PORN STAR INTERVIEW: NICK FITT

The sex performer with a social conscience.

DNA: What brought you to porn?

Nick Fitt: I did porn ages ago and was the skinniest twink with bleached blond hair and a spray tan. I took a 10-year hiatus and one day the phone rang and it was director ChiChi LaRue asking me to come back and do one scene. After some thought I agreed to one scene… Well, doing one scene is like eating just one French fry – you can’t! So here we are, one year later with over 20 scenes and three feature films including A Stepbrother’s Obsession (Icon Male) in which I’m the lead!

What are you currently working on? About a hundred things, always?! Aside from porn, I work in pharmacuticals helping people gain access to PrEP, HIV meds, and into rehab to get off highly addictive drugs. I have personally helped over 1,000 patients in just over two-and-half years doing this. Recently, I also launched the Nick Fitt Dildo by Savage Presents. Launching the brand, the marketing strategy, the wholesale strategy all takes a lot of my time.

How’s your social life? Are you out all the time or are you more of a homebody?

A social life in a big city is always hard. Mine is filled with meeting new patients, and making appearances at bars and clubs to keep the Nick Fitt name going strong, and to see my fellow porn star friends. We stay close to each other in LA. I enjoy hanging with a very close circle of friends and I’m fortunate enough to see most of them daily. How do you feel about the self-promoting fan sites where porn performers create and manage their own content?

This is a tough one. I think porn stars should always be self-promoting but not at the studio’s expense. Yes, create your own content and have fun with it, meet new people, and even submit your content to studios on your own personal time. But I believe models should be respectful of studios’ time and money. If a studio has you working on a project, you should focus on that solely. Like, don’t get hired by a studio out of state and film with models while you are there. You didn’t pay for your travel and accommodations – the studio did.

Who is your favourite kind of fan?

There’s a few I can think of who take a personal, vested interest in me aside from the porn. You can go on Twitter or open Pornhub and see what I do and what I’m into, but there’s a lot more to me than sex. Humanity is key and the most attractive thing about a fan’s interest. I’m fortunate to have received much love from fans who

aren’t just interested in the adult industry. Bareback is now the industry norm. Do the studios test for STIs and is that a concern of yours working with other performers?

I am a PASS Board Member [Performer Availability Screening Services is an opt-in system that tests performers every 14 days for STIs]. Most of the gay studios test for STIs and this is very important to me as nothing is more important than a model’s personal safety. We have to give the fans what they want and that’s barebacking. It’s hotter to fans, supporters and subscribers. Having said that, we must proceed with caution and safety.

You are a huge advocate of PrEP and fighting HIV stigma. Tell us why.

This is very personal to me. I’m openly HIV positive and have maintained an undetectable viral load since 2006. Back then, there was no PrEP, there was a lot less education, and people did not share their status. I believe all sex workers in 2019: men, women, trans, straight, gay, bisexual, pansexual, whatever you are, should take PrEP to protect themselves and others from an HIV transmission. We work in the adult sex industry – sex is the basis of our careers and I urge everyone to do it responsibly. HIV in porn is still a hot-button issue and there are those who still refute science and believe many untrue things. Undetectable equals untransmittable. Let’s all get more educated, be more open-minded, inclusive and stop the stigma. We, collectively in porn, have the power to change the industry and the world. What’s the best part of the porn industry?

I love, love, love meeting new people and being able to work for many directors. Having fun while expressing yourself in a uniquely creative way and making friends is what it’s all about for me. Porn has given me a voice and a platform to allow me to set an agenda that is appealing to many people across the world. People pay attention to me and I have the adult industry to thank. I will always be grateful for any and every job I get. I’ve met many talented, funny, sexy and real people who I now have the pleasure to call friends.

And what bothers you?

It bother’s me that undetectable HIV performers are still excluded from certain parts of the industry and certain studios. This keeps me awake at night. Performers should have the right to work with who they want to work with – no one wants to take that away – but for entire sections of the industry to be dismissed is archaic and wrong. Many HIV-negative performers are okay working with undetectable partners, so why is this an issue still? Let’s sign the consent forms and make some great content! They’re doing it on the fan sites, so why not the studios?

Are you concerned that in the USA we are seeing various state governments legislating to restrict women’s and LGBTIQ rights? When the attacks started to come on the trans community serving in the military I was heartbroken. They’re defending and protecting our country and, like all service people, have my respect. With laws coming down to disrupt LGBTIQ rights, I say it’s time to stand up stronger, longer, harder and make it known we are not turning back time and having any of this. I urge everyone to contact their representative in Congress, national and state, and make their voice and opinion heard. Take to social media, use your words and make videos of support and keep fighting back. Never become complacent.

What is the most common assumption people have about you?

That I’m a total bottom! [Laughs] I’m very vers and my ex-boyfriend of two years was FTM trans. I’m very open-minded to a lot of situations. Gay Room cast me as a top recently and it was an amazing video!

How does being a porn performer effect your dating life? Some of our other interviewees in this series have said it’s hard to make compatible connections.

Dating in porn is hard. We all want to be loved. I want a boyfriend but being an adult entertainer has made it harder to find someone. I won’t give up, though – not on porn, and not on finding Mr Right.

What do you do to relax and decompress? Shut the front door, turn off all the lights and take a nap; it’s my favourite thing to do! [Laughs] I love to be on the beach or by a pool and fall asleep in the sun.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

I’m never sure of what the future holds because life takes you where you need to be going, not necessarily where you want to go. I embrace the future with open arms!

Finally, what are your crucial stats?

I am 33 years old, 185cm [6-foot-1], 84kg [185lbs] and 8-inches cut and versatile.

I help people gain access to PrEP, HIV meds, and into rehab to get off drugs.