Page 26 - AVN Magazine Jan 2023

KATIE KUSH
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She’s developed a fondness for whips, ropes and ball gags, but there was a time—not too long ago—when Katie Kush described her sex life as “vanilla.”
Kush’s preferred position was missionary, she refused to do anal and viewed blowjobs as “exhausting.” At the end of one of her first porn scenes in 2019, after a taking a money shot to the mouth, Kush rose from her knees and scurried off set to spit out the cum, joking that she “hated that taste.”
Her male co-star, Brother Love, wasn’t amused.
“Honey,” he told Kush, “if you can’t handle something that simple, then you’re in the wrong profession.”
These days no one is questioning Kush’s place in the adult industry. Nearly four years since her debut, Kush’s former
insecurities are now her biggest strengths—or should we say, kinks. A former ballerina, Kush rides dick while in the splits. She loves being roughed up and dotes on her oral skills, hardly hesitating to swallow every last drop.
Perhaps most impressively, the girl that was once scared to let anyone in her back door is nominated for Best Anal Sex Scene at the 40th annual AVN Awards, which takes place Jan. 7 in Las Vegas.
“When that nomination came out,” Kush says, “I got so many text messages. ‘OMG, bitch ... you used to hate it and now you’re nominated for it! LOL’
“Porn has definitely opened my eyes to a whole new world. I love pushing my boundaries. I love finding new limits.”
With just more than 300 scenes to her credit, Kush is quickly becoming one of the more prolific performers in porn. The 5-foot-3 Arizona native has shot multiple times for A-list studios such as Brazzers, Vixen, Evil Angel and Kink. And her popularity is ascending right along with her bookings.
The highlight of Kush’s career to date came this month, when surging studio Bang! selected her as its first-ever Bang! Babe of the Year. Kush could hardly contain her excitement when she heard the news, tearing up and shaking as she unwrapped an extravagant, custom-made neon sign the company sent her to commemorate the accomplishment.
“Her reaction made us feel really good,” Steve Legos, Bang!’s chief marketing officer, tells AVN. “There are so many times we’ve done something special for girls, and they’re like, ‘OK cool, thanks.’ Those things take a lot of effort and it was clear she was very appreciative.
“Katie is a great ambassador for our company—and, really, for the entire industry. Everyone can have sex, but not everyone opens themselves up and really showcases their emotion during the actual scene like Katie does. You can tell that she’s into it. You can sense what she’d be like if you were there. She’s a very positive person.”
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