I’ve been on the cover and in the pages of one of the leading gay porn mag’s around, and if you’ve picked up the latest issue of UNZIPPED you’ll notice that I’m still around!
In the interview I talk about all the projects I’m up to now, including my reality show EDDIE STONE: MAKE ME A PORN STAR, my gig as Morning Show Host on the World’s First Commercial Queer Radio Station 103.9 PROUD FM (www.proudfm.com) and life in Toronto!
So, if you pass a newsstand, pick up a copy and enjoy!!
So, I’m in Montreal with Shaun, he’s just completed the PWA Friends For Life Bike Rally, and I’m off to have brunch with my mom. I thought a daytime meal out on a patio in the sunshine would help lend some levity to the situation. Of course, I met her at her’s and we walked down to a little brunch spot around the corner.
We chatted and laughed and when we got about half way through the meal (I didn’t want to save it for the end because if things went poorly I didn’t want to end on that note) when I said,
Me: “So have you been on the PROUD website lately?” (knowing full well that a link to the OUTLOOKS article that outs me as a porn star appears on my show page.
Mom: “Yesterday.”
Of course that doesn’t mean she saw or even read the article, she could just have been listening to the station online.
Me: “Have you seen the article on me and Shaun in OUTLOOKS?”
Mom: “No. What’s that?”
Shit. I thought if at least she had read the large print in the article she would already know and this would just be a formality.
Me: “Oh, well, it’s this great article in a nationwide magazine talking about me and Shaun and the radio and our pasts…”
I take a gulp of coffee
Me: “…and what makes us interesting as a couple.”
Mom: “That’s nice I’d love to read it!”
Me: “Ya. It’s a great article.” I had hit a dead end so I tried another tactic. “Oh, and I pitched a reality show idea to OUTtv and they loved it. We start filming this fall!”
Mom: “What? You never told me about a reality show! What’s it about?”
Here we are ladies and gentlemen, this is it, there was no going back now!
Me: “Well, it’s a reality show where contestants compete to become the next big porn star… and I’m the host.”
I paused here, hoping somehow the pieces would come together by themselves. They didn’t… It’s easier in my family when the pieces DO come together by themselves because we just don’t talk about things like this. We just don’t.
Mom: “Because of the radio, you’re going to host?”
I took a deep breath and said
Me: “No, because when I was in L.A. I became a pretty well known name as an adult performer.”
Image by: Keith Haring
There was a moment when I wasn’t sure she had heard, or understood. It was only a second or two, but it felt like forever. Her face did not change, but there was something in her eye that said ‘So, that’s what was going on in L.A., so many questions answered.’
I wasn’t ready for what she asked next, although it’s all I ever needed to hear.
Mom: “When do you start filming?”
Moving back home to Canada wasn’t a big decision for me. It was the natural progression of my XXX career. I knew what was waiting for me here. A stable of hot horny yet-to-be-discovered Canadian guys who stay warm during the long cold Canadian winters the only way guys know how… So, here I am, moving behind the camera to capture the action in this my very own website.
Phase 1: my blog. This is where I’ll post all the pics, videos and updates of my soon to be released website. Join my fan page on the blog for instant updates! Aside from my website, I’ve got news, BIG NEWS, we’re talking REALITY SHOW news… but that’s all I can say for now! So, make yourself comfortable, browse around and get used to the layout of my blog, and come back often!! Oh, and tell all your friends, Eddie Stone is online at eddiestoneonline.com