America’s favorite porn stars are either inactive or dead

Four of the top 10 porn stars in the world are either no longer in the business, work only on very special occasions, or are dead.

That’s according to Pornhub’s 2018 Year in Review.

Tragically, in eighth place is August Ames, who took her own life on Dec. 5, 2017.

The 23-year-old, who struggled with mental illness, died shortly after she tweeted about how she did not want to perform with a male porn star who also made gay porn.

“Whichever (lady) performer is replacing me tomorrow for @EroticaXNew, you’re shooting with a guy who has shot gay porn, just to let cha know,” she wrote Twitter. “Do agents really not care about who they’re representing? I do my homework for my body.”

A Twitter mob soon formed, with fellow performers labeling Ames’ tweet “homophobic.”

Three days after her initial tweet, Ames was found dead in Camarillo, California.

Elsewhere on Pornhub’s list of the most searched porn stars is Stormy Daniels, aka Stephanie Clifford. She grabbed the top spot on the list in no small part due to her ongoing feud with President Donald Trump.

At this point in her career, however, Daniels mostly works as a director and only performed in a single scene in 2018, according to IAFD.com, also known as the “IMDb of porn.”

Right below Daniels in second place is 25-year-old Mia Khalifa. The buxom Lebanese brunette made headlines during her brief porn career when ISIS threatened to kill her for performing in a hijab.

Khalifa was only in the business from 2014 to 2015 and no longer makes porn. Now, she is attempting to transition into the mainstream by becoming a vocal sports fan on Instagram. She briefly co-hosted a show called “Out of Bounds” with former NBA star Gilbert Arenas.

Tumbling from the third spot on 2017’s list all the way to ninth is Lisa Ann, who made her name because of her striking resemblance to former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Ann is also all but out of the business at this point — only making two porn movies in 2018.

Two more names pop out when you expand the top searched porn star list to the top 20. Coming in at 17th place is Sunny Leone, who continues the trend of remaining popular while not creating any new porn: She last shot a scene in 2013. The former Penthouse Pet of the Year currently works as a mainstream movie star in Bollywood.

Then, at No. 12, is the only male porn star on the list: Jordi El Nino Polla. The Spaniard looks like he’s 24 going on 15 and has become hugely popular by starring in scenes opposite older women.

The scenes, which often have incestuous plot lines where “stepmoms” seduce their young “stepsons,” have become hugely popular in the past couple of years. In 2017, “stepmom” and “stepsister” were the fourth- and fifth-most searched terms, respectively. In 2018, “milf” came in third, “stepmom” is fourth and “mom” is sixth.

Culled from New York Post

My view: Maybe the women are fed up with the demeaning work, and they are scared that it is kind of jinxed.