Why’s she apologizing? She didn’t do any work-related stuff there, other than dress somewhat provocatively, but no more so than a lot of college girls in the stands. And she’s got every right to be there and cheer on whatever team she so chooses, regardless of her profession.
I guess I’m just a belligerent cuss, because my first thought was that if I was in her shoes, I’d just tell everyone offended to go to hell, and go Miami! (or whatever their catchphrase is).
She seems to be embarrassed about how she acted and that she called attention to herself. She seems to wish she didn’t attend (or stayed better hidden), and thus is “sorry.”
I agree she has nothing to actually apologize for. She didn’t do anything wrong.
I wouldnt be surprised if she feels shame for her job, even if she shouldn’t. I also wouldnt be surprised if my empathy is misplaced and she is doing this to stay on the limelight a bit longer for the free advertizing, wanting the exact reaction we just had.
Seems like Danger (current law student, former adult film performer) is a far more civilized and polite person than the people who are giving her shit about the attention her presence got from the broadcast and viral viewers. So she’s apologizing for any disruption or distraction that her (inadvertently notorious) presence caused.
Yes, I completely agree that Danger doesn’t actually owe anybody any apology for just going to watch her team like any other fan. But the fact that she’s made an apology and expressed regret for the unwanted attention just highlights how much classier she is than all the people scolding her about it.
[ETA: And even if, as @BigT suggests, her apology may be strategic in order to amplify rather than minimize the attention, it’s still definitively taking the high road compared to the behavior of the people bitching about her.]
Quoted from the article: “In her apology and subsequent comments, Danger indicated she hopes to move forward more privately. “I wish I could be like any other student supporting my team,” she said.”
Well, when you become somewhat famous being an online personality of any type, you’ve given up the ability to be just another student rooting for your team. Especially when you continue to sell yourself online as a personality/influencer. And even more especially when you become famous as a porn actor.
I agree she has nothing to apologize for regarding the game, but she is clearly embarrassed of her line of work, which despite efforts to normalize it, is still pretty darned disrespected and disdained in many circles. Not sure how this is surprising to anyone.
It only not surprising because of the state of the world right now. Her job is completely irrelevant, and, given how many people do porn online, I’m sure the vast majority have gone to public places and not become the focus. Yes, even sports games. I would argue that most porn stars don’t tend to get recognized much outside of their jobs, even. There are so, so many.
So while it’s not surprising something like this would happen in this shitty world, I definitely didn’t expect it, and read through the article thinking there would be something else.
The problem is if person A is offended by something person B did, the onus should be on A to ignore them, not B to apologise for A’s sensibilities being ruffled. B should only apologise if they did something wrong, not if they did something disliked.
I didn’t see it but it does not seem like either party did anything wrong. They take pictures of the crowd all the time. Was there comments like hubba, hubba, or something?
I think it was more like a “random” crowd shot. It’s pretty cliche for broadcasts to show random shots of pretty coeds in the crowd. Since they have found her in the crowd on more than one occasion it doesn’t seem very random. It’s more likely some fan of her work was working the camera.
There was a rumor she is dating the Miami quarterback but it looks like that’s coming from fake news sites.
I think Danger is pretty well known which makes it more difficult for her to leave her past behind. The general advice given to people who go into porn is that it will follow you for the rest of your life. Asia Carerra retired to Utah in the early 2000s and when she tried to enroll her kid in daycare it was clear they knew who she was. Thankfully they didn’t give her a hard time about it.
I’m not arguing it’s right or fair, only that it’s the reality.
This is what puzzles me. How many porn performers actually get to be generally well-known? I suspect what happened was that one or two people recognized her from the ESPN coverage and basically blew the whistle on her and publicly doxxed her by name, so that other people could look her up for shits and giggles. (Whether this is something she really hates, sort of hates, is indifferent to, or is pleased about I can’t say.) So I don’t think it’s that she would be recognized walking down the street in any town, but that once anyone finds out they can look her up online and then recognize her from then on.
So what follows these folks for years is not so much general notoriety, as easily available evidence. That can certainly come into play when, for example, they move into a new community. Eventually, word will get around.