Page 44 - AVN Magazine Jan 2023

“Everything in my career has been building up to this.” —Reya Sunshine
In addition to the sexy mistresses of ceremonies, the AVN Awards also will feature live musical performances by Kehlani and Shenseea along with comic relief from fast-rising stand-up personality, Matt Rife.
“Matt is so funny,” Danger says. “He’s a breath of fresh air. I just think he’s a really authentic person and he doesn’t try to be funny. He really appeals to the masses. All my friends from different walks of life, everybody I know who has heard of him really likes his comedy. He transcends different age groups.”
Danger calls Kehlani’s music “incredible.”
“I’m very excited that she’s performing at this year’s AVN Awards,” Abella says. “I feel like she fits in really well with the brand. She’s very sex positive and she’s a big feminist which really aligns with all the female performers. I love Kehlani... I don’t really have a number one [favorite song], I’m just excited to see what she’s going to bring to the stage. All the girls are going to go wild when they see her perform. They’re all going to be rushing to the front of the stage.”
The Brazzers contract girl Danger—who has won the Fan-Voted AVN Award for Most Epic Ass the past four years straight—says one of the highlights of her year was being named the No. 1 Most Watched Porn Star on Pornhub, generating national press from outlets such as the NY Post.
“I was really shocked by that when I saw the article in the NY Post. I was like, whoa!” Abella says. “I was quite content with being No. 2....I had been No. 2 for so long, that had kind of been my spot. So I was actually flabbergasted with how I rose to the top of the ranks. It was so crazy.”
The 2016 Best New Starlet and Fan-Voted Hottest Newcomer from Miami, who started her career in 2014, now is a pre-law major. She managed to juggle classes while also doing content creation and expanding her mainstream entertainment profile in 2022.
Danger tells AVN she recently made it to the finals of a debate tournament in what was the highlight of her year at college.
“Me and my teammate got third,” Abella says. “The people who got first and second have been debating for years and years.”
Danger says she also placed fourth in the competition for The Speaker award for the top debaters in the competition, which was contested in British Parliamentary style.