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“I didn’t know or expect any of this
success to be able to be achieved.”
“And when I saw how I achieved all that—and not even necessarily really
trying—it made me even want to strive harder and see what I was even
capable of. Because at that point I was just kind of having fun.
“So it’s only been in the more recent years that I’ve tried to develop
my brand specifically and have branched off doing my own website,
creating ReidMyLips and having more than just Riley Reid. It’s been
amazing.
“I didn’t know or expect any of this success to be able to be achieved.
And I’m very fortunate, honestly. I just feel like I’m fortunate. I made good
decisions along the way somehow. I think when you stay true to yourself
things just maybe naturally fall into place or something … I don’t know…”
These days Reid tends to get recognized a lot when she’s in public. When
she arrived at the Coffee Bean in the Encino area of the San Fernando
Valley for our interview, she managed to avoid being spotted while incognito
in Ray-Ban Wayfarers, a blue denim shirtdress and pink-and-white Nike
sneakers.
“It’s definitely really bizarre,” Reid admits. “I definitely feel really fortunate
because of the type of fame that I have. I’m famous enough but I’m like this
taboo fame. I get the perks of being famous without having like paparazzi
stalk me. There’s certain elements of it … like I wouldn’t want to be any more
famous.
“I don’t want to not be able to be at Coffee Bean with you right now. …
There is an element of it where porn helps keep it where people don’t really
want to talk about it or whatever. But I still get recognized everywhere I go.
Every country I go to. Even at the gym—girls, boys, young, old, fat, skinny,
every ethnicity. It’s like every range of person, which is really crazy to me.
“I don’t know. … It hasn’t been a negative impact in my life because like I
said, I don’t have crazy paparazzi or horrible things like this. So as famous
as I am it’s like a chill one.”
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