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Riley Reid explained how critical moment changed her career forever

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Published 14:45 5 Apr 2025 GMT+1

Riley Reid explained how critical moment changed her career forever

Riley Reid praised two YouTube stars for giving her a leg up

Olivia Burke

Olivia Burke

Riley Reid revealed how a couple of rogue decisions she made a few years ago completely 'changed the trajectory' of her career.

The adult actress, 33, has really broadened her horizons since she first entered the industry at the age of 19 and has become quite the astute businesswoman.

The Miami-born star might be an award-winning X-rated performer, but she's got a lot more going on too - and she still has further career ambitions to check off her list.

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As well as being a wife to Lativan free runner Pasha Petkuns and a mother to their daughter Emma, who was born in 2022, Reid is quite the entrepreneur too.

She runs her own social media management firm called Ash Agency, which represents some of the biggest stars in the adult entertainment sphere - including Angela White, Sky Bri, Kazumi, and Violet Myers.

On top of this, she's got her own clothing line called 'Eighteen Plus', while she also continues to produce adult content for her own website, instead of the likes of Pornhub or OnlyFans.

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But how did she manage to conquer all of this?

Well, according to the woman herself, collaborating with some YouTube stars really helped give her a leg-up.

During an appearance on Trisha Paytas' Just Trish podcast in November 2023, she gave props to the social media stars who introduced her to a wider audience.

Riley Reid, 33, credited two YouTube stars with helping her expand her audience (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Riley Reid, 33, credited two YouTube stars with helping her expand her audience (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Reid discussed why she doesn't do social media 'full-time' despite dabbling in the likes of TikTok.

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"It's so much work and I make more money doing adult [content] or going to these other business ventures," she told Paytas. "Like it's fun to sometimes do the TikTok's, because I'm like, 'What are the kids doing?'"

Paytas then recalled how Reid had previously collaborated with controversial YouTube stars David Dobrik - who recently made an online return -and Logan Paul, respectively.

"I didn't know who Logan was or anything like that," Reid said of how the 2018 chat with the WWE star was set up. "He slid in my DMs. I was like, '20 million followers and you want me on your podcast?'

"So I was like, 'Hell yeah, I'm going to do Logan's podcast!' I didn't even know anything about the whole forest thing or whatever, I just saw a sh*t ton of followers. I didn't even look him up or anything.

She appeared on Logan Paul's podcast in 2018 before making some videos with David Dobrik too (YouTube/Impaulsive)
She appeared on Logan Paul's podcast in 2018 before making some videos with David Dobrik too (YouTube/Impaulsive)

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"I was like, 'I'm going to do your podcast, I'll make bank'," Reid went on. "He has 20 million followers, all of his fans are going to see me.

"Then I saw David Dobrik and he asked me on his little podcast vlog thing, and I also did that because I was like, 'Oh, another huge following'."

Paytas pointed out that both of these videos 'were huge' at the time, while Reid explained why she was right to presume that her appearances would pay off well.

"Both of them changed the trajectory of my career," she continued. "They were so big at the time and I think having me on incorporated different worlds into each other.

"They helped make my career a little bit more mainstream to some extent."

Reid went on to say that she 'ended up becoming friends' with Paul, although she wasn't as keen on Dobrik as she 'didn't vibe with him as much'.

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Praising the Impaulsive host, she said: "Logan and I vibed pretty good, he was super chill. I always respected him because he always included me and Jake also did the same thing.

"I love that Logan made me feel like one of the boys which I thought was really cool. He never made me feel like some weird girl."

Featured Image Credit: YouTube/JUST TRISH PODCAST

Topics: Riley Reid, YouTube, Logan Paul, Social Media, Adult Industry

Olivia Burke
Olivia Burke

Olivia is a journalist at LADbible Group with more than five years of experience and has worked for a number of top publishers, including News UK. She also enjoys writing food reviews (as well as the eating part). She is a stereotypical reality TV addict, but still finds time for a serious documentary.

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