An 85-year-old retired priest from the USA can look back on a two-year porn career to date. The former clergyman from North Carolina has appeared in four porn movies since 2017. The main reason: fun and pleasure.
In the documentary »On the Game: The Sex Business« Norm Self (85), a retired priest, gives an interview. He is a somewhat surprising interview partner for a segment about the porn business. Self has spent most of his life as a celibate and closeted gay priest in North Carolina.
After decades of work for the church, Norm Self outed himself as gay in 1997. Since then, he has felt liberated in many ways. At 83, the retired priest shot his first porn. Three more have been added since then.
Pleasure was his main motivation
The money plays a secondary role for him. Essentially, Self enjoys sex and emphasizes the spiritual dimension of orgasms. Through his interviews for the documentary and recently in the Sun, the 85-year-old also wants to draw attention to the fact that sex can be fun even in old age.
Self came to porn via his partner at that time. He had asked him if he would like to take part in a gay porn movie.
Self remembers: »My housemate asked me if I’d be in a film,” he recalls. “I was invited in and all of a sudden all this attention comes to me.«
He asked himself: »We are going to have sex anyway so why not make it a liberating and bonding experience instead of hiding it away in the shadows?«
85-year-old former priest loves being in porn
The former clergyman describes his porn experience like this: »It was delicious! The best thing was just to be there and do it.« Self continues: »It was splendid! How could it not be? (I was in) a blessed rural setting, surrounded by a cast and crew of loving, competent, supportive brothers intent on sharing the good news of the healing power of pleasure. What could be more delightful? And, if you’ve seen the video, with the two adorable models performing, what else could be lacking?«
Old age and sex
And even after his fourth film Self describes his porn career as »having a party«. His most important themes include sexuality in old age. He thinks that the biggest mistake about older people is that people tend to think that they lose the desire for sex. In an interview with the Huffington Post, he says: »I would speculate that the biggest misconception is that sex ‘wears out’ and isn’t for elders. I would dispute this fabrication by pointing to many elders I know who regularly enjoy this sweet intimacy.«
Here is the interview with one of the oldest active porn stars in the world: