Jeff Mullen writes-
Geez, I never accused the show of doing any of that. I read Giana Taylor’s words about Not the Cosbys XXX and wanted to give a quick response.
Since when was our story on Not the Cosbys XXX not winning an Urban X Award negative and disrespectful? It was a tongue-in-cheek parody-like news story so I can’t imagine why the super-beautiful Giana Taylor would be upset please re-read it. I would never disrespect a woman like that or an awards show. Now what other people blogged or commented about on other sites is not in my control but I had a wonderful time at the Urban X Awards and plan to attend next year as well.
As for Not the Cosbys XXX not winning an Urban X Award that is really not a problem at all and if they didn’t receive our DVD or my words that Thomas Ward (Cliff Huxtable) would bring the house down as a presenter at their awards show (Misty Stone AKA Denise Huxtable was on their stage) then I can understand them not putting our movie on their nomination list to consider. I know they certainly knew about Not the Cosbys XXX but if exact protocol was not followed I can totally see their point of leaving it off their nom list.
I do know however, that if I was having an award show for golfers and we hadn’t received Tiger Woods’ request for nomination consideration as Best Golfer, I would still make damn sure to put him on the nominations list. Now, I am not comparing Not the Cosbys XXX with Tiger Woods acclaim….on second thought yes as a matter of fact I am. Not the Cosbys XXX is the ‘Tiger Woods’ of porn. (That’s an LOL by the way) Now go out and buy the movie and stop downloading it for free.
Jeff Mullen
NL- Gotta add my own two cents here. That press release from Giana came from Galaxy Promotions which is owned by James Bartholet. Bartholet appears in almost all of Jeff Mullen’s movies. I would think Bartholet would let Jeff know about it, and perhaps put Jeff & Giana together to talk about it before Bartholet puts out a press release slamming one of his biggest supporters. BUT obviously I would think wrong cuz Bartholet put it out, and Jeff did not know about it ahead of time, or Jeff wouldn’t be writing a response about it on my site.
Well, whatever the full story of the snub and response may be, at least Jeff Mullen proves (1) he has a decent sense of humor, and (2) He’s classier than to use the internet as a tool for attacking people.
The original PR story about Not the Cosbys XXX getting shut out was supposed to be funny and if people actually read the story and didn’t see the humor in it, then they might be missing out on some good fun or I am off base (take your pick). Giana Taylor and the entire awards show was and is a wonderful thing. If it wasn’t I wouldn’t have attended and had so much fun. I really think that there might have been some over-reaction to my actual words as they really were quite harmless if you actually read the thing carefully.
The funny thing is that there has been more conversation about Not the Cosbys XXX and the Urban X Awards since that first story appeared and that my friends is never a bad thing. With the insane schedule that X-Play has right now with Not Married with Children XXX, Not Monday Night Football XXX, Flight Attendants and Not the Bradys XXX #3, I am sure that we never got the package to the right people so we didn’t deserve to be nominated.
I remember last year when Giana actually came to our office to pick up our submissions which goes to show you just how much work she has put into creating this awards show. I certainly respect that devotion and attention to detail because I know how difficult it is to create something from scratch so my hat’s off to her on what she has accomplished. There’s always next year for X-Play.
As for James Bartholet’s PR story “slamming” me, I don’t think those were his words but I certainly wasn’t told in advance that it was coming. I have no problem at all with it but I think he might have been able to see through the entire thing enough to diffuse any misunderstanding but he didn’t and I am fine with that. I can handle being ‘slammed’ from time to time even if I don’t think I deserve it. We are in a business that is so ultra competitive that the main goal is making your product or event stand out from the crowd. However, if Giana Taylor feels that I disrespected her and the show then I offer my heartfelt public apology right now but the truth is I only saw it as a funny story designed for a little PR.