A former porn star has revealed her bitter regret over her X-rated career which she claimed ruined her life.
Riley Reid, who lives in a $4.8 million mansion in California, featured in an emotional video which recently resurfaced on Twitter.
The 31-year-old, whose real name is Ashley Mathews, said that she ‘lost her whole family’ after entering the world of adult entertainment.
She said that those in the business ‘have to be okay with being shamed every day of your life.’
Riley Reid, who lives in a $4.8 million mansion in California, featured in an emotional video which recently resurfaced on Twitter
The 31-year-old, whose real name is Ashley Mathews, said that she ‘lost her whole family’ after entering the world of adult entertainment
In the clip, which has so far been viewed more than 2.4 million times since being posted on Wednesday, Riley can be seen sitting at a desk in a baggy jumper that reads: ‘Has anybody seen my pants?’
Speaking directly to camera, she begins: ‘I’ve lost my whole family and it sucks.
‘So a lot of times when people ask me if they should do porn, I tell them no, I tell them that it makes life really hard, it makes dating really hard, it makes your family life really hard, it makes intimacy hard.
‘If you’re putting yourself out there and the world is now judging you, you have to be okay with being shamed every day of your life.’
At the time, Riley said: ‘I don’t even want to have children because I do porn, because I’m worried of the way that people treat my child.
‘With me personally, my mom was supportive in the beginning – she kind of just let me do whatever. Not that I think it was a good thing, I had a lot of freedom.
‘As time progressed and I became successful, I started to feel like my mom was using me so that she could live a more luxurious lifestyle.
‘When I started to set these boundaries, not giving her money or things like that – it made our relationship a bit more difficult and almost toxic and so it sucks.
In 2021, Riley, who is married freerunner Pasha Petkuns, was estimated to be earning up to $570,000 a month by selling content on subscriber site OnlyFans
In 2021, Riley married freerunner Pasha Petkuns and the pair have since welcomed a child together
‘I don’t have a mom anymore, I don’t talk to her, I miss having a mom. I feel like you can’t rewind and you can’t go back.
‘I don’t have that relationship with her anymore. I don’t ever think I will and that bums me out – it bums me out a lot.’
She added: ‘I talked to my dad and he struggles with my job being in the industry and he’s also religious.
‘Recently I wanted to go visit him and he said that I can’t go visit because his wife – my stepmom – does not want me there. I’m not allowed to visit my dad anymore because my stepmom doesn’t like that I do porn.
‘But then when I was like well can we go get coffee or breakfast, he was like “I don’t want to be seen in public with you” and that just f***ing hurt so bad and it sucks.
‘I lost my family, I don’t talk to my brothers or my sisters. I think that they all kind of tried to take advantage of me and stuff or they’re just like my dad and don’t want to be around me.’
Riley concludes the clip with a dramatic sigh as she rests her head on the table.
In 2021, Riley was estimated to be earning up to $570,000 a month by selling content on subscriber site OnlyFans.
She brought a four-bed, six-bath mansion, situated on a massive 3.6-acre lot, in Pasadena, California, for $4.8 million in cash.
That same year she also married freerunner Pasha Petkuns and the pair have since welcomed a child together.
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