I have always believed (with zero evidence) that there are plenty of women who do porn because they love sex, don’t find it dirty or bad and like the money. I don’t knock their hustle.
But it does seem odd for the child of a major star to make that choice. Is it possible she is crying out for help from dad, or is she just a sexually liberated woman who happens to just want to be a porn star?
All of the above are possible, but it seems there’s a revenge/humiliation element in there somewhere. The highest paid porn actresses on Earth don’t make that much and he’d probably be willing to pay her something not to tarnish his reputation, unless perhaps she has a drug problem or is otherwise a problem-child who he doesn’t want to fund.
Other celebrity relatives I can think of who’ve done porn are the daughter of Jerry Van Dyke (who was a major druggie- eventually committed suicide) and the son of Dick Smothers (whose name wasn’t Dick Smothers, Jr., but it’s what he went by and he definitely had ‘this’ll show Daddy!’ issues). Fishburne’s a much bigger star than either of them ever were of course, but I wouldn’t be surprised if similar issues are involved.
This portrays it as a career move, but who knows really. Your link has her listed as being soon to release a couple of (judging by the titles) anal films. I don’t see a woman who’s merely looking for a career to jump in all the way like that, nor even one who’s simply trying to annoy her parents. We can presume that she hasn’t been living as a saint through her teenage years, but whether that means she’s sexually liberated or damaged, who knows?
IIRC Fishburne was a bit of a wild-child himself in his teens. I know that he lied about his age to work on Apocalypse Now (I think he was 15 or so when his parts were shot- he claimed to be 18) and he had some minor scrapes with juvenile justice in NYC. While his daughter would have grown up in better circumstances economically it’s not at all uncommon for wild kids to produce wild kids, so it could be a whatever-generation rebel. (Makes you wonder what Mel Gibson’s kids are like.)
Really bad move for her though; after this she’ll likely never have a real acting career and it’s going to hang over her no matter what field she goes into.
Though they’re missing a great cash-in if they don’t star her in The 'Natrix and What’s Love Got to Do With Fck?*.
Naw, look at the pic again; she got her fair share of jaw.
If she’s doing this to annoy her dad, I think she is misjudging the impact this will have! This ain’t gonna annoy him, it’s gonna shatter him, right? Man, I’m so nosy about this. I’m dying to know what the real story is.
I thought his name was Dick, Jr. There’s an interview with Dick Smothers, Sr.here where he was asked what he thought about his son going into porn, and he said:
‘What name are you going to use?’ … He says he’s going to use his name, and I said, ‘Wait a minute. That’s my name. I had it first.’ "
He is a Richard R. Smothers, Jr., but he had always gone by Mickey before (from his middle name of Remick- I’d link but… uh… not exactly work safe site.)
If she wanted to get attention and launch a career, she should have made a home sex tape and pretended that it was accidentally released. That way she would get her face (and everything else) out there but still maintain some respectability and not look desperate.
Hmmm… as far as celeb family members (huhuhuh, he said “member”…) in porn, I recall Jody Watley’s sister having done a few vids for one of the porn labels back in the 90s, under the name “Midori”.
(and thirdname, that’s exactly what one of the articles linked to upthread argues, how that would be the real way you do it these days if you’re just seeking notoriety…)
I wonder if maybe Laurence Fishburne needs to turn in his Dad card. Sometimes no matter how good you raise kids, they can do something like this, but this can often be a sign of poor parenting.
And to add fuel to the fire of this bad career move- someone should script PeeNee’s Whorehouse with her as Cowgirl Cunnise.
holy poo poo that is the funniest video i’ve seen in my life
I don’t know if it’s because I’m up so late or what, but I can’t listen to this ‘Brian Pumper’ fellow talk so intently about the intricacies of his work for more than a few seconds without cracking the hell up.
She’s already done another recording with someone other than Brian Pumper that’s out. If she was planning to follow in Kim K’s footsteps, she’s already off on the wrong path. This will not end well for her professional film career.
I’ve decided that there is no way she is doing this for any reason other than to fuck with her dad. Because, if she was just a girl who likes sex, and believes in casual sex, and likes porn and is doing it for reasons that are right for her…even if that were the case, I believe she would pass on that to save face for her dad…doesn’t seem like a big deal to say, “I like porn and would like to act in porn, but I don’t want to devastate my dad, so forget it.”
Money is clearly not an issue.
And, I don’t think she is so dumb that she doesn’t know that this isn’t a good career move for anyone who is interested in legit acting. She even mentions Kim Kardashian, so that means she is completely aware of the proper way to leak a sex tape…no need to go this route.
So, I’m going to guess that she just, for some reason not known to us, really, really wants to hurt her dad.