Ex-adult film star Lana Rhoades explains real reason she decided to get into the industry

Despite ending her professional porn career in 2017 after a year of making videos, Lana Rhoades made a massive name for herself.

At one point Lana, now 27, was even the most searched for actress on adult website Pornhub, with her videos receiving 345 million views. She would later claim that the majority of her content was filmed during two, four month stints.

However, Lana's ambition to join the adult industry had seemingly been a long held dream, which she revealed during a 2020 interview with Logan Paul and Mike Majlak on the Impaulsive podcast.

Lana Rhoades on Impaulsive with Logan Paul and Mike Majlak. (YouTube/Impaulsive)

When asked by the pair what had inspired her to enter the industry, Lana hesitated for a moment before admitting she had decided on the x-rated career path at a young age.

"I think I was like 14 and I just like got the idea," she said.

The response left Logan and Mike speechless, however Lana remained unfazed by her admission - adding that she always knew that the job would make her extremely successful.

"I feel like I knew that I was going to be [successful]," Lana explained.

"Like at 14 I was just like 'You're going to be the number one porn star, do it'."

"Really?" Logan replied. "That's crazy."

Lana even went on to explain that she also revealed her ambition to her guidance counsellors while at school, to which they apparently responded by telling her that she needed 'therapy'.

"It didn't even make sense at all," she joked.

"They were like 'well thats not gonna happen, plus you probably need therapy because who should do porn'."

Lana's opinion of the adult industry has since changed. (Instagram/@lanarhoades)

This interview isn't the only time that Lana has opened up about her adult ambitions either, with former adult star revealing she had been inspired by Anna Nicole Smith during a 2021 interview with Playboy.

"I would just hide in my room and watch the show [The Girls Next Door], and I thought, 'Wow, their lives look so amazing'," Lana explained, adding that this was the first time she had thought about an adult career.

"That's where I first had the inkling to do that. I thought the Playboy girls were just so cool."

Although the risqué decision paid off for Lana - considering that she has managed to amass millions of followers on social media as well as launching a lingerie line and co-hosting a podcast - she appears to have changed her opinion on the porn industry since leaving.

In the past couple of years Lana has been open about the industry causing a detrimental impact on her wellbeing and even going as far as saying she wished that all of her adult videos could be permanently deleted from the internet.