But when your fetish is any interchangeable ‘Black guy’, you are taking the human component out of it, and just treating them as objects based on their skin colour.” “Fetishes like fist play or sling play have nothing to do with race or skin colour. “When you fetishize a person, you are dehumanizing that person into a thing,” he says. He also notes that Black men are still fetishised in degrading ways within the industry, and the impact on the actor is severe. I was also the only Black person on staff.” The fetishisation of Black people in the gay porn industry is a persistent problem. “I was the only person laid off at that time. He says he was told they had no need for two casting directors. Here’s Santoro talking about his meth use and telling his fans that he’ll be selling videos of himself slamming meth on his OnlyFans, which would be a violation of the platform’s terms of service, not to mention more ammunition for his apartment building to evict him once and for all:ĭay 2 – Recovery! pic.twitter.“I was made to feel like I was not worthy of praise, validation, and definitely less valuable than all of the white actors.”Ĭooper says his time with the company ended when it merged with Falcon Studios. (Str8Up has seen no such apology, not that anyone would believe Santoro even if he did apologize.)
Santoro says his meth use caused him to say things that were “negative,” and he’s since apologized. The Santoros (who are identified by SMH as boyfriends, while the couple have identified themselves as husbands) have continued to host sex parties despite the coronavirus pandemic, and despite the fact that Billy Santoro posted multiple videos last month claiming to be addicted to crystal methamphetamine for most of the year. While racist Santoro isn’t identified by name in the report, process of elimination leads anyone to reasonably assume it’s him, given Santoro’s recent move to Sydney, his sex parties he advertises on Twitter and, most conclusively, the below screencap from a recent Santoro video recorded at his apartment, in which you can clearly see the Monument complex buildings noted by the paper:Īnd here’s an image of the Monument complex from down below: If that fails, mediation and a penalty notice may follow. But the strata committee has decided enough is enough and ruled that the pair is “disturbing the peaceful enjoyment of surrounding lots with extreme noise.” It has served a notice on the duo requiring them to comply with the complex’s by-laws. “I can confirm Surry Hills police attended, however, the incident is not of public interest and would cause no concern for other residents,” a police spokeswoman said. Authorities have been called to the building at least three times, including one incident in August which involved both police and ambulance officers.
Neighbours have complained about visitors to the seventh-floor apartment and – how to phrase this? – failing to practice social distancing during meet-and-greets organised via social media. But the pair’s habit of working from home during the pandemic has put residents on edge. A US porn star and his boyfriend are renting an apartment at the Woods/Marsh designed residential complex overlooking Sydney’s Oxford Street gay-mile. Owners at the nearby Monument complex in Surry Hills are grappling with a much trickier issue: adult film stars. The Sydney Morning Herald reported today that a “US porn star and his boyfriend are renting an apartment overlooking Sydney’s Oxford Street gay-mile” where police have been called at least three times due to Santoro “failing to practice social distancing during meet-and-greets.” Those “meet and greets” are obviously sex parties, which Santoro and his partner, Gage, have been sharing footage of on social media and OnlyFans (the only platform left that hasn’t blacklisted Santoro following his racist remarks and fake suicide attempt over the summer). In case Donald Trump’s defeat wasn’t satisfying enough and you need more news about another racist loser, disgraced former gay porn star Billy Santoro is making headlines in Australia today, as he and his boyfriend face fines and potentially eviction for hosting sex parties in their Sydney apartment.