The curator of “Real Women, Real Stories,” Matan Uziel, told CNN he launched the series to empower women by highlighting their struggles, challenging stereotypes and raising money for causes that support girls’ and women’s education. to offer an honest take on the porn industry and its effects on female stars of adult films. Olson said she agreed to do the video interview - recorded last year at her home in L.A. She has a girlfriend, and Bree Olson is not her real name. She now works reluctantly as a cam model, a term for men and women who perform sex acts on live webcams for Internet customers. In an email interview with CNN she said she left the porn industry in 2011 and tried to launch several businesses that failed. Olson, 29, moved recently from Los Angeles to Fort Wayne, Indiana. They treat me like I would somehow be damaging to children.” They don’t treat me like an ex-sex worker. “I have really gotten to the point where there are days to weeks at time where I don’t leave the house because I don’t feel like facing the world,” she said.

“When I go out, I feel as if I’m wearing ‘slut’ across my forehead,” she said in the video interview, which was posted online last week and is making the rounds in feminist circles on social media.

Without giving details, she said people who recognize her in public call her ugly, demeaning names. No one wants anything to do with her after they find out about her former life. She said she has trouble finding work and making friends. Olson shared her struggles in a video for the digital interview series, “ Real Women, Real Stories.” Since then, she’s been trying to transition into mainstream life, but it hasn’t been easy. Olson estimates she was making $30,000 to $60,000 a month in the adult film industry before she gave up her career and parted ways with Sheen. Olson was one of Charlie Sheen’s live-in “goddesses” who shared his home with other women during his 2011 meltdown. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.įormer adult film star Bree Olson has a message for young girls: Don’t get into porn. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.

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