They're sexual enough that it is something that they desire, that they crave, that they want, and it's not necessarily a bad thing," he said. "If there was a 15-year-old girl, an underage girl, an underage guy, an underage person that is viewing a scene that I'm in or any sort of porn, chances are they're doing that because either they're curious. "I just kind of be me."īut among his massive following of fans are many who are under 18, but Deen said he can't control underage kids who want to watch his porn films. "I don't market myself at all, I really don't," Deen said. While we can't talk too much about what's posted on his blog, for obvious reasons, we can say that mixed in with photos of his well-endowed co-stars are tweets about the toast he ate for breakfast or the burrito he wants for lunch. "Because the way I always say it is, 'I'm only useful from my belly button to my knees,' and I think everything else is pretty much just there." "Basically, until I started my blog, I really thought that I- no one really knew who I was," Deen said.
His career took off much later after he turned 18 when he began sharing stories about his life online. I want to do this."ĭeen said he was even suspended once for telling a teacher he dreamed of becoming a porn star. "It was this weird moment that I will always remember where I was like, this is what I want to be when I grow up. "I picked it up and I'm like, 'oh my God, this is the cool, this is awesome,'" he said. So how did Deen make his transition from a young Jewish kid growing up in SoCal, to a teen internet porn sensation? He claims that he first became interested in become a porn star when he was in kindergarten and found an old porn magazine. It's a wide obsession for his approachable appeal that the man himself said he doesn't fully understand.
There are thousands of women out there who share Ahlsen's enthusiasm for all things Deen and participate in an active online community - from trading images of him to posting fan-made pictures to writing swooning messages. He is a regular guy."Īnd she's not alone. He is just accessible, he looks like somebody that I could see at, you know, a coffee shop or something and actually approach, I mean, if he were, you know, just a regular guy. "Because in porn, the males are usually guys I'm not even close to being attracted to. "The first time I saw him, it was kind of really relieving," Ahlsen said. Christina Ahlsen, 20, is a student in upstate New York who said she is one of Deen's biggest fans and is going to become a "James Deen loyalist." Ahlsen said she often checks up on Deen on through Tumblr, and even has a setting to track when his name is mentioned on the blogging platform. "I'm kind of average, normal-looking, I don't know, I'm approachable," Deen said.Īnd for that, the ladies, especially teenage girls, adore him.
"I intended to, you know, do a bunch of scenes, be good at my job, have a lot of fun."įor a guy whose stage name harkens back to Hollywood royalty, Deen's whole angle is that he is so "normal," and doesn't really look like he belongs in a world where gladiator-like, macho men are king and bigger is best. I never had an intention on ever having anyone know who I was," Deen said. "When I got into this business, I never had any intention of ever winning an award. He has starred in 4,000 movies and is the youngest person ever to win porn's "Male Performer of the Year." At this year's porn convention in Las Vegas, he was treated like a rock star, with fans fawning over him. In an industry where women usually take center stage, Deen has become a porn superstar in his own right. With his curly brown hair, soft blue eyes and fit body, this 25-year-old porn sensation from Pasadena, Calif., looks like he could be your neighbor, you classmate or that cute guy at the bar you're hoping will catch your eye.