KATJA KASSIN RETURNS TO PORN by Jon
Pic from her agency http://www.101modeling.com/site/talent/talent.php?t_id=321&pageType=profile
Katja Kassin , a German ex-pornstar in her early 30’s , has just announced the end of her 2 year retirement from the industry.
Katja began as a nude model in 2000. In 2003 she started soft score shoots and by the time she announced her retirement in 2009 she’d appeared in 534 films. She won 2 AVN Awards.
Katja bade her farewell to porn in a message that appeared on the adultdvdtalk forum. She wrote:
I wanted to take the time to thank everybody in the porn industry and also my fans for the support over the last (almost) 7 years. I decided 2 weeks ago to retire from the adult industry and from sex/adult work in general. The reason is that I have done all that there is to do in the porn/adult/stripper/escort universe. This year I have finally bought my own house in the SF Valley, a fixer upper foreclosure that I renovated. I remember in March 2003 when I first came to the US with 200 bucks in my pocket (in the year 2010 I can apply for citizenship) – I have come a very far way since then and now I just want to make sure that in another 7 years I can look back and still say that, "wow, have I come a long way in the past 7 years".
She added that she was doing this because she didn’t want to have her mum lie about her anymore and that it was also difficult to find a boyfriend when you were in the industry.(She had been married briefly to the pornstar Sledgehammer) She was ready to consider other work in porn either in administration or behind a camera.
In July 2011 she wrote :
Please do not send me anymore questions about porn or tell me how great my scenes were. I’m retired from porn and I’m a student now .I don’t regret anything I did but I’m not proud of all of it either. I’m retired for almost 2 years & I used the time 2 make serious changes .I’m not that character you’ve seen on film. I am so much more than that. I’m a real person with real feelings, thoughts and dreams .I know that porn was a bad choice I made. You don’t have to rub it in my face. That’s why I’m going to school to get an education. Why was porn a bad choice? Wow, where should I start? It will always be a problem for me, it will always be held against me .I will always be judged for it. While I was doing it I was unhappy & felt empty inside. It was very bad for my self esteem & self image. It’s not possible to have a normal relationship even long time after you retire it will affect your partner in a negative way. You lose self respect because you can’t believe you’re doing things you don’t want to do for money but you’re still doing it.
She’d written in March of the same year on the adultdvdtalk forum:
I will not do any more interviews about my porn career or answer questions about porn or my life as a porn star in an interview. I just feel that there is nothing more to say. I don’t want to be asked for the millionth time how many anal scenes I did and if my mom is proud of me. I’m really seriously done with it. The publicity is not beneficial for me at this point in my life. I am reintegrating myself back into the normal world and the last thing I need is a magazine cover or news story about me.
She posted a little later that after a year of studies she was going to do a BA in Psychology in 2012.
Was Katja completely done with sex work? Despite saying she had no money problems and that she was going to stop using the name Katja Kassin she kept it for her escort work. Here’s what she posted on The Erotic Review in April:
Hey guys, I just wanted to let you all know that I will be visiting Washington, DC next week (Monday, April 18th afternoon until Thursday, April 21st noon). This will most likely be my only trip to DC this year because I am still going to college in L.A. and my chances for traveling are limited. But I am using my spring break vacation to come see my old, and hopefully new friends. come out and support your favorite porn star aka college student!!!! many kisses and see you soon Katja p.s. I am planning to travel to NYC and SF in my summer break June/July when I am finished with the spring semester.
So not done with sex work and certainly not done with porn. Katja has recently tweeted that she feels like it again after 2 years and that ‘sitting home studying gets old.’ This doesn’t mean she’s giving up school as she’s going to combine both. In her past porn life she was with Mark Speigler but now it’s 101 Modeling Agency .
Her most recent tweets show her excitement for returning to the industry-
I have 4 more classes to go in the fall. It’s mostly due to fact that I have more time now that I’m done with most classes.
I hope I’ll be shooting tons of new sexy stuff for your viewing pleasure soon.
She did a photo shoot for her agency’s site and she’s ready for anal, interracial…etc. Katja may have done it all but she’s ready and willing to do it again .
Wilkommen zurück.
Katja has a terrific ass but I really think she should stay away for all the reasons she listed in July. Plus the pay isn’t worth it.
Life is too short. Stay away.
She is already famous enough she can escort without going back to porn for the small money.
Wonder why she signed with a different agent instead of going back to Mark?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Once a girl has been “turned out” thats it. They can never be normal again.
Once a whore, always a whore.
