DelRay mentions that the fear of testing positive for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is one factor that may deter people from having sex outside of filming, as positive results can jeopardize a person's income. But being a single porn star can come with its own set of complications too, especially when it comes to having an independent sex life. Problems like these can cause many to avoid dating within the industry altogether. “There’s just a lot of little jealousies and a lot of bickering inside the industry.” “When you’re dating within the industry, yes, there’s a lot more understanding, but there are a lot of idiosyncrasies that are real pains in the ass, like, ‘Oh, you got to fuck my boyfriend,’ and ‘I’m a bigger star than you, I have a bigger following here,’” he says. Michael DelRay is a gay porn performer who works for companies like Next Door Studios and CockyBoys, and he feels that dating within and outside of the adult film industry are equally difficult. “Besides making me uncomfortable, if I am with someone who I am interested in, this can be a little embarrassing.”Īt first glance, the most obvious option to many would be to date within the industry, but dating another porn actor can be a struggle of its own. We had one goal: Create a game-changing “ass hack” that lets you bottom like a porn star without becoming an ER victim.“I’ve been out to the bars before and people will say things to me that, because I am a sex worker, they think it is acceptable to say to a total stranger - complimenting my… size, or my body, making sexual remarks to me, etc.,” he writes in the video’s description.
Figuring I could come up with my own “secret,” I assembled an all-star cast of ass specialists- proctologists, colo-rectal specialists, and physicians with a truly alarming knowledge of anatomy. Left without a hook to my book, I scrambled. How could I possibly recommend illegal drugs as the path to painless bottoming? It’d be like recommending you light a match to see if your gas tank is empty. When I first got the results of the research it reminded me of a French quote: Le petit quelque chose qui fout tout par terre-the little thing that fucks everything up. The porn industry’s secret to painless bottoming-drugs- ruined my book. I originally intended to write a book about porn’s approach to bottoming because I was certain they were drinking from the fountain of knowledge. Stretching your butt open for hours can cause some serious rectal inflammation, and post-bottoming care is essential to make sure the next time a director yells, “Action!” it doesn’t happen in the Emergency Room. But some said bottoms make more because they’re at a much higher risk for HIV and as one performer charmingly put it, “We have to keep our holes gaping open all day.” Post-Production Ritualsīesides heading to the bank as soon as possible to make sure the check clears from the porn studio, the first priority of many porn bottoms is to soak in a hot bath of Epsom salts. Some folks told us tops tend to make more because the penis is always the star of the show and that they’ve got to stay hard for hours on end. The more well-known you are the more money you’re going to command, no matter what position you take during filming. They can charge a lot more money if customers perceive them as “stars.”ĭo tops make more money than bottoms? The industry folks we spoke to said top and bottom don’t matter nearly as much as celebrity status. Most use it as a way to supplement the income they make from their day jobs or as a way to jack up their prostitution rates. Very few performers make a living off of porn. No matter how you do the math, that doesn’t come to a whole lot of money. While some name-brand stars can earn up to $5,000 a scene, the vast majority make about $500 to $1,000 per scene.
There’s usually a lot of fluffing going on among the tops in a gang bang scene, mainly to get each other hard enough and long enough to plow their on-screen partners. The hottest action in a lot of gang bang scenes is often not caught on camera.
In this series, we’ve explored what happens on a gay porn set with a special emphasis on what we can learn from it in our own sex lives.