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“I’m proud and I’m honored that I was part of that set.”
Few are the blue cinema journeyfolk who can genuinely be called “porn royalty,” but by any and all measure, Christy Canyon claims a seat at that ultra-elite table.
So for a return appearance before triple-X studio cameras by the longtime AVN Hall of Famer to transpire is, to say the least, a very, very big deal.
After all, the last time she did shoot any so-called “mainstream” porn (outside of non-sex roles) was when she was still a Vivid Girl in 1997.
But now, in the year of our lord 2024, Christy Canyon has climbed back into the proverbial saddle and ridden again across the 􏰀ig 􏰁orn screen􏰂specifically, the one bearing the moniker of Vixen Media Group’s newest shingle and the reigning AVN Best New Production Brand, MILFY.
􏰃anyon’s first outing back was a standalone scene released in mid-􏰄uly opposite massively popular Spanish woodsman Alberto Blanco. And that was quickly followed by her starring role among the quintet of marquee luminaries (also including Maitland Ward, Brandi Love, Phoenix Marie and 􏰅erenity 􏰃o􏰆􏰇 comprising the principal lineup of MI􏰈􏰉􏰊’s first feature, American MILF.
But before either of those things happened, the 1998 AVN Special Achievement Award recipient recounted, she began dipping her toes into the creator content pond.
“It started about two years ago,” Canyon told AVN. “I was gonna work with Dredd. I think he’s fucking adorable. He’s sexy, he’s hot. So I think I DM’d Dredd on Twitter, I’m like, ‘I don’t know if you know who I am, but blah, blah, blah,’ right? And he DM’s right back, he’s like, ‘Are you kidding, Christy? I used to steal my dad’s VHS tapes of you. I’ve always been in love with you.’ So we exchanged numbers, we talked ... we talked for like two hours. He’s a good guy.
“So we set something up, we’re going to work together,” she continued. “Then monkeypox breaks out. And I’m like, ‘Dredd, I don’t mean to be a wimp, but I was very lucky I never got anything—it was the ’80s, there were only 12 of us working every day, no one was fucking around. Then came the ’90s, I was a Vivid Girl, it was condom-mandatory. Let’s just table this for now. I don’t want to get monkeypox. Whatever it even fucking is, I don’t know.’
“So he’s like, ‘I get it.’ So then we reschedule for like, ‘OK, in two months we’ll shoot.’ Then the super gonorrhea bullshit breaks out, and I’m like, ‘Oh, Dredd, I swear to god, I don’t mean to be like this, but I don’t want to catch gonorrhea, let alone super gonorrhea.’”
Finally, last December, the stars aligned.
“I called him and I said, ‘Oh my god, let’s do it.’ He’s like, ‘Three days from now, I’m not letting anything get in between us again,” Canyon recalled. “I’m like, ‘You got it. My rule is, when I work, we’ve gotta get tested, you can’t do anything sexually for 24 hours, and then we work.’ He’s like, ‘No problem.’
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