Ashlee Adams - Discussion/interview

Okay so I was sitting on my computer - about to sign into myspace - and I look over at the Celebrity updates - and as her Profile picture is supposed to do - it caught my attention.

No, my first thought wasn't - I hope this chick has some hot pics I can frap off to. It was this - how is this person a celebrity, and why is she doing better than us when we put in so much work? Surely all she has to do is sit around, get a few pictures taken, and post some blogs, and answer questions about her sexual preferences.

I also contemplated taking some half naked pictures of myself and posting it as my profile picture - but then remembered I wasn't a model, or a woman. This was a slight floor in my otherwise perfect plan.

Well I thought to myself, I'm going to find out, so I posted a comment on her page, not expecting to get a response as quickly as I did, if at all.

So this was our discussion -

Neal 'blah blah blah - I don't understand how you do this with pride - blah blah We put in so much hard work, and you don't.....'

Ashlee 'I think it's rather presumptuous of you to assume I don't work hard. There are hundreds of other girls in Australia who 'sell their bodies' who have nowhere near my friend count, so obviously there has to be a little more to it than simply posting semi nude pics online. If posing in lingerie was an easy one way ticket to online success, there'd be a lot more Aussie models listed on the celebrity updates page with tens of thousands of friends, but there's not... It's just me. I'm not prettier or slimmer than all these other girls, so don't you think maybe there is a little more to it?'

Neal 'Well I'm referring to the way it makes you feel as a person - not the work you put into it - but the skill that it takes to do what you do - not the amount of of time you dedicate to get desperate men watching your videos in hope to see a little bit of nip. But you raise a fair point - and I'm a fair person - I admit the curiosity in if you would actually read what I wrote and write back did prompt me to actually pose the question to you directly rather than just keep it to myself. I just think that there's more to life - I guess i'm too optimistic for the general public, Well I hope you find whatever it is your looking for in what you do - but I think you could use your current popularity and public image now that you have it - for something better.'

Ashlee 'I think you need to realise that when you say "more to life", everyone has a totally different opinion of what exactly life should consist of. At the end of the day, my skills are simply that I kick ass at marketing and I'm very smart, so I've devised a manner in which to promote myself that means I now earn a stable above average income and live very comfortably, I get paid to travel the world, and I have a hell of a time doing it.

The sad thing is, there really isn't much else I can do with my public image. Australia is extremely conservative and the adult industry is considered taboo by much of the population. Two years ago I came up with a really fun idea for Movember and raised over $1500 for charity. Last year my online popularity had skyrocketed and I decided to make my Movember goals bigger and even had backing from ZOO Weekly magazine - I could've raised thousands. However, I was cut down before I started by the Movember committee and banned from participating because they don't want somebody like me (aka someone involved in the adult industry) making their family fun fundraiser look bad. I'm pretty sure all the guys dying from prostate cancer wouldn't have cared if their money was raised by a nude model, but according to the Movember committee it would be inappropriate to take money raised by me. Sadly, the same mentality can be applied to the majority of charity and fundraising organisations in Australia - if you're somehow related to anything adult, they will refuse your money or help.

Believe me, I would love to use my online status for something more, but once you've got the whole "naked" stigma attached to your name, you're pretty much screwed in Australia.'



See the reason I changed my mind and opinion is this - Ashlee raised some important points. Points that I like to Preach, and look rather foolishly like a hypocritical hypocrite. Believe me that last word isn't redundant - I need it to explain how much of a hypocrite I would be - to not acknowledge the points that were raised in our conversation.

Everyone has the right, to be whatever they want to be - as long as what they do doesn't infringe on others freedom of choice. If this is what she had to do to see the world, then it's what she had to do - if something makes you feel uncomfortable, then you can always look the other way.

We get the occasional person, or to be more poetically correct, moron, that tells us how much they hate our music - and wonder why we bother. You can't argue with these people, and it's a waste of time trying to - which is why I want to take the opportunity to make an apology. S-S-S okay I'll spit it out, Sorry Ashlee Adams for my judgmental behavior.

Wish you the best of luck.