Do you ever wonder what decisions lead someone to the things they do in life? Well, so do I, but this one surely takes the cake.
We see and hear about a lot of people finding their true calling later in life but we have definitely never heard this one before.
In a bizarre series of events, a man had left his job as a priest in a congregation to become a porn star at the age of 83. It has been four years since he made the switch from ‘God’ to ‘Oh, God’.
According to reports, it has been over five years since he made the ‘career switch’, and says that his new job can actually help bring people to God. Yes, he said that.
Retired pastor Norm Self spent almost a majority of his life serving his Christian belief in the church. He was also married to a woman for nearly 30 years but eventually realised that he was gay.
It took a period of another 20 years to come out publicly and express sexuality through adult films. A resident of USA’s North Carolina, Self thinks sex should be treated as a joyous part of spiritual life.
He also made his movie debut in 2017, according to a 2019 documentary on Channel 5.
“It’s almost like having a party, that’s one of the things I admire about this way of doing porn,” Self told the station.
Till now, he’s done his on-camera work free of charge. He earlier told the Huffington Post that the experience of being an adult film star has been “delightful”.
Watch an old interview here:
“I find these days that my body is indeed a temple where intimacy and ecstasy intermingle,” he said.
The former ‘man of God’ said that he wants to continue starring in adult films until society removes “sex-negative norms” from its vocabulary. He wants them to replace it with a message that says people have the right to enjoy “erotic joy”.
He added that he is not a big fan of the word “porn”. However, as he is finally able to live outside of a suppressive environment where “everything outside conventional norms… is labelled ‘porn’”, he said he is happy to embrace the porn star title.