"A - List" Gay Pornstars - what is their daily life like?

There are no "a" list gay porn stars.

This is just a wild guess. I’m sure there’s a big black hole deep down inside of them. The reality is that selling sex for a living carries a brutal stigma, and most people are going to look at you differently for making that life choice. Imagine waking up every day knowing that there are pictures of you all over the internet with a dick in your mouth, jizz all over your face, and dicks in your ass. And those pictures are never going away. No matter how much you try to tell yourself that you love your job, that is going to wear on you after a while. And that is unavoidable.

R2 What about the tops then? All those examples you gave of dick in the mouth, jizz over face and dick in the ass are from a bottom's perspective. It's like tops aren't in the picture at all. It's as if all the stigma and the shame are only the bottom's burden to bear.

Each new day is just like the opening moments of MOMMIE DEAREST, OP.

Good lord, R3. I was making a general statement, not specifically about bottoms. The stigma is there regardless of whether you’re a top or a bottom in porn. I was just making a point that it wears on you if there are pictures of you all over the internet having sex.

Now go back and get your GED.

OP, just who do you consider the A-List Gay Pornstars?

In the 80s and early 90s that would have been easy, but now I would be at a loss as to whom to name.

I guess I would name Joey Mills, JJ Knight, Diego Sans, Alec Mecum, Carter Dane,Thyle Knoxx, Dante Colle....

Buy the DVD "Naked Fame". You can prolly watch it for free. Blake's breakdown outside the club is worth the whole thing.

OP, your life is tragic and tedious. What must a day be like in the life of the Brooklyn Seacow? The obsession with porn and barely legal white men - who you stalk and post here incessantly as your latest “obsessions” - has crossed over into pathological. I would say you should seek help, but it’s the boys who “fascinate” you who need our prayers. If nothing else, edit yourself. Every feverish thought you have doesn’t require smearing all over DL.

R9 WTF is a "Brooklyn Seacow" and "barely legal"? I don't think that term applies.... but whatever....

R8 Blake Harper?

r7 I would also say Drew Dixon, Tim Kruger, Manuel Skye, The Sharok, Adam Awbride, Michael Del Ray, Dallas Steele.

r11 Never heard of them either?

The days of "A list" gay pornstars is long over. But I imagine the lives of the ones who work the most these days is all over the place. I'm sure there are some who probably lead otherwise fairly normal lives. And I'm also sure there are some (plenty actually) whose daily lives are filled with lining up escort gigs (hey, porn doesn't pay the bills like it used to). Others probably spend a lot of time scoring some sort of illicit drugs. And yes, I imagine there are a few who engage in various forms of criminality.

They live in fabulous mansions and sit around all day as their many servants peel them grapes.

[quote]All those examples you gave of dick in the mouth, jizz over face and dick in the ass are from a bottom's perspective. It's like tops aren't in the picture at all.

MY STARS, OP MUST STOP DISCRIMINATING AGAINST PORN TOPS AT ONCE.

[quote]admired, adored, and lusted after by thousands of people

hon, all of that disappears the second you've cum and closed the laptop.

R12, Adam Awbride.... isn't he just out of school?

Rhyheim Shabazz seems to live in a really nice mansion with his boy toy Elijah Zayne and their dogs. Or does he just rent the place for porn shoots and photo ops?

r18 25 I think I read? A list was mentioned and he seems to be everywhere for at least 2-3 years

r14 Dont they make more on Onlyfans than they would have done under the porn studio system in the past?

Here's an entire podcast devoted to gay porn actors, OP>

Knock yourself out.

R2 I work with porn stars, a lot of them don’t care. They’re natural exhibitionists. It would only hurt them if they were discriminated for it, which can happen but I don’t know too many stories of this personally.

A lot of people don’t even recognize porn stars. Look at how many cat fishes there are on Grindr using porn stars and no one probably even notices lol.

r22 Are you a cameraman?

Everyone I've known personally who worked in the sex industry as rent boys or porn stars was harmed or destroyed by it.

So no, I don't think they have fabulous lives to envy.

Hookers and porn stars usually end up dead or addicted, or they face a hard fight to rebuild their lives in the legitimate economy, and a hard fight to find happiness. They ALL need a real job in the end and we all need to be loved and to love ourselves.

R24 What the fuck makes for a "real" job? And if you have ever jerked it off to porn or lusted after sexual images of people in any medium, then see yourself and your condescending ass out of the door.

Oh get the fuck over yourself, cunt! I consume porn. I've been friends with hookers and porn performers. Do you think I'm some kind of prude you fucking simpleton? None of that changes the reality of the industry and what it ALWAYS does to people.

