This is the cover story of the September 2020 issue of AVN magazine. Click here for the digital edition.
LOS ANGELES—Bridgette B. recalls writing the word “podcast” on the vision board she created two years ago, allowing the idea time to take shape.
Then when the quarantine disrupted production this past spring she decided to turn that thought into something real.
Armed with 12 years of experience performing in more than 900 sex scenes and countless late-night escapades on the road headlining gentlemen’s clubs as a premier feature dancer, the adult star known as The Spanish Doll launched “ReadySexChat With Bridgette B.” in July.
The Barcelona-born beauty brings the same quick wit, sass and positive attitude that has made her one of the industry’s most refreshing voices on social media to “ReadySexChat,” dishing insights about sex, love, relationships and XXX among other topics—or as she teases in her website intro—“a slice of life you didn’t know you needed.”
“I had thought about it before and podcasting wasn’t this huge thing during those days and it's getting a lot of traction now,” Bridgette tells AVN. “But back when I thought about it, I don't know why but I guess I was hearing Howard Stern. And I realized that is something that I aspire to be—someone who speaks their mind.
“He did it and that's a whole different generation, but he still spoke his mind. I'm not doing it for shock. I'm just speaking my mind.”
A Brazzers contract girl with an Instagram following of 3.4 million to go with another 281K-plus on Twitter, Bridgette B. at press time had reached her fourth weekly installment—titled “Married? Dating? Pussy Men - The Pornstar Edition.”
She begins that episode reflecting on her heightened “sense of nostalgia.”
“I have been increasingly missing my songs that I used to hear in college and my ramen days when I used to not have any money in college, so I just kind of bullshitted my way through the kitchen and tried to come up with five-star meals out of hot dogs and ramen,” says Bridgette, who is represented for bookings by Mark Schechter’s ATMLA. “And TV shows I found myself wanting to look at like ‘Saved by the Bell’ and ‘Beverly Hills 90210.’ And I also got to thinking about my previous relationships…”
She tackles how dating and being married works when one of you is an adult star—or both in some cases.
“Dating, while fucking on film, is no piece of cake,” Bridgette tells listeners. “I consider myself to be a pretty damn good catch. I’m financially independent—and now I’ve definitely got some tricks up my sleeve in the love department.
“I mean I can do a pile-driver and serve you some Spanish food all at the same fucking time.”
Bridgette admits that podcasting is “therapeutic for me.”
“It's much like Twitter. It's a platform that I can use and if people want to listen, even better,” she says. “But I would never go into any sort of project thinking, ‘This is so I can make millions! I'm gonna make so much money!’ Because then it is doomed to fail from the beginning.
“The success is from wanting to do and loving what you're doing. And then everything comes from there.”
It’s that kind of self-awareness and introspection that has defined Bridgette’s B’s career.
“So I was sitting in quarantine from the first week, and I'm like, this is some bullshit. And I started engaging with fans on Twitter. And people were expressing themselves, saying, ‘You're always so positive’ and 'is this is this fake? What's going on?’ And I said, ‘For someone to fake positivity is low and shameful.’ Because what good does that do to anybody?
“Why would you want to fake that? The more you try and fake it, then what are you trying to portray—your real self or your fake self? And this is where that circle of Bridgette B. and my real name came in the middle.
“I was able to figure out this platform where I can eliminate the visuals for the moment. I can express myself as I have on social. And the audience is there because of everything I've done the last 10 years.”
She continues, “It's a hard job; you’re talking to yourself and the nuances that come with it. Making it entertaining while still speaking your piece is a lot of work. Am I there yet? I have no idea. But I'm not focusing on, ‘Am I there?’ I'm focusing on I'm so glad that I can provide another form of entertainment to fans who have been with me since the beginning.”
Fans can find Bridgette’s musings on iTunes, Spotify, IHeartRadio and ReadySexChat.com—which is trademarked.
“I edit it myself; I learned how to edit,” Bridgette adds. “I trademarked it myself; I had my lawyer do it. When I tell you that I am a one-woman circus I am not joking.”
Bridgette takes an “old school” approach to show prep, drafting her talking points in a physical notebook.
