Undiscovered Dick: Jeffrey Armani Talks Gay Porn Stardom

What does it take to become a porn star? A killer body? A dick and ass just made to please? An insatiable love of sex? All these are given requirements, but the final factor that not every aspiring performer has is drive! One new performer who has this in spades is rising OnlyFans star, Jeffrey Armani. Late last year, Jeffrey left behind a successful corporate career to pursue what he describes as his "lifelong dream" of becoming a true porn star. He joined us for his very first online interview to discuss what brought him to the business of fucking on screen and how he has serious ambitions to become one of the best at it.

 

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What inspired you to open your OnlyFans at the beginning of this year?

I was inspired to open my Only Fans profile in January of this year as my birthday is in December and this past December I turned 45. The realization hit me that I had only 5 years until I turned 50 and there were so many things that I'd yet to accomplish with porn being at the top of the list. My mantra for 2023 became "5 Years To 50."  So, every day I challenge myself to live fully, completely