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GQ Profiles Porn Star James Deen
James Deen has, over the past few months, arguably become one of the most famous male porn stars since Ron Jeremy. After an epic profile in the winter issue of GOOD, the story of his unusual lifestyle has been covered by Nightline, The Atlantic and Slate, to name just a few.
Now, GQ has gotten on the Deen train, devoting seven (online) pages to an in-depth look at the 26-year-old adult film actor's licentious day-to-day liaisons. The article follows Deen from shoot to shoot, mostly taking place in and around Los Angeles, as writer Wells Tower tries to determine whether he could do the job as well as Deen -- or if, indeed, he could do it at all.
Our hero starts off in Calabasas, makes his way to San Francisco, and then winds back up in Pasadena, his hometown. Along the way, Tower discovers that having sex with multiple women every single day isn't all it's cracked up to be, likening the experience (as far as his voyeuristic eyes could tell) to the gluttonous consumption of red meat:
After the foregoing days, any normal man would view the prospect of more tungsten-lit sex with strangers the way you might view a sixty-ounce steak after a hot-dog-eating contest.
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We won't ruin the end of it for you, but suffice it to say Deen's star is rapidly rising, and he might just be bringing the rest of Porn Valley with him.
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