Riley Reid, one of the best-known adult stars in the world, has opened up about the amount of money she made for a single shoot.
Reid, 33, has cemented herself in the hall of fame when it comes to adult entertainment.
However, Reid’s success came with major emotional baggage.
In a heartfelt 2020 YouTube video, she explained why she often tells people to think twice before entering the adult industry.
“A lot of times when people ask me if they should do p*rn, 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,” she said.
She didn't hold back when talking about the stigma. “If you're putting yourself out there and the world is now judging you, you have to be OK with being shamed every day of your life.”
That shame didn’t just affect her - it made her fear for her future kids.
“I don't even want to have children because I do p*rn, because I'm worried [about] the way that people will treat my child,” she revealed at the time.
Despite all of this, the industry has been very lucrative for Reid.
During a raw and revealing chat on the Impaulsive podcast with Logan Paul, Mike Majlak, and George Janko, Reid let it slip just how lucrative her career can be.
“The most I’ve gotten from one day… I think $12,000 for one day on a shoot,” she said.
But she made it clear that the money didn’t stop there. “Like, that’s just from one shoot but I monetise myself in a lot of different ways,” she added.
Fast forward to now, and Reid’s life looks very different. In November 2022, she welcomed her first child, Emma, with her husband and Latvian free runner Pasha Petkuns.
Motherhood, she says, is no joke - but thankfully, she can afford serious support.
“Having a child is a lot. I have a night nurse, I have a personal chef, I have a cleaning crew, I have my employees,” she shared on the Stiff Socks podcast. “I have all of this help... I think I would have had severe depression if I didn't have the help because it is a lot.”
If you want some final advice from Reid about how not to repulse your partner, then she offered some words of wisdom.
“I hate it when a guy doesn't brush his teeth, he wants to kiss and he's got some rank a breath,” she said. “That s**t kills the mood.”
“It’s disgusting,” she added.