NEW YORK CITY—Although no one appears to have taken a poll in the subject, it seems a good bet that Stormy Daniels can lay claim to being the most recognized adult actress/director in the world, more so than Jenna Jameson, even if Stormy's now-settled lawsuit against President Narcissistic Personality Disorder has fallen out of the headlines due to the many other scandals and likely crimes attendant to the White House's current occupant. But that doesn't mean Stormy hasn't been a busy little beaver(!) in the meantime. For example, she'll be exhibiting her comic storytelling chops at Stand Up New York on May 7, both on stage and in a podcast for club owner Dani Zoldan.
"She’s put together stories from her experiences that haven’t been heard before publicly," Zoldan told the New York Post's Page Six. "After her hour, she’ll be taking questions from the audience. ... She wants the 'intimate evening' to speak for itself."
It won't be the first time Stormy has taken her act to the stage. In late March, she appeared at the Joke Joint Comedy Showcase in Houston, Texas, though an article on The Daily Beast website described the one-night, two-show performance as "little more than a book tour appearance dressed up as a comedy showcase." The article also reports that Daniels got called out on Twitter by Conan writer Laurie Kilmartin, who posted, "Doing standup is not a reward for being famous. Please leave the weekend gigs for actual female comics." Responded Daniels, "I’ve been writing comedy material for over 10 yrs. Would you like me to critique your bj skills? Your whole foot fits in your mouth so you’ll prob do great."
Once Daniels got on stage, however, her opening line was, "First of all, thank you for coming—which has a completely different meaning than my other job." But the show was less a comedy routine than a Q&A session with the audience, during which they found out that in her early days of stripping in Louisiana, she actually performed in a trailer that was, in her account, "a step below a titty bar." Some of the audience questions dealt, as might be expected, with whether her tits had been enhanced, what her bra size is, and her favorite sex position. One audience member even asked, "Did Trump scream your name or his during sex?"
"He really just kind of squeaked or grunted like you would have imagined," she replied. "It was really unintelligible."
She also used this opportunity to remind any members of the press who might be in the audience that, "please just remember my name is fucking Stormy Daniels," adding that the only people who use her legal name are her mother and the IRS—and she hates them both.
But as popular as Stormy might become on the comedy, er, storytelling circuit, the bread-and-butter is still appearances at strip clubs—and there are a couple of those in her near future. For example, on May 8, she'll be taking the stage at Madame Oars in Binghampton, N.Y.; and on May 11, at Savannah's on Hanna in Harrisburg, Pa., where VIP stage tickets will run flush attendees a cool $100 in advance, or $125 at the door—if there are any left. Attendance at the club is limited to 150 patrons, though there will be two shows that evening.
Finally, Stormy was paid a huge compliment by sexy Hollywood star Maggie Gyllenhaal, star of the HBO series The Deuce. Though it's generally accepted in the adult industry that Gyllenhaal's character Candy is based largely on the late actress/director Candida Royalle, Gyllenhaal brought up Stormy's name in an interview with Deadline's Pete Hammond, saying that Daniels had had "a very similar journey to Candy, who went from being an adult film star to a director." She also opined that "it would be interesting if a porn star brought Trump down."
"That would be great advertising for The Deuce," Gyllenhaal laughed.
