Even an April Fool's Joke makes me think...

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In the feeds of my LJ friends page I have the blog of a young gay porn star, Brent Corrigan. Yes, I know, don't judge me, also I have my little dirty secret... Well, truth be told, it's not my fault, it's ashmedai's fault: he posted the pics (and also something else...) of this young twink last Christmas, and since I'm a very curious woman, and even if I saw him naked, really I only see his naked "image" and not the man, I made a bit of google search, and found his blog.

There is a little story behind this guy: he started as porn actor when he was still underage (even if for only few months) using a fake ID. It seems that he left home when he was still a teen and one of his boyfriend, an older man, sent his photos to a porn movie company and so he started. Then the boy, that seems not so naivee, sued the company's owner for using an underage boy in his movies but before the cause ended, the producer was found dead in his home... and sincerely I don't know how all finished. 

Brent decided to continue in the porn industry as independent actor, producing his own movie, and selling his own things, often clothes and garments, to raise money. Now Brent is 23 years old and he is beginning to lose his twinky image.

On March 31 I read on his blog that he decided to drop all, to retire from the porn industry and to return home: his divorced parents decide to try again and they want for him to return home and to start college. Brent said he wants to study architecture and to build a new life for him... Since I'm not a person who cares of April Fool's Day, I didn't realize that this was a joke and actually I started thinking: is it possible for a man of that age to start again? is it possible for a porn star to leave behind his past, and start a new life? Since his face is rather splattered all around the web, how can he forget, and above all, how can people forget him? And can he rebuild a relationship with his parents? can he find a man to truly love?

So, it appears that the naivee one is me, who believed to a joke and worried. I don't know if feel relief for the fact that he today wrote on his blog that it was all a joke... I have this tagging feeling that maybe it would be better for him that the joke was reality... or maybe not, cause probably he would not have the chance to start again...

What do you think? is it possible to start again? or is it better for him to continue with his career? For the joy of his fans it's better that he continues, but for him?

Comments

[elisa-rolle.livejournal.com]

Actually I read some comment where I feel a bit of bad feelings. I think many of us didn't like the joke. Maybe cause what I read in the previous post feels so true. Maybe it's true, not his decision to drop, but the reasons why he could do that. I think it will be very difficult for him to start a non porn career as he seems to search. People don't forget, and he will always be a porn star. Is there any porn star who succeeds in being a mainstream actor? And a gay porn star above all?

Elisa