Porn Icon Ron Jeremy and Faith

Ron Jeremy isn’t just the Guiness Book of World Records record for holder for an adult who has appeared in the most porn films, he is also a tireless advocate for porn, and the porn industry. Ron, an American Jew, used to be a Special Ed. teacher until his then girlfriend sent in a photo of him to Playgirl’s “Boy Next Door” column. His transition to porn followed soon thereafter and his longevity in the business has been attributed to both his, err… longevity as well as his reliability and ability to uh… remain at attention despite all the takes, re-takes and crowds involved in the production of porn. Acting in porn flicks is hard apparently. Pun intended. However, as his boyish good looks began to fade and his boy next door appearance evolved into the shlub next door, some porn actresses reportedly insisted on a “No Animals or Ron Jeremy” clause in their contracts. While he still apparently does porn, he has transitioned into more mainstream gigs including personal appearances, consulting on sets of films like Boogie Nights that have a porn premise, appearing on reality TV shows. He also visits college campuses where he debates the merits of porn with Craig Gross, a Christian pastor who founded XXXchurch.com, a non-profit Christian site that aims to help people with porn addiction

Last February Doctors discovered an aneurysm near his heart. As Jeremy was about to undergo very risky surgery and didn’t have a Rabbi (shocker), he called his buddy Pastor Gross and asked him to pray on his behalf. Jeremy later made a full recovery which he attributed to Gross’s prayers. Jeremy insists that he remains a proud Jew and that he enjoys going to holiday services in English. I guess I should note that Jeremy was treated at Cedars Mount Sinai Hospital and that the competence of his Jewish funded doctors probably had more to do with saving him than did Gross’s pleas to Jesus, but why be a Debbie Downer in the midst of this otherwise heartwarming story. In that respect I will also not mention that the porn industry that Jeremy shills for devours and victimizes women and distorts all manner of sexuality in the name of providing prurient content for mostly straight men to masturbate to. Nope. I won’t do it.

Hanukkah is coming soon. Have another glazed doughnut sir.