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Topics: Lana Rhoades, Mental Health, OnlyFans, Adult Industry, PornHub
Joshua Nair
Topics: Lana Rhoades, Mental Health, OnlyFans, Adult Industry, PornHub
Lana Rhoades was once the biggest name in the adult film industry, but almost a decade on, the former X-rated actress has spoken about how she regrets her decisions.
The American ex-pornstar has been speaking out against the adult industry for years since leaving, having claimed that she was 'taken advantage' of while she was pursuing that career.
Real name Amara Maple, the former adult star has been open about her short but fruitful stint in the industry.
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Having worked for eight months in total across 2016 and 2017, part of two stints, she would go on to become one of the most recognisable and successful pornstars of all time.
As well as being voted Pornhub's Most Popular Female Performer in 2019, Rhoades enjoyed a long spell at the top of the website's most popular performers, years after she'd left the adult industry.
But that doesn't mean she's particularly proud of her time on screen.
Rhoades, 28, has been very vocal about her dislike for the adult industry, having penned a long statement on Twitter back in 2020 about being over-sexualised since embarking on a new career path.
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The content creator spoke about a few scenes that were particularly 'traumatic' for her on the 3 Girls 1 Kitchen podcast, which she co-hosts.
She explained: "There were three to five that were really traumatic for me - whether it's being sent to a set with someone who was way too old, or being pressured into doing something that I was scared of doing because it was too extreme, that can definitely be very traumatic."
Rhoades didn't shy away, claiming it was 'the 100 percent contributor' as to why she called it a day on her porn career.
Speaking on the scenes in particular, she said on the podcast that 'one of the worst' had her denying that she even did it in the first place.
"I tried talking to a therapist about before something that I had to do for a scene that was really rough for me," she began.
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Rhoades went on: "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."
Speaking on Harry Jowsey's Tap In podcast in 2021, she admitted that if she had the power to delete all of her videos, she would.
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The 28-year-old said: "A lot of the videos I have no rights under, otherwise I probably would have deleted them all by now."
"I do," she confessed when asked if she has any regrets, adding: "I honestly tell people, if I could go back, I would give up everything to have my dignity and respect back, and for people not to be able to see me in that way."
It's one of the numerous times that the content creator has spoken about her past career choices and the effect on her mental health.
Talking about why she regrets it all, she clarified that it's nothing to do with the nudity, but 'the stigma that will follow you for the rest of your life'.
She explained: “Your neighbours will tell you that you can’t live next to them bc they have children, your bf’s will tell you that know one else will ever love you bc of your past, and it be held over you everyday of your life [sic].”
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Nowadays, Rhoades is a social media influencer who leads a comfortable life, even admitting in an interview on Bradley Martyn's Raw Talk, that she makes more money now than she ever did in the adult industry.
Remembering a conversation she had with an influencer while she was still acting, she said: "I had never shot content with him but he was telling me 'I’m making $15,000 [£11,000] to do an Instagram post for this YouTube ad', and I was like, well I’m getting paid $1,200 [£889] to do this scene, how is this fair?"
Rhoades also releases content on her OnlyFans, which she fully earns herself, but noted that she can't wait until she's 'old and unrecognisable' so she can be treated normally.
"My answer always is don’t get into porn," she said, when asked about her advice for women looking to get into the industry.
"Everyone can do what they want, I just don’t think that they’re making the best decision for themselves going into that," Rhoades added.
"I don’t think that having sexual relations with people that you hardly know is good for your mental health or your heart."