I dont say whore to degrade those who choose it but the reality is that most ladies return to it once they have done it.
Its a pandora boxes that for alot of ladies should never be opened.
For some ladies, its their lifes calling. They love being whores and do an incredible job. These women provide a valuable service to society and should be commended and applauded.
I think Katja falls into the later but I’ve never sampled her services so I dont know first hand.
“Why was porn a bad choice? Wow, where should I start? It will always be a problem for me, it will always be held against me .I will always be judged for it. While I was doing it I was unhappy & felt empty inside.”
Well, if that isn’t a turn off for her fans, I don’t know is.
You’re wrong BDD. The “once a whore always a whore” line is bullshit meant to keep women ashamed and down. A lot of women have quit doing sex work and never returned to it.
Origen is right. I left the industry 4 years ago. I took a huge payout and suffered financialy but stayed away. The only thing I miss is the money, which is pretty much done with anyway from what I understand. It can be done if you separate yourself from everyone and everything porn related. Move away from LA and the valley. Remind yourself that you can never afford to live there again anyway. It’s like a weight being lifted off you at the end of the day even though it sounds hard.
I think this is wonderful, this woman is proper.
ajs, I assume you meant to say “huge paycut” and not “huge payout” right?
If not, who made the payout? And why?
I cant see the pimps at LAdirect making a payout(little or huge) to a girl that decides to stop working for them.
In this business there are no severance packages which is why I always laugh when girls say they are “retiring”. Not sure why they need to say that instead of “im quitting”.
Need to tighten up that ass! Good for Evil Angel anal scenes and maybe Sepelveda blvd. Other than that keep coming back to Porn. nothing left to come back to….condom shoots+ no money+ No sales+ Broke ass producers and homeless directors sleeping in a Grocery store parking lots looking for “change”.
Yes paycut. My phone swiched the word on me. Most jobs in 2011 don’t have severance packages unless you are a member of Local 33, teamsters, ect. which is not most people.
Dass Esel lässt mein Blut zu lustigen Orten eilen!
@Jeremy What?
Ich sagte, ich würde gerne meine Audi in ihrer Garage parken.
I think he’s trying to get me to say Sieg Heil to smoke out Herr Garcia, der Mann mit der kleine schmeckel. Steele’s German is grammatically all over the place.
Sprechen sie douche?
Ich spreche Deutsch nicht zu gut aber douche ich bin ein Experten spricht. My Yiddish, not so good, know words but no grammar.
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“Why was porn a bad choice? Wow, where should I start? It will always be a problem for me, it will always be held against me .I will always be judged for it. While I was doing it I was unhappy & felt empty inside.”
Well, if that isn’t a turn off for her fans, I don’t know is.”
Couldn’t disagree more. I’ll be beating of extra hard knowing she hates it…..
I had an interesting exchange with Katja today, on Twitter.
I asked her about the discrepancy between the statements she made upon her retirement and her comeback. She answered, “understanding oneself is one of the hardest things. It’s sometimes easier in retrospective.”
As for her negative July 2011 comments, she offered:
“maybe I was on my period. Life is a constant change, all the time, I’ll just go with the flow.”
She added, “And btw I never, ever in my life had a negative experience because I’m a porn star. Not in school especially. It’s not an issue at all. People at school respect me for being an exceptional student that helps others succeed. It really made me proud of myself & grow as a person. I am an anal porn queen & an outstanding student. Not my problem some people can’t wrap their minds around that.”
I find her last statement hard to believe unless she uses a different name at school and radically changed her appearance.
“Going with the flow” has a different meaning when you’re on your period. In fact, women should refrain from letting their emotions loose when they’re PMS’ing.
(why did this above statement go on moderation, cindi??)
Why is it so goddamn hard for the whores to admit that they need the dough? I mean if I chose to suck a dick on camera, hated every minute of it, and was then asked “why?”, my answer would be 100%, “I needed the fucking money.”
Honestly, she shouldn’t have to explain herself (especially blaming it on her period)–it makes her seem unstable.
Let’s face it, porn is better than escorting…then again, I don’t know all the facts and it’s none of my business.
I wish she’d quit it all together. She could become become a dominatrix…
Or even a sex therapist? A la Nina Hartley. Blogging online and consulting with clients. Yeah. That’s a way to make a good living without feeling an extreme amount of social stigma. Plus, there is more certainty that what you doing is providing a social good…
born in eastern germany Katja deserve repect for her accomplishment thrut porno escorting Plus her studies SHE CAN BE VERY PROUD