porn in middle age have a similar story. Jackson Phillips (mentioned upthread) was a total asshole and his complete lack of useful self-knowledge made his posts unintentionally hilarious on ATKOL.

by Anonymousreply 56June 25, 2017 1:54 AM

David Benjamin became a bareback bottom slut for openly poz porn stars so I'm guessing he has more to deal with than a midlife crisis now.

by Anonymousreply 57June 25, 2017 2:26 AM

Sean Cody's Duke ended up at Columbia.

by Anonymousreply 58June 25, 2017 2:29 AM

I'm not R37, R54, but while your argument holds true for people who come to NYC or LA with big plans for their futures, those types are few and far between and are generally ambitious enough not to become gay porn stars

I'd agree it's pretty easy to tell the social class of porn stars and that both Kellan and Nixon seem to come from more middle class families than a lot of the other guys who are very clearly from poor or working class families.

by Anonymousreply 59June 25, 2017 2:33 AM

I went to Bryn Mawr, darlins’.

by Anonymousreply 60April 7, 2018 11:29 PM

Some people just like being in front of the camera. I know a guy who's a very successful lawyer who does background work on the weekends and on his vacations.

by Anonymousreply 61May 30, 2018 12:16 PM

He’s legitimately vicious in this. Is he another gay porn psychopath?

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by Anonymousreply 62May 30, 2018 12:23 PM

Some people just like to show off no matter their background. My nephew was a rower at Princeton, graduated Summ Cum Loude, and yet he still ended up in porn. And we come from a pretty rich background.

by Anonymousreply 63May 30, 2018 12:32 PM

Money can’t buy you class, R63.

by Anonymousreply 64May 30, 2018 12:42 PM

R63, who's your nephew?

by Anonymousreply 65May 30, 2018 12:46 PM
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