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“A lot of people make you feel
like they have the power, but
in reality you’re the performer
and you have the power and you
have the image.”
Bonnie Rotten never does anything without going big—and her return to porn performing this year
was no exception.
The 2014 AVN Female Performer of the Year signed an exclusive performance contract with Brazzers
in May in a deal that entailed her appearing in sex scenes for the first time in more than three years.
At press time she had six new scenes on Brazzers.com, with many more on the way.
“Obviously, if I was gonna make a comeback I wanted it to be a big comeback and I wanted it to be
with the biggest company I could be with,” Rotten tells AVN. “Once we talked it made a lot of sense
for us to join forces. I’ve always had a great relationship with them. They’ve always been family to me.”
The first Brazzers scene with Rotten since March 30, 2015, premiered in August—a rowdy three-
way with Xander Corvus and Toni Ribas aptly titled “The Cumback” in which Rotten does double anal
and double vag.
“It’s the Rotten Special—you never know what will happen,” she says with a laugh.
Rotten admits she was “so nervous” about performing again, but a ladies-only lunch with Lisa Ann
helped calm her nerves.
“I told Lisa Ann, ‘Dude, I don’t know if I can do this. What if I’m not the same kind of performer? What
if I suck?’” Rotten recalls. “But she told me, ’It’s all gonna be good,’ and she gave me a great pep talk.
“They eased me into a couple of Mofos scenes, so it was a good transition back in. It gave me a
chance to warm up.”
Even though Rotten took a hiatus from performing, she stayed active in the industry, producing for
Elegant Angel and Beate Uhse and releasing movies through Juicy.
She says the most valuable lesson she’s learned since her career started in 2012 is that she is in
control of her brand.
“A lot of people make you feel like they have the power, but in reality you’re the performer and you
have the power and you have the image,” she says. “It takes you a lot of time to realize that and
maximize that. … I’m still figuring it out.”
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