This past weekend was BEAUTIFUL.  Everything was perfection.  Time with my family, gorgeous weather and the right amount of outings!

After a relaxing day on Ward’s Island (just a ferry’s ride away from downtown Toronto), Shaun and I were heading home when we saw a very familiar figure.

Now, I don’t know how long this ‘Gold Man’ has been doing his shtick, but I think I can safely say that EVERY time I go to the Harbourfront… there he is!

But as we walked past him this time I noticed the locales and tourists stopping and staring.  They leaned into one another whispering about the ‘Gold Man’.  Some snapped photos and of course some threw money into his collection bin and it occurred to me… HE is ME when I used to go go in West Hollywood.

The similarities don’t end.  He’s on a riser.  He’s in a costume of sorts.  There is a crowd of gawking people.  Some keep their distance, some take photos and of course some tip him for his efforts.

Now, if I had only thought to paint my naked body gold when I danced!

“When mom comes to visit you next week, what are you going to tell her you do?” asked my brother on the other end of the line from Montreal. I skirted the subject by making a joke, but wondered how much my brother had figured out on his own.

I was just back from Italy. We had shot “When In Rome”, and my pockets were flush with cash.

Mom’s visit to L.A. went off without a hitch. “How’s the bar?” she’d ask. I told her I was bar backing and go go dancing at a couple of bars in West Hollywood. What? Don’t give me that look, it’s not so far off the truth! That’s how I got discovered by Chi Chi LaRue, while go go dancing at Micky’s!

With Chi Chi LaRue & Johnny Hazzard

Anyway, she left L.A. happy in the knowledge that I was doing alright for myself, if not totally aware of how I was achieving it.

And doing well for myself I did. I continued on as a Rascal Exclusive for Chi Chi, traveling Europe and the United States, picking up awards and nominations all over the place, modeling for Tom Ford, T.V. interviews, books, magazines and even my own dildo!

Promoting 'Stone Fox'

Now what? I had a decision to make. Years had gone by, and I had achieved more than what most porn stars ever do. I needed to continue to grow, and the only way to do that was by moving home to Canada.

I wasn’t abandoning the industry, but I needed a shift in my life. I had done a radio interview as Eddie Stone with Shaun Proulx of The Shaun Proulx Show on 103.9 PROUD FM in Toronto. PROUD FM is the world’s first and only queer commercial radio station. People have always told me I had a voice for radio, so I decided to move to Toronto and look up PROUD FM to see what could come of it.

I thought that the move away from L.A. and the pursuit of other avenues, like radio, would end the eternal questioning of “Are you going to tell your mom?”

I would never have guessed that a move home would force me to face and answer that question once and for all!