John’s wife Tricia Devereaux posts to ADT: "It was pertinent to John at the time, and no longer is."
What does that mean? What’s the back story?
Tricia wrote August 22, 2003 on ADT:
One of the things about the movie is that he greatly exaggerated many aspects of his personality, many of which are more Buttman’s personality than John Stagliano’s. Buttman has always been an exaggeration of a small aspect of what makes John himself. It’s definitely him, but it’s not the only side of him. After Buttman Confidential, John had people practically start pitying him because he looked so confused and torn in the movie. Releasing it on DVD would bring all that back again. John is very proud of the movie, but not everyone "got" it, and that was very sad. And finally, not everyone shares your feelings about Michelle Derriere.
Joe says: "Stagliano blows a she-male in that movie… Karen [Tricia D.] doesn’t want it out there. She doesn’t want the public to know that he used to be into shemale (still is?). Also Karen hates Michelle Derriere, the star of Confidential, since it was the girl John was dating when she met him."
Tricia Deveraux emails Jul. 25:
You should tell Joe to man up and use his real name. You should also tell him to get his facts straight. He’s got a few details close enough on subjects that only he would have any knowledge whatsoever about. But his obvious hate for John over getting fired is just way too transparent.
Oh, and you can also tell him that I’m very sorry for him that he hasn’t gotten on with his life enough to not try to sabotage my relationship just because he’s not capable of having one.
…Actually, the stuff that was pertinent at the time but no longer is was his intense grief over his late girlfriend Krysti Lynn. Krysti died in a car accident a couple of years before John made this movie, and he still loved her very much. That is why much (probably too much) of the movie focuses on John’s personal feelings and how he was dealing with his grief.
John and I have never hidden the fact that at one point in his life, he experimented with she-males a few times.
I’ve also never hidden the fact that I find bi-sexual men extremely hot, so it was actually quite disappointing for me when I found out that John wasn’t actually into ‘men’ men, but had simply experimented with she-males for a little while in his life. I was fine with knowing that he had… I find feminine-looking she-males like the one in Buttman Confidential very attractive.
As for Michelle Derriere – I did dislike her for awhile. I was angry that someone who I found so deeply unattractive, John somehow found her attractive. Then a good friend reminded me that she’s just a Vegas hooker who John would never be interested in as a potential girlfriend, and I immediately stopped feeling threatened. John dating her before he dated me? Ummm… no. Hired her to get naked cause she has a HUGE ass? Yes. The honor of dating John immediately before I did would go to a blond girl named Cynthia with amazing breasts who attended Nudes a Poppin’ 5 with John.
YOU MUST BE TALKING ABOUT DAVID LORD AKA CRAWFORD
Joe’s wrong that karen doesn’t like that john sucked dick in Confidential.
I think she likes that john sucks dick
it gives them more in common. They already have the desire to get buttfucked in common so this only adds to their true love. The reason, the only reason, Confidential will never get on dvd is that Michelle Derriere is in it and little john was attracted to Michelle in ways he was never attracted to karen. Little john fagliano should get kudos and probably an entry in the Guinness Book Of World Records for producing the LONGEST RUNNING FLOP in the history of Las Vegas. Way to go little buddy!
Jeff “Hatman” Marton
ummm… no.
David Lord and John are currently on good terms, even though their personalities clashed at times within the company.
As people – they didn’t have issues.
Oh, I almost forgot, I’m not Joe and to set the record straight little john fagliano was dating Michelle Derriere or at least paying her for private shows on a regular basis. I guess a case could be made that he wasn’t dating her but only because little john was hiv positive at the time. You remember fagliano went to Brazil and paid a dude to fuck his ass and told the guy not to wear a condom while the deed was done.
Jeff “Hatman” Marton
P.S. A she male is a dude who looks like a girl.
Nope. David and John are on decent terms.
Jeff-
how about we leave this thread to the issues that were currently brought up?
You should wish that you had the same amount of passion for anything (other than hatred) as what John has for the things that he’s created. You making a mockery of his dedication shows how petty you became at the end, and throws back to the inability to keep apart separate issues.
I won’t resort to name calling… I’ll leave that to you because I refuse to act like an 8 year-old.
I remember seeing this guys work in the early 90’s (bend over babes) writing down his name and giving some visual study to his technique, clearly he had a quality but I thought he could benefit loads from a steadicam.