Shy Love, Teagan and Eve Lawrence agreed to do an interview with Entertainment Tonight with the understanding that it was about women who were new to the adult industry. Now they are worried that their interview might be edited into something else.
Luckily, they aware from the beginning that it was possible the interviewer might try to shift the segment into a discussion about HIV and safety issues within the industry.
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Ben English, a male performer who runs the adult talent agency LA Direct Models alongside Sin City exclusive Hannah Harper, told the three women that given the timing of the interview request, it was likely that the HIV outbreak would be brought up.
A producer for Entertainment Tonight contacted English earlier in the week seeking three women that were new to the adult industry. English provided the show with Shy Love, Teagan and Eve Lawrence. “They were supposed to be talking about themselves. Their childhood, where they grew up, where they went to school, what they did in school,” English told AVN.com. “Were they cheerleaders or did they do sports? Teagan was a ballet dancer – that sort of stuff.”
Realizing that the show could have ulterior motives, English warned the women to be cautious. “I advised the girls that they might be questioned specifically, or that the piece might be biased towards the current HIV crisis and that they should keep their opinion and their comments on that reasonably brief so that the segment would not be devoted to that.”
Shy Love reports that Mark Steines, the Entertainment Tonight correspondent who conducted the interview with all three women simultaneously, did indeed try to steer the conversation towards the HIV outbreak – more than once.
“They kept going back to the safety issue. We kept our answers short and tried to avoid letting the conversation stay on that topic. I think we all kept it going forward pretty well,” Love said.
According to Love there were a lot of questions as to the safety of an adult career and also questions regarding the reasons a woman would enter the adult industry. “I told them I actually love doing it and that’s why I’m doing it. I don’t need the money, I’m a certified public accountant – I do this because I want to,” Love said.
Eve Lawrence felt that the interview went well, even though the HIV questions did come up more than they expected. “I just kept saying that’s what we have AIM for. At least we get tested, other people have no idea if they people they have sex with were tested or not.
Love suggested that considering the amount of media seeking information about the adult industry because of the HIV outbreak, other porn stars might want to keep in mind that “journalists can take what you say and make it look like you said something else.”
The three women are hoping that’s not what happened to them.
They’ll find out when their segment airs on Entertainment Tonight tonight at 7 p.m. on CBS.
