A former adult star who ditched her Wall Street internship to pursue a career in porn has revealed what made her realise she wasn't the best fit for the industry.
Paige Jennings made quite the splash when she first swapped professions back in 2015, as she left her role at a top finance firm in New York after 'randomly deciding' she fancied a drastic change.
She explained she posted some 'scandalous pictures' on social media to try and drum up some excitement for her debut, but it was actually the business side of things which really interested her.
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Speaking of her motivations for sharing the explicit images online, the model said her goal wasn't to become the next big thing in porn, but she reckoned it would be a good way for her to get her foot in the door.
"That was how I thought I had to try to communicate and get the attention to learn about the industry," Paige said during an appearance on Andrew Hales' LAHWF YouTube channel.
"I was interested in the business model and like the strategy. Overnight, [the images] just went viral and there was like half a second that I was super relevant."
Paige tried to capitalise on the buzz around her and attempted to launch her own company, but she explained it didn't take off until she later started a YouTube channel of her own.
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She started creating 'random videos' and 'streaming games on Twitch', which helped grow her popularity even further - and now, she boasts a whopping 275,000 subscribers.
Ultimately, she decided that the adult industry wasn't for her, and in the 2018 interview with Hales, she explained the reasoning behind the move.
Paige, who claims she was paid a whopping $30,000 for one of her first explicit films, said that her working pattern as a porn performer was very erratic.
One week, she might have worked 'everyday' - but there was also times when she might only have got booked for two gigs a month.
But it wasn't the lack of security which sealed her decision to leave the industry behind - as it was the realisation that she was becoming attached to a few of her co-stars which proved to be the final nail in the coffin.
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"I was like, 'Maybe I'm not that good for this'," Paige said.
"It's super weird with me, because I could have sex with someone and like not expect anything out of it - and intuitively, I wasn't like a girl who was like, you know... I know guys just want sex, usually.
"Or they like you and they want to hang out but they don't want much more than that, that's common, especially in this age group that we're in. So I could do that, but for whatever reason, a lot of porn experiences could be very intense.
"A lot of those dudes just have some tricks, man."
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Although she wasn't 'clingy' and blowing up a fellow performer's phone if she felt something between them, Paige said she would be left feeling confused after shooting a raunchy scene.
She explained that after some jobs, she would 'spend the next three days' trying to understand if she 'was super into him'.
The former adult star said she always made work 'fun' for both her and her co-stars, so she would be 'flirty' and make the extra effort to ensure she had 'chemistry' with her male counterparts.
"A lot of people [detach themselves] but I couldn't do that," she continued. "I just couldn't, because it wasn't fun that way.
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"Guys get turned on when you treat them well and when you treat them like you're into them, and if you're turned on by them, they get excited by that. And I would try to do that with guys on set.
"So that's why they would be excited, I'm excited, everyone's happy and has chemistry - and then we have this super awesome experience. They want intensity on porn sets.
"We're doing stuff we probably wouldn't do if we were alone, so then that creates this sort of connection a little.
"Then the next few days I'm like, s**t. Do I like this guy? I think I like this guy. Is it just oxytocin? Probably just oxytocin.
"I never got like attached where I'm like crying or emotional about it or anything."
Paige revealed that although she didn't 'seriously' date any of her co-stars, she did have some fun with them off camera if she felt a connection.
Topics: Adult Industry, Sex and Relationships, YouTube
Olivia Burke