Criss would likely not be “thriving” in porn at this point, even without the drugs. He just didn’t age all that well. And even though he was never a pretty boy, he had a certain type of sex appeal that definitely started to diminish. While even the straight side of porn is more about conventional pretty boys and buff bodies and daddy studs nowadays. His time was already running out, at least when it comes to making consistent money in hetero porn.
Also, the lines in porn aren’t nearly as blurred as people try to claim. More dudes in mainstream “straight” are starting to be willing to get a bit more “queer”. But it’s usually the ones who are no longer getting consistent work. And it often just comes off desperate. And none of those are unashamedly anything other than “straight”. While doing non hetero porn will still limit your hetero opportunities. Donte Colle had to lie about not bottoming off camera and had to lie about never dating someone of his sex in order to get a handful of hetero gigs. Many of these guys are still willing to sellout to appeal to women and appease the “straight world”.
The porn world still has a long ways to go when it comes to abuse, addiction, mental health struggles, male homophobia, hetero pressures, homo inferiority, queer insecurities, gay panic, “straight” superiority, feeling the need to manipulate as far as the dimensions of your sexuality and where you are in the gender, sexual, affection, romantic attachment, emotional investment, commitment spectrum. But honestly, the porn world does very few people any good when it comes to their longterm well-being and mental health. So, even if he gets out of jail soon and sobers up, it’s probably best to stay away from porn.
also if two people never even really interacted then that adds another layer of who gives a fuck.
