Hey everybody, it’s Ginger’s boyfriend Nick again. After being harassed to write another blog for months now, I thought I’d do one on a topic that I’ve lived with for many years. It’s a little known disease I like to call Porn Star Tourette’s syndrome. And it’s long past the time that it’s recognized.
As a civilian with nothing to do with the adult industry other than the fact that my girlfriend just happens to be Ginger Lynn, I think I can offer a unique perspective on this syndrome. It’s funny, it’s annoying, it’s embarrassing, and it’s constant. Oh, and you never really do get used to it. No matter how hard you try.
For the three of you out there who might not know what Tourette’s syndrome is I’ll elaborate just a little. It’s a neurological disorder where the sufferer uncontrollably says the most inappropriate things. Swear words, dirty things, racist things, basically the worst of the worst. They just can’t control it. I’ll never forget a story from a friend of mine who had a seven-year-old son with Tourette’s. They were checking into a nice hotel in Manhattan. At the front desk they were being checked in by a very nice African American man when his seven year old son suddenly bursts out with, “N**ger, N**ger N**ger.” I feel obliged to say that I don’t approve of that word obviously, but it perfectly describes the nature of Tourette’s syndrome — and as it turns out, a little of the world I live in now.
After so many years of being with Ginger I’ve come to realize that there is a similar syndrome that afflicts porn stars and former porn stars. Only in this instance it’s voluntary instead of involuntary. Kind of I guess. Involuntary that is.