“I don't know how people put things on their phone, but I do my notes and I do my scripts for my podcast—and I write everything down. I take my time; I research. I sit at my desk and it's literally me talking to the fans,” she says.
Bridgette B. arrived in the U.S. in 2001 from Spain, becoming a sorority sister at Chi Omega while majoring in Fashion Merchandising at Kent State in Kent, Ohio—about 40 miles from Cleveland.
“And then I did a minor in theater, which helped me a lot with my accent and I had voice coaching for about two years,” Bridgette says. “And I really loved theater. I loved fashion. Should I have majored in that? I don't think so. I wonder—and that's something that always goes through my mind—what if I would have majored in something else?
“This is why things just happen and you kind of just go with the flow and go with destiny because anything could have happened where I didn't graduate, or what if I didn't pick fashion? Who knows where I would’ve ended up? But because I ended up where I belong, I'm happy I did. It was a waste of money though…”
She adds, “If I knew then what I know now I probably would have just done an associate's degree and fucking done porn at 18 or so.
“But I would not give those five years up for anything in the world. College was the best time of my life. I met so many good people. It introduced me to a world I didn't know. It gave me a chance to develop myself and mature mentally. Because that is what gave me the skin—the thick skin I needed to come into my 20s and become an adult entertainer.”
When she made her debut in 2008, signing with LA Direct, she didn’t start performing full time from the get-go.
“I wasn’t an active performer because I was just getting my feet wet. I really appreciated the fact that I was given the opportunity to go on the road and feature dance because it allowed me to develop a rapport with fans. It allowed me to gain confidence,” she says. “And because I knew how to dance—that I knew how to do. I didn't know how to perform.
“So those two or three years where I was with them was very much a learning curve. My experience was extremely positive because it made me definitely who I am now. And I learned how not to take shit. I learned the ins and outs. I wasn't thrown in all of a sudden. I really gained traction with experience.”
Before she decided to go for it with adult Bridgette was working in a real estate office.
“I was definitely doing the 9-to-5. Having my bachelor's degree, speaking two languages— understanding five—being a people person and considering myself an overall good human being of good thoughts and good heart and still getting fired left and right because of being female,” Bridgette says. “Because of jealousy throughout. It was never because I didn't do my job.
“It was because there were outside forces that I had no control of. So at one point, you have to realize if you're not getting to where you want to be, is it them or is it you? And I realized it's not them because they're doing what they know is best for their corporate culture, or for their own company. So that has nothing to do with me. So I realized, oh shit it’s me. So something is telling me I don't belong here. I don't belong behind the desk, 9-to-5. And this is why America is a beautiful place to live because you can decide for yourself what you want to do. No one is forcing you.
“And I got fired because I was using my vibrator during lunch and I got caught.”
Bridgette says there was no one in the office when she playing with herself.
“So I didn't have my own office, I had just a little space and right behind me to that way was a little camera that I just ignored. Was it hidden? No, but I didn't see it,” she says. “And when everyone was gone, I'd be on a wall like spread open. The thing is, though, is that I didn't think of it as abnormal. I just didn’t think of it as rude. Because there was no one there.
“So, I was just thinking of it as me being kind of cheeky and I was also in my mid-20s. I could’ve cared less.”
Once Bridgette B. warmed up to performing she became a model of consistency, working for every major studio along the way en route to a career-high output in 2018 with 118 scenes, followed by 110 in 2019, according to IAFD.
It’s only fitting that Brazzers signed her early in 2020—she has racked up 100 scenes on the notorious platform since debuting in 2008.
“I wake up and every day and I can't believe how quickly it went,” Bridgette says. “I would say I kind of got my edge in terms of female sexuality, etc., within the business about five years ago.
“… I’ve never taken an extended break verbally but I have been strategic with my timing because entertainment is what I love.”
She continues, “I don't treat adult any differently than mainstream, I just consider it all one form of entertainment with different subcategories. … So I've never found adult industry to be this crazy subject. It was just natural. So the naturalness of it and the respect that I have for it has led me to I really think a nice, steady career. Also feature dancing.”
A trained ballroom dancer, Bridgette became a marquee booking without yet having a single DVD on the street.
