Adult film star Riley Reid has opened up about why she doesn't make heterosexual content anymore - and it makes perfect sense.
The 32-year-old began her career in the adult film industry at just 19 years old and quickly became a very well-known name in the business.
She has won over 45 awards for her work over the years including several as "best performer", but decided to switch up the type of content she features in.
Reid no longer films with male co-stars, instead choosing to partner up with women on-screen, and revealed the rationale behind the change.
Speaking on Jordyn Jones' What They Don't Tell You podcast, Reid opened up on the difficulties she had faced when it comes to dating due to her career.
The actress, whose real name is Ashley Matthews, explained that men found it hard to differentiate her as a person from the X-rated character she portrays on screen, admitting: "Dating was really hard."
"As I grew a name for myself, it was hard to meet someone who [didn't] know who I was," she explained. "And so, there was always that, like, fandom."
Thankfully, she ended up meeting her person in Latvian free-runner Pasha Petkuns and the pair are now happily married and share a daughter called Emma.
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She admitted that dating in the past could be strange because people thought they knew her through her alter-ego, adding: "They met me first in their mind as Riley, so it was really hard to like reverse and teach them that I'm Ashley."
The adult Hall of Famer also admitted that she hasn't been treated too well in past relationships - with certain partners saying she was the type of girl "you don't take to meet your mom."
While Reid hasn't retired from the adult film industry entirely since becoming a wife and a mother, she has narrowed down the type of content she will participate in, no longer choosing to star in projects where she has to get intimate with another man.
She explained: "I didn't retire but I just stopped shooting boy-girl porn. It was a choice I made on my own but I made that choice because I was lonely and I wanted love and affection and stuff, and I was like: 'I'm not gonna be able to find this while I'm performing.'"
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The Florida-born actress said she understood it would be quite difficult to find this type of love while also continuing to perform the type of content she had been known for.
Reid also previously opened up about the stigma she's faced for her career choice, telling Logan Paul on his imPaulsive podcast that past boyfriends had made her feel "disgusting" for her job, with one in particular even refusing to kiss her when she came home from work.
She recalled: "He made me feel like maybe I should quit and stuff [...] he didn't want to kiss me when I came home from work. So, like, [it] made me feel like a disgusting person.
"And I'm not disgusting! It's harsh," she added. "It was so horrible when he told me that."
