A Sex Tape Situation
One of my models came to me today with a sex tape situation. He had done a porn flick a couple of years ago when he was naïve and needed money. Fast forward two years later, he’s hot and all of New York wants him. The only problem is that some clients recognize him from the sex tape and aren’t too pleased with it.
He emailed me wanting to come back to work in Boston, probably thinking that because it’s a smaller market, less people would recognize him. My response when he told me – “So?”.
Everybody who’s anybody has a sex tape these days. The first infamous sex tape that got leaked out was Rob Lowe’s in the 90s. Then who can forget about Pamela and Tommy Lee’s? Then came the more familiar Paris and now Kim Kardashian’s. And, let’s not forget Madonna’s. OK, so hers was produced with a multi-million dollar budget for the purpose of being sold for profit. The point is that sex tapes are on practically every celebrity’s resume.
I’m not advocating that everyone should go out and make a sex tape in order to become famous. I learned early on in life from having dated a politician that EVERYTHING you do may come back to bite you in the butt. But, if you’ve made a sex tape for whatever reason, and someone gets a hold of it after you become famous, there’s no need to apologize for it or hide from it.
So how should one handle a sex tape situation? Well, just embrace it. Upload it on YouTube. Send out a press release. Hold a premier. Whatever you do, just don’t apologize for it, and you certainly shouldn’t hide from it.
It’s sort of like being in the closet when you’re gay. People make fun of you and judge you, but when you come out, they have absolutely nothing else to say about it.
Remember, if we let people define us, we will never know who we are. We are all humans and humans make mistakes. We shouldn’t have to apologize for our mistakes or hide from them if they haven’t harmed anyone. We should just learn from them and move on.
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Comments
great post, Tonn! as a sociologist you may well know that people tend to be more accepting of sex scandals and sex tapes in Western cultures. there's lots of speculation that Kim Kardashian "leaked" her tape for a little cash settlement and publicity (did Paris, her close friend, give her a little push?).
but while Kim and Paris enjoyed more fame (and admiration?) after their respective sex tapes, Hong Kong "pop-star" Edison Chen was much less fortunate when his "scandal" broke out. his career may even be over...and it doesn't look great for the other movie stars allegedly involved.
Posted by: Will | May 2, 2008 05:57 PM