Lana Rhoades shares shocking amount she was paid per scene when she was number one adult star
The porn industry is often glamourised to seem as though stars will be gifted fame and fortune for taking part in adult scenes, but that’s far from the truth.
Speaking out about the dark side of the industry is Lana Rhoades, a 27-year-old former porn star who is attempting to shine a light on the realities of working in the industry, with her even saying she wants all of her videos permanently deleted from the internet.
Appearing on the Curious Mike YouTube talk show recently, she explained further the highs and lows of her porn career.
Lana first began experimenting with positioning herself in a sexual way when she was 17, and worked at the risqué
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restaurant chain Hooters for a year.
She explained host Mike Porter Jr in their chat: “That was my first job where men sexualize you.”
After deciding to leave her job, Lana then began working as a dancer in a club, but found that it didn’t bring in the income that she needed to live. So when the porn industry came knocking, she eagerly answered.
Detailing how she looked like ‘a little kid’ when she was 19 and first joining the world of adult filmmaking, she said that her childish looks was ‘what sells’ and what producers wanted in a female star.
But even though she quickly bumped up to fame, her bank account didn’t reflect her popularity.
You may think that Lana had been filming for years, but you’ll be shocked that it was only 8 months in total.
She recalled that it was ‘two four-month stints’ in the porn industry. That’s not a lot of work.
To make things worse, she went on to reveal how each of her sex scenes paid her only $1,200 (£972.66).
However, the Chicago native decided that even though she was the most searched actress on Pornhub in 2019, she had to leave it behind due to some of the awful things she was asked to do for filming, which she didn’t know how to reject.
She previously opened up about one the worst things she ever had to do during a conversation on the Three Girls One Kitchen podcast.
She said: "One of the worst... honestly, I feel like I'm in denial sometimes and I can't accept some of the things that I've done.
"There was one thing that, ya know, I tried talking to a therapist about before something that I had to do for a scene that was really rough for me.
"Basically, this guy had a bowl and he, like, gagged me until I threw up into it and he, like, p***ed in the bowl, and during the scene he asked me to drink it, and I didn't know how to say no.
"It was one of the most disgusting, foul scenes."
This was just one of a whole host of horrifying reasons and experiences that led Lana to decide to quit.
But now, she’s so much better off doing OnlyFans.
Speaking to BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards, she revealed that she’s now a multi-millionaire.
Lana said: "The industry I did not get paid s***. I probably had $100,000 (£71,000) in my bank account when I quit shooting porn and now I'm a multi-millionaire."
Revealing to Mike about how the porn industry made her want to commit suicide, she shared how she worked every single day to change her reality and leave the industry and to make something of herself.
Now she works in fashion and is enjoying her life outside of her porn star identity.
For the future, Lana hopes to be a good mum, write a book and to continue with her passions.
Currently, she is reinventing herself and trying to shed her Lana Rhoades alter ego and go by her real name, Amara Maple.
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Britt Jones