They all were molestered as children. So I guess that would make them M list.

The Female ones were either diddled by their dads or uncles and called ugly by their mothers. That's why every scene that they do is one step toward beauty

I get one hour of exercise in the prison yard every day and I get to shower 3x a week. It’s heaven.

Don't think for a second that Rhyheim Shabazz lives in any of those beautiful apartments he generally films in. They are either apartments owned by someone in higher level in the company making his porn videos, or apartments they've rented from some unscrupulous real estate or condo rental employee.

Poor Ryan Idol won't get out of prison until August of 2023. He lost all of his "good time" due to acting a fool in prison, fighting and drugs, so he has to do the full 12 years.

I do admit though, I would kill to see what he looks like today. I hope he hasn't covered himself in prison tattoos. He's been housed in a medical unit specifically for mentally ill prisoners, so the courts must have decided he is crazy.

R29 On Twitter, you can often get a glimpse of how these porn stars really live. They take pictures and videos in their bedroom, which is often a tiny little room crammed full of their worldly possessions, with a mattress on the floor.

Rhyhiem doesn't work for anyone, you idiot. He's self-employed. He makes 100% of the profits.

Wake up, tweet shot of morning boner.

Breakfast, Insta shot of my food.

Walk, make TikTok video of my dog.

Gym, tweet and Insta selfies, try to sneak a boner selfie locker room mirror, fail; insta a towel shot.

Douche, prep for cam show.

Guzzle protein shake.

Inspect body in bathroom mirror for an hour.

Take Cialis pill with second whey sake.

Shit. Douche again.

Wait for scene partner, who's late.

Watch TV. Insta dog watching TV.

Do sex scene with hustler pal.

Eat chicken and salad with pal. Feed dog. TikTok him eating.

Edit full scene for OnlyFans and teasers for Twitter, etc.

Upload.

Binge-watch 'Real Housewives.'

Go to bed, ignoring the empty maw of darkness in the pit of my soul.

You cannot deny that Shabazz is HUGE at the moment. He must also be a pretty smart/savvy guy to have gotten where he is, so he's probably investing his money wisely.

^ if Reno Gold can save his pennies R Shabazz sure can!

Sadly, there are probably precious few living enviable lives. Reno Gold seems to have done well for himself (especially considering how boring his content is) and hopefully Rhyheim is as well. But for the most part, it's not exactly labor that requires a ton of smarts. Probably similar to most of the performing arts really, there are just lucky/smart performers because there are mega-shit-tons of never-gonna-make-its.

R Shabazz-obsessed queen, give it a rest.

I'm sorry to break it to R37, but there's more than one person talking about Shabazz. Like it or not, he's about as "A-list" as it gets in the porn world, and one of the few that I can believe 1. makes big money and 2. is able to handle it.

I still think it must be an empty existence. R33 probably nailed it. Sure, for a few weeks or months it would be fun, but in the long run ...

r36 And also for many the novelty factor with porn fans wears off pretty quickly and perhaps also with your fellow porn stars. There is always the next hot pretty new thing on the porn scene, literally by the week. Someone lauded as wow sooo hot can feel very old news very quickly. I also noticed that when popular new guys start an onlyfans there is almost a queue - huge queue of pornstars on twitter etc queueing up to work with them . Some of the younger ones must feel indestructible yet a year on very few are still in that position.

The Internet and social media , onlyfans etc has given porn a paradox of a massive boost in potential and ability and yet an oversaturated overfull market. Craig Marks from Liverpool for instance interest in his porn career has dropped right off as has his level of new activity. I suspect he has peaked in addition to the rumours many are snubbing him because he fell out with Michael Lucas.

R30 was that the guy that tried to kill his wife with a toilet tank lid?

A List? They're prostitutes! They all escort on the side or I should say, do porn on the side of escorting. They may be followed by thousands for a couple of years but then they go into social oblivion because of the porn. If you think there's glamour in porn, honey, think again.

[quote] Rhyheim Shabazz seems to live in a really nice mansion with his boy toy Elijah Zayne and their dogs. Or does he just rent the place for porn shoots and photo ops?

Shabazz lives in an apartment in Studio City, California. He probably can't even afford to buy a house in LA County on his porn income.

Saw a film a while ago about Israeli porn star Jonathan Agassi. Lots of childhood trauma about being gay, father wanted to bring him to a prostitute to make a man out of him, he moved to Berlin, mountains of drug use, escorting, self loathing, unhappiness. Left porn and Berlin, got a job in a supermarket in Israel. Much happier.

r42 Surely he is raking in the money through onlyfans subscriptions? Anyone subscribed to Reno Gold on onlyfans? How many subscribers does he have and how much does he charge monthly? That should help us understand the earnings levels of the top tier pornstars.

