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Friday was the day of Digital Playground. I interviewed all of their contract girls (except for Kayden Kross for some reason) and I really enjoyed talking to Katsuni. I loved that she was able to laugh about her arrest in Mexico in 2004 while acknowledging that she definitely wasn’t laughing at the time.

It was also nice to finally meet Jesse Jane. She’s so effervescent and friendly – admittedly refreshing after talking to some of her fellow contract stars. Our legs were touching during the interview. I wanted to put her in my pocket – the one I’m not already using to hold Belladonna.

I headed back to the Evil Angel booth in the afternoon and talked to Kelly Divine and Angela Summers. I was struck by how authentic and almost vulnerable Kelly is. She’s faced a lot of disrespect and outright meanness because of her choice of career and it clearly hurts her deeply. I really enjoyed talking with her.

Angela Summers was a fun interview to do because she’s been out of the business for 10 years. She came to the show to promote the DVD release of her first movie, Wild Goose Chase. She didn’t stay in the booth very long – she felt that the younger girls were who the fans were there to see – but when I asked about the possibility of a comeback, she said “never say never.”

It was a good day and I got to hang out with America’s Beloved Porn Journalist, Gram Ponante, later that evening. We talked a little bit about the amount of “mainstream” media at the show this year. It seems like a lot. It’s great that the girls get the exposure, but we wondered how they’d end up being portrayed. I think once you start meeting and getting to know these girls you develop a protectiveness of them. They’re real people and that’s easy to forget sometimes.

I had the chance to interview Belladonna at the Adult Entertainment Expo in 2009. If you love her movies, you’ll be glad to hear that she’s even more charming, beautiful and intelligent in person. Even I will admit that I was a little starstruck by her.

Bella and I talked about her herpes scare, her upcoming autobiography, how she feels about the “fucked up” things she did when she was younger, rape fantasies and more. Read on for the full interview.

Alison: I actually heard that you were working on an autobiography…

Belladonna: I am, actually, yes. [laughs] It was one of those things I didn’t want to do for a long time because I thought, I don’t want to just write a book about, for example, when I read Jenna’s book, it was like I thought there was going to be so much more in there, you know? And I don’t want to leave anything out. So it might become – I don’t even know if this exists – an autobiography in different volumes, yes, because I think there needs to be a certain volume for each part of my life.

Alison: Sure, I mean, and you’re not dead, so you’ve got a lot left to go.

Belladonna: Right. [laughs] Is it weird doing an autobiography at 27?

Alison: I don’t think so. You’ve lived what seems to me to be a pretty exciting life.

Belladonna: Really, my age should be sixty, because I’ve done it all. And I did it at a young age, so maybe that makes up for it.

Alison: Do you think that having done it so young, are there things you would go back and redo?

Belladonna: Yes and no, because you think “Oh, you know, I would’ve done it differently.” But would I be the same person I am today? And I don’t want to not be the same person I am today, so no, I guess.

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