Racist Gay Porn Star Paul Canon Blames “Colored” Tweet On Twitter Hack
Mainstream journalist Tracy Clark-Flory has just published an article on racism in the gay porn industry, featuring interviews with directors Chi Chi LaRue, Steve Cruz, and mr. Pam, performers Diesel Washington, Sean Zevran, and Conner Habib, and me. Be sure to read the entire article here (which includes some disappointing quotes from mr. Pam, who seems to say that actors who refuse to work with black or Asian models should have their “personal preferences” respected—ugh), and look out for this part with unabashed racists Damien Kyle and Paul Canon, whom Clark-Flory attempted to interview for the article:
This summer, a matter-of-fact message was sent from [Paul Canon’s] Twitter account: “I am not sexually attracted to colored people.” A later tweet from his account explained the message as a show of support for his fiancé and fellow performer Damien Kyle after he refused to work with an actor of a “dark skin [sic] complexion.” (Kyle’s response to requests for comment was “lmfao” via a Facebook message, but he has publicly expressed a distaste for African-American men: He can be seen in a clip from a recent porn reality show, saying, “I am not racist, I’m not sexually attracted to black guys.”) As the tweet drew controversy, Canon’s Twitter account stood by the remarks, arguing that “sexual preference and racial [sic] discrimation are totally different things.”
The tweets have since been deleted and now Canon has said in an email to Vocativ that he did not send the tweets in question and implied that he was hacked by someone “who wanted only to degrade our character.”
There aren’t enough surejan gifs in the world to properly respond to Paul Canon’s claims about being “hacked.” But on the bright side, we’ve learned something new about our bigoted little friend: Not only is Paul Canon a racist, he’s also a cowardly liar.
[Vocativ: Can Porn Stars Have A Race-Based “Sexual Preference”?]
