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I meet Trent Tesoro, 28. He tells a story about two years ago when, after taking a quaalude, along with large amounts of cocaine and beer and Xanax, he cleared out the fridge and crawled inside.
Scott Fayner, along with Kate Captive, found him.
We get Fayner on the line. He says he came over to Trent and told him that the air was circulating in the fridge and he'd be ok. After a few minutes, Trent crawled out.
Scott tells Trent he wanted to tell that story but he didn't out of respect.
Trent said he expected a monster when he met me but that I was mellow and had a good vibe.
Trent smiles a lot. He laughs a lot. He looks like an all-American kid. He's from Texas. He learned how to become a chef in Barcelona and worked in that profession for six years.
Tesoro lived next door to Fayner for a couple of years. One time when he was whacked out of his mind, he threatened Fayner with a beer bottle. It took a year to restore the relationship, Trent laughs. "We're totally cool now. I'm much more careful with narcotics these days. My mind is in the right place."
Trent got into porn three-and-a-half years ago. He's done about 400 porn movies. He's just returned from an eight month porn hiatus. He returned to Texas and worked as a chef.
Duke: "What was it like living next door to Fayner?"
Trent laughs. "I don't remember."
I tell Trent that Scott told me he doesn't get up until late in the afternoon. Trent says Fayner exaggerates his party lifestyle. He says Scott gets up at 6am every day to walk his dog.
Trent entered porn with his now ex-girlfriend Ashley Blue. "She'd answered an ad. She'd lost two jobs in a week. She was a waitress and a receptionist. She's going to kill me for this. I shouldn't talk about her. She doesn't like me."
Trent's dated many porn stars but he doesn't like to talk about it. He prefers to date civilians. With porn stars, "you might get a window of about three years where they are themselves. Then they change. It's a sad business.
"I've dated a lot of [porn] girls but it's hard to take them seriously. Ashley was probably the only one. I got carried away when we were together and just blew it. I was like a kid in the candy store.
"I don't think people should date within the industry. It's like football players dating cheerleaders. It's not a good idea. Keep it business.
"I've only dated two girls outside of the industry. The last one was turned on by it at first but by the end she was controlling and checking my messages... Now I'm dating a dancer. She's like me. She can have sex like a guy. She can separate [love from sex]. We don't tell each other that we love each other."
They've been friends for eight months but only having sex for a month.
Trent says his family is "cool and understanding. I'm blessed. There were different reactions. My mom is don't-ask, don't-tell. My grandfather cracked up. My uncle loved it and bought my first Hustler."
He first moved to Los Angeles to work at the restaurant Patina.
Duke: "What do you love and hate about working in porn?"
Trent: "I love all of it except the gossip and bulls---. Your s---.
"I'm doing well. My head's in the right place. I'm doing good scenes. I don't get involved [in the bulls---]. I don't go to parties."
Duke: "How long do you want to stay in the industry?"
Trent: "Until I can afford a house in Spain. I want to open a restaurant. This industry has made me impatient. I see this opportunity for money. You just have to have some focus. My first two years [in porn], the reason I was doing stupid s--- was that I wasn't taking it seriously. It's work."
Duke: "How has porn changed you?"
Trent: "I wonder about that sometimes. I think I've come full circle. For a while, I was a party guy. Now I'm back to myself.
"It's definitely an art. I've learned how to make girls squirt. My girlfriend now has never squirted before. She didn't know what it was. You get better at [sex]."
Trent lost his virginity at 12. "I had a dry spell from 12 until 16."
Trent hung out with punk rockers in highschool. "I went to shows every weekend. The bad crowd. I was a conservative rebel."
Duke: "Do you find yourself forming an emotional connection with girls you do scenes with?"
Trent: "Somewhat. You fall in and out of love fast. On a base level. I think that's necessary. I'm not good at doing gonzo. I've got to have a little something."
Duke: "Who's your favorite guy to do double anal with?"
Trent: "I'm not going to answer that. I don't even like to do double anal. It's a circus trick.
"Some guys don't know how to f---. You don't want to f--- a girl with just anybody."
Duke: "How has having sex with hundreds of women affected you?"
Trent: "I can still fall in love. [Most of that sex] was just for fun. I don't have a problem being monogamous outside of the business. But if I slipped or she slipped, I don't think the other person would mind too much. As long as at the end of the day we're together.
"I've had relationships in the past that were too open but it just f----- it up. It just gets confusing and complicated.
"What was your question? Why are you doing this?"
Duke: "I write a column on lukeisback.com."
Trent laughs. "So this is a big deal."
Avy Lee Roth asks me for AVN Editor Mike Ramone's number. I don't know it but suggest she email him at ramone@avn.com.
Avy: "I'm starting eating again and I'm getting a belly."
I overhear Genesis Skye say: "I do everything but interracial and internal cum shots."
Trent gets offended when he's told he looks like male performer Jenner. "I'm much better looking," Trent says.
"Now don't write that. I work with that guy."
Trent says he's not a drug addict. He's ok now. He's focused. Nobody should think he's a drug addict because he's not. That was a long time ago. He's a different man now.
We talk on the set of Ariana Jollee: No Holes Barred.
She's been in porn for eight years and describes herself as a "big whore."
She qualifies: "I'm not a hooker. I do it because I like it."
Trent Tesoro is intimidated by the five page release form. "They're like tests. I get answers wrong. It's a lot of pressure."
Venus leafs through the release. "I should read it," she admits. "I have no idea what they're saying in here."
I lie down beside her and we get comfy.
I say in my most confidential and intimate voice, as though for the first time: "When you were a little girl, what did you want to be when you grew up?"
Venus: "I changed my mind all the time, but I wanted to be a marine biologist because I like fish. But I sucked at math and science. I've always liked writing. I still do.
"I've always wanted to be a model."
Duke: "What did your family expect you to become?"
Venus: "Nothing."
Duke: "How old were you when you lost your virginity?"
Venus: "Fourteen."
Duke: "Your boyfriend? A family member?"
She laughs. "I knew that was coming. Not a boyfriend. A football player in highschool."
She left home at 15.
She spent her first 18 years living up and down the East Coast. Then she moved to Las Vegas and then Los Angeles at 19. "I started doing magazine stuff for a year. I took everything slow. I did girl-girl for a couple of years. Then boy-girl."
Venus says she's never dated anyone inside the industry. She says she had kids with an asshole and stayed with him for five years.
Duke: "How did your family react to your becoming a porn star?"
Venus: "My parents are Southern Baptist so we don't mention it. We ignore it. It doesn't exist. Don't ask."
Duke: "Did you go to church every week growing up?"
Venus: "Three or four times a week."
Duke: "So what happened?"
Venus: "I had too much church. I never made it back."
Duke: "What are your life ambitions?"
Venus: "To see the world. To be content with me as a person. I want to create at least one masterpiece of art in this business."
Duke: "What part of your work do you find most meaningful?"
That stumps her for ten seconds. "Oh G-d. Porn is a certain stress release. It suits me. I pay my bills. I enjoy what I do. That's it."
I hear a yell from the bedroom. Genesis Skye has a chipped tooth. Trent was slamming her mouth down on him and he got cut in a sensitive area.
He cleans up and goes back to work.