Reno Gold makes over 100,000 per month!!!!!!! He's very honest and shares on his youtube how he has purchased 6 rental properties with the proceeds and plans to buy more.

Rhyhiem has definitely made way more than Reno. Before twitter shut down his account a few months ago, he was the most subscribed male porn star (Straight or Gay) at over 1 million subscribers. He had to start over and is somewhere over 300,000. With numbers like those his Only Fans is probably on fire.

With those numbers you'd think they could easily afford a huge Beverly Hills house. Why is it that they all seem to live in a small place in the Valley or Las Vegas? I think most porn stars have that easy money mentality that comes with sex work. They are not necessarily interested in building capital but in making enough to live well in the moment, and when the moment passes so does the income. It's a story you hear over and over. Show me one porn star, active or inactive, who has actually made and grown a fortune from their earnings.

Rhyheim 'smokes' most of his income!!

He creeps me the fuck out!

Many just break even living pretty social and upscale lives but with no long term plans. Many do make big money through escorting and/or only fans but very few save the money. At that point they feel invincible, like the fame will never end. They’re famous for being rebels and that makes them reckless. It does crash quickly though and more extreme acts are needed to remain popular. Think of guys who start out as masculine and classic tops and in two years are pig gangbang bottoms getting double fisted. Lots of self-worth issues, and being wanted for being hot is both an instant confidence boost followed by the crash of knowing you’re only being loved for your appearance (something that fades) and not your character. Makes them paranoid despite being so lusted over. The very few who are smart and not damaged, tend to be quiet and tend to retire to their sugar daddies or their own businesses. Very rare. Lots of generalizations but hey…

Barrett Long apparently has lost everything and was asking for places to sta while posting photos which looked like he was living in his car. This was before Covid.

Was he A list? He had his own company, was escorting, and had a girlfriend before all this. (The gay porn star's dream.) May even have fathered a child. He had won porn awards.

If they escort, they probably go to the gym and trade texts with potential clients trying to figure out which ones will show up. R33, snark aside, probably captures the OF guys. OF oddly seems very reciprocal with regular porn---it launches porn careers and extends the careers of guys who have outlived their studio porn careers. Some guys have a plan, many don't. OF requires connections to "collaborators" (probably helps to to be in a few major cities) and periodic new releases---most guys seem unable to sustain this beyond a few months, at most. Some A-listers seem to continue in some adult area for a long time, some have a plan and enter a normal occupation like real estate. many seem to go back to bartending, personal training or some other trade that's often a dead end.

r50 did he fall out with anyone big in the porn industry becasue I get the impression there are a handful of influential kingmakers in gay porn who can make things very difficult for pornstars if they take against them. Rumour in the gay scene in north England is that Michael Lucas who has unfollowed Craig Marks on twitter and vice versa has used his influence to limit the number of people who will work with Craig.I am sure Lucas is not the only character who does stuff like this.

R50 He's currently in jail in California. I don't think he was a very top level star, well-known and a following for sure though. Maybe A- or B+. He never did much for me at all when he was doing porn, but I found him hot in pics on his person social media before he starting looking thinner. _

R53, how did he end up in jail. He didn't seem violent. Drugs perhaps. He literally appeared on FB like a homeless person.

R54 I haven't been able to find out. He's been in North Kern State Prison since March 8th and is up for parole in July. He also filed for bankruptcy a few years ago.

Most of those that "retire" seem to attempt a comeback at least once, be it in regular porn or as OF creators.

Not sure who the Rhyheim hater is on here, but he does well. You can measure a porn star's success based on who he collabs with or who wants to collab with him. Plus Rhyheim is an actual gay man. Reno Gold has taken gay baiting to a whole new level.

r57 Reno is now doing more explicit videos.I saw a clip of one with a blowjob

They escort, get hooked on drugs, stay in porn way too long, and if they live, many marry dumb women who believe their husbands only had sex with men on camera, sometimes for years, for the money.

[quote] I do admit though, I would kill to see what he looks like today.

I wouldn't expect much. He's in his late 50s.

Follow Ashton Summers' Instagram and you learn a lot about his daily life from his IG stories.

You should also follow Ashton's Twitter account.

r61 Isnt he an ex jailbird?

Affirmative, R11. If you haven't seen "Naked Fame", buy it; it's sensational. Or better yet...

Rhyheim doesn't seem to be able to even film a scene unless he's smoking dope.