{"id":1158951,"date":"2022-07-26T10:11:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T10:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/26\/meet-the-footballer-who-ditched-his-career-to-become-a-porn-star\/"},"modified":"2022-07-26T10:11:52","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T10:11:52","slug":"meet-the-footballer-who-ditched-his-career-to-become-a-porn-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/26\/meet-the-footballer-who-ditched-his-career-to-become-a-porn-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the footballer who ditched his career to become a porn star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A former footballer who now works in the porn industry has opened up about his first shoot and admits the job isn\u2019t as fun as people think.<\/p>\n<p>Former\u00a0Crystal Palace\u00a0academy player Damian Oliver, who spent time in prison before moving into a career in porn, has spoken about his six-hour-long, sweat-soaked first shoot that only netted him \u00a3150.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the\u00a0Anything Goes with James English\u00a0podcast, Oliver admitted that his first shoot four years ago was a fairly \u201chorrible\u201d experience.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/8A982146-B3BD-47D9-A33C-9CC12B829EBF.jpeg\" alt=\"Damian Oliver has spoken about his experiences in the porn industry (Image: Instagram\/damianoliverofficial)\"\/><figcaption>Damian Oliver has spoken about his experiences in the porn industry (Image: Instagram\/damianoliverofficial)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He\u00a0said: \u201cThat was terrifying, being on my first set, the camera guy there was a big bald Irishman, he was quite scary \u2013 I\u2019ve got to get my d**k out in front of him and start f***ing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The pressure of the situation caused Oliver to\u2026 erm\u2026 \u201cshrivel up\u201d but said his co-star was \u201cnice\u201d and things soon sorted themselves out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He went on: \u201cIt was like laminate flooring, and I was butt-naked and sweating, and I was slipping in my own sweat.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had to keep cutting, I had her bent over the sofa but I kept slipping all across the floor, they had to keep wiping the floor down, I was just a dripping mess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Oliver \u2013 who dates fellow porn star Sophie Anderson \u2013 saw porn as a way to earn a bit of cash on the side while he worked as a painter and decorator but after meeting his partner decided to give it a good full time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Talking about how the reality wasn\u2019t quite the same as what he imagined, he explained: \u201cPeople used to say to me, \u2018you\u2019re doing it all anyway\u2019, because they knew I used to sleep with girls, I was a player, and they said, \u2018you might as well get paid for it\u2019,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it wasn\u2019t until I had the confidence to actually do it, [that I realised] it was a whole different ball game.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/resize.webp.jpeg\" alt=\"Oliver said he was 'terrified' on his first porn shoot (Image: Instagram\/damianoliverofficial)\"\/><figcaption>Oliver said he was \u2018terrified\u2019 on his first porn shoot (Image: Instagram\/damianoliverofficial)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He went on: \u201cWhen I was at Crystal Palace, if I\u2019d have stayed with them, then I could have been earning a lot more playing football. I used to fight as well, maybe that could have gone somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was good at both of those things, but being a porn star, I thought that would be just as good.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s not as good as people think.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Re39beWZcB8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Equity Law: 30% investment reserved for Ghanaians will boost economy \u2013 Fmr. AGI Pres. 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