“Oh my gosh, I love, love feature dancing,” she says. "I always treat every single club, like my last gig because you never know. But I love being onstage. I choreograph all my sets. I'm also like a side DJ. And I say that only because I learned how to mix music. Because I realized every time I was at the club, I hated how three songs were just chopped off. So I'm like, you know what, I'm just gonna learn how to mix music and then have a consistent set.”
Bridgette B. says her favorite memory was returning to Diamond’s Men’s Club in The Flats in Cleveland—the same club where she worked as a cocktail waitress while she was in college.
“And going back as a performer in the industry when the last person I saw there was Briana Banks eons ago. I was mind-blown,” she says. “It was such—I get chills thinking about it—walking into the club, remembering how I had my little Pontiac Sunfire and I drove in the cold in the snow, going from 20 miles south in Kent to come to Cleveland so I can work, so I can pay for school. And coming back I had fans like waiting, wanting to sign pictures.
“I was blown away. And I will forever remember that. Because it was one of those moments where you just look around and are like, ‘This really happened.’ And I loved it so much. It was so fun. That would be my top, top memory.”
ATMLA owner Mark Schechter says her greatest strengths are “reliability, confidence and teamwork,” not to mention “always bringing her A-game to every scene she performs in.”
“Bridgette B. is the type of performer that if possible I would make a mold of and try to replicate over and over again,” Schechter tells AVN. “Her height of excellence that she has acclaimed at this stage in her career is a testimony to her level of performance that she has maintained for over a decade.
“This pretty much speaks for itself. I have had the ultimate pleasure of getting to know Ms. Bridgette B., having represented her now for over seven years, always demonstrating a high level of integrity and professionalism and always doing it with class.”
Bridgette B., also in 2019 became not only the face of Looby Tooby lube, but also an equity partner, appearing on a billboard in Las Vegas during the 2020 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo. Looby Tooby by Dr. Groovy is all-natural, coconut oil lubricant that is edible and non-GMO and comes in a tube.
“I did my research. I did my homework. I tried the product, I loved it. And I'm like, this is something I can get behind only if I can have my say, only if I can style my photoshoots, hire my girls to be the Looby Tooby Girls and when the partnership let that form this is where now I can take a step into product development and I couldn’t have asked for a better combo,” she says.
She is also the creative director behind PornStarMethod.com and DatingMethod.com with her close friend and partner, Fabian. The sites help fans learn what methods work for hooking up with women.
“And as I want to develop my brand, I realize that I want to be a part of everyday lives for my fans, because at some point, the acting goes away. And I'm extremely realistic to know that my body will at one point not want to do it anymore,” she says.
"But I will always want to take the fanbase that I’ve built from the ground up by being a trusted source of their everyday life. So if I'm with them in the bedroom with the lube great, they can they can trust that that is something that I myself use that I love and that I stand by it 100% and am developing with.
"And then in order to get to the bedroom, you need to have your finesse of talking to women and talking to the opposite sex. There's PornStarMethod and DatingMethod.com to tell you how to get from point A to point B, and here's hoping that I am there every step of the way.”
When Bridgette thinks about the future, gratitude comes to mind.
“What comes to mind is happiness. It's being fulfilled. And this morning I put a post on Instagram that said something about how you measure success is not because of society, it's because of how satisfied you feel," she says.
“And when some people look at me they're like, ‘Oh 10 years of business you must be in a Bentley and rolling with aces and diamonds and champagne everywhere you go and I'm like, ‘No, I am a humbled and grateful actress that has no idea if she's going to work tomorrow.
“That can give anyone a panic attack. But, because I wake up loving what I do every day, even with all the struggles, even when it's not all roses and all pink, I can legitimately wake up and be excited for not only the day but for the hope of what my job and my work that I'm doing today will give me tomorrow."
Bridgette adds, "That is because of the fans and that is because of having a humble heart that this industry has made so many of my dreams possible. And I am forever grateful... And no matter what comes of my body, no matter what comes of people not wanting to see me anymore, I will always hold this industry with high regard and I will never hide from it.
"I always put myself first as what I am, and I wouldn't have it any other way.”
Photography by Keith Ryan
