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WHO’S WHO
NEVER SAY NEVER
Adriana Chechik on winning Female Performer of the Year
many things that I was like, ‘Well shit, I might win.’ And I had a
flashback to the year before last when I had won the award [for
Best Anal Sex Scene] and I just was loud and obnoxious and a
little too toasted and drunk, and I wanted to make sure that I
wasn’t overwhelmed and crying and I had a little bit of a game
plan, so I did write out a couple of one-liners, and that was the
only one that stuck.”
Chechik’s nervousness over the Female Performer prize was
exacerbated, she said, because of her win at the top of the show
for Best Oral Sex Scene, for her star showcase Adriana Chechik:
The Ultimate Slut (Jonni Darkko/Evil Angel). “I was super excited
to win that award,” she explained, “and I honestly thought AVN
was like, ‘All right, here’s your award. No more for the night.’ But
there was a moment before the show where Asa [Akira] came up
to me and was like, ‘Dude, I want you to win,’ and she kind of,
when she was on stage [presenting Female Performer of the Year],
she said, ‘Yes, this is who I wanted,’ and as soon as she said that, I
knew it was me. Beforehand I was like shaking in my chair, I think
I like broke off Megan Rain’s hand in anticipation. I was already
crying before they even announced it.”
‘I FELT NOTHING BUT
POSITIVITY, EVEN FROM THE PEOPLE
THAT WERE IN
THE SAME
CATEGORIES
AS ME.’
—ADRIANA CHECHIK
INTERVIEW | By Peter Warren
CALL HER PORN’S ANSWER TO LEONARDO DICAPRIO,
or Susan Lucci, or Al Pacino ... the list goes on,
but Adriana Chechik has one thing in common
with all of them: they were dealt a lot of snubs
before finally winning the top awards many felt
they’d long deserved.
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This year, Chechik at last claimed AVN’s
Female Performer of the Year trophy, and when
she took to the podium to accept, she put a bow
on the occasion by underscoring her seeming
twist of fate with the evening’s most memorable
line: “First Donald Trump, and now Adriana
Chechik, Female Performer of the Year.”
For anyone unsure of exactly what she
intended to imply by that remark—and there
were many, from the post-awards scuttlebutt—
Chechik clarified to AVN: “You know, I just
think I shouldn’t have said ‘I’m so happy’
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afterwards, like my pause wasn’t long enough.
But I felt like it was something that was never
going to happen, and I felt the same way about
Trump winning; I thought for sure, no matter
how many people are rooting for him, he was
not going to win, so I just had the same feeling
about myself—like Hell has frozen over because
these two people are at the top right now. But
I want to make it clear that I am not a Trump
supporter.”
Asked whether she came up with the zinger
on the spot or had written it beforehand,
Chechik disclosed, “So the day before was the
only day it sunk in that I was like, ‘Oh shit, I
could possibly win.’ Before that, I was so in the
mode I was going to be happy to lose this year,
but the morning before, I just had so much
positive energy and everyone telling me so
Summing up her feelings about it all, she submitted, “I just
want everyone in the industry to know how much I fucking love
them, and I really, it was so nice, like the standing ovation and all
the comments, I felt nothing but positivity, even from the people
that were in the same categories as me. I think it’s pretty amazing
to have so many people just wish the best for you, when last year
I was so upset I couldn’t do the same, so it’s really cool to see the
industry just come together like that, and I feel I had like 10 or
12 text messages from people saying, ‘This is a win for all of us,’
and that was so amazing, and so nice to hear. So I just feel really
honored.”
What does Adriana Chechik have in store for 2017? “Well I’m
definitely going to be doing another showcase with Darkko,” she
revealed. “But I think the next big thing is I’m going to try and
do some directing this year. But I just want to go even harder
this year. I want to show people that I’ve given it my all, but I can
always one-up myself and get better over time. I’m gonna try to
win the title next year. And I also just want to be a good example
for everyone. I want to really go out of my way to help out the
new girls and help to promote everyone, even if I don’t care for
them. I just want to be positive and spread the love and set a good
example.”