Page 56 - AVN April 2018

FEATURE
(Continued from page 55)
FEATURE | By Dan Miller
dining room table like two people getting to know each
other. It’s great to get the interview stuff in first and then
it’s great to really be able to tap on more things after, get
to know this person.
When I interviewed Isiah we took a walk down Ventura
Boulevard and got a bite to eat that night and sat outside.
How has the porn biz changed since you retired?
For the first time ever I’m seeing this business as the
new Silicon Valley. With OnlyFans alone girls are able
to have fan club members, not have a webmaster, not
pay affiliates, update it from their phone, and update
whenever they want with whatever they want. They’re in
control of their own destiny. And I want to remind them
of that. You have a lot just from your phone. You can do a
lot of shit. All you need is yourself and your phone.
Sadly, the girls don’t need a producer any more. They
really don’t need us. They only need themselves and some
motivation. So we have to treat them really well or they’re
just going to go and start working out of their own home
and not want to be on set with us.
How do you approach your diet and fitness?
I’ve lost now almost 50 pounds since I retired, which
is crazy. It’s a whole new body for me. All new clothes.
Nothing really fits me but it’s been about changing my
life.
I eat a plant-based diet. Also I’m not compromising on
important things. I used to compromise my sleep a lot.
And when you don’t sleep well your body craves sugar all
day. You crave bad foods and you eat differently. I force
myself to be lying down at 9:30 even though my show
ends at 9 PST. I detach. It’s harder on Monday nights. I
read before bed now instead of watching TV. I listen to
really soft spa music. I don’t take my technology set to
my bedroom. No computer, no nothing. I’ve learned how
to get in the mindset enough to fall asleep. But when
you’re resting well you eat better. You’re able to work out
harder. You’re more efficient. You make better decisions
throughout the entire day.
When I first retired I ate Paleo for the first two-and-
a-half years. So I had already removed any sugar, dairy
and any pre-made foods. Now I’m just removing the
meat portion and learning about more vegetables. Every
Tuesday afternoon I go to a farmer’s market. I buy from
local farmers. I’ve learned about dragonfruit and Asian
pears and all of these different farmers are there so I get
to understand it and my palate has expanded so much. I
don’t even miss not eating meat.
… This is also an easier life not traveling like I used to
because I can prepare my food. I can go to the farmer’s
market. The one thing I couldn’t give up was eggs,
because I love eggs. So what I did I found a local farmer
that I deal with, a woman that I buy from. They’re grain-
free eggs. Her chickens are raised a very specific way—no
hormones, no antibiotics, no grain. So those are the eggs
that I buy. And you’ll notice that the yolks are a lot more
orange and the whites have a different texture. They’re
much easier to poach. Fresh eggs that are not chemically
enhanced are so much easier to poach.
Sleep is so important. And getting off your phone at a
certain time. Not doing social media in bed. Not having
outside interactions in your spirit.
How did you expand your sports radio presence
with regular spots across the country?
A couple years ago I decided to reach out to stations
that I had interviewed with in the business and ask them
if they would want to have a free segment on Fridays.
And I was trying to build something called Fantasy
After making the switch to a plant-based diet, Lisa Ann says, “It’s a whole
new body for me.”
56 | AVN.com | 4.18
Football Fridays. And that would allow me to start early
in the morning so I start at 5 a.m. here. And I patch
in with about 10 different shows and I do them all at
different times. So what I have to do is I have to learn
their local team. So with Houston I had to learn all about
the Texans. Because for the first couple minutes of the
spot I’d talk about what Texans players would be good
in a matchup this week in fantasy and how I think their
team will fare. And then the second half of the segment
is their callers text in and ask, “Start him or sit him?”
questions. “Do I start Eli Manning or do I start Aaron
Rodgers?” Then we go back and forth with all these
rapid-fire questions that I answer and then I have about a
45-minute window to prep for my next one. I do Tampa,
I do Houston, I do St. Louis. I do a bunch of spots on
my channel on different shows as well. By doing it now
those shows have had me come out to their city to host a
fantasy football event. I got to go to a preseason Houston
Texans game. So I’m getting to see stadiums I’ve never
seen before and I’m getting to meet people and it’s just
been incredible.
What’s your mission upon coming back?
I’m hoping that I can inspire. I’m hoping that I can
come back and inspire because I think there’s a lot of
things people involved in this business can be doing just
like I’m doing. I really do. I think there’s opportunities
out there. We get blinded by the judgments of others. We
get blinded by what we see on social media. But when
you go out there, people are a lot nicer than what you
expect. People were so warm to me in the fantasy sports
world—people at the channel. I may have had a glitch
with one or two people but they weren’t really associated
with my channel. They were just internet bullies, but
when it came to everybody my boss introduced me to
and all these people being willing to do shows with me.
… You know what’s cool is my co-hosts get trolled a lot.
And my co-hosts write back. They’ve taught me to make
light of it. They’ve taught me to not worry about what
other people think. They’re like, ‘You can’t control if
someone’s going to tweet us. What do you care?’ But you
know, I was worried about it. I was hyper-anxious about
it in the beginning. There were some shows I wouldn’t
even go on because I told my boss they all have families
and they all have kids. If we tweet that I’m going to be
on this show they’re going to get all this weird shit. And
my boss is like, “They really don’t care, Lisa. You are who
you are.” And by proving myself—like studying fantasy
baseball—they realize like, she’s committed. How can we
give her shit? She’s in second place.
How else do you want to share your knowledge
with the new crop of talent?
What I realized is everyone that acquires success
leaves and doesn’t come back. No one is here sharing
their knowledge. Retired [ballplayers], they go and meet
rookies. You see this a lot in baseball. Player gets signed.
His favorite player comes to the field that day to Spring
Training and meets him and inspires him and works with
him for a couple months, tells him what he needs to do
on the road, tells him what he has to do to create good
habits. No one is coming back and doing that.
So it hit me with all the sadness the business has seen.
You know what, this is a very important time. It’s very
important for me to come back and tell these girls I am
not in any way ashamed of what I did in my past. I’m
not going to let you be lazy. I’m going to help you move
forward and I’m going to show you that it’s not as bad as
you think out there. Just be prepared. Save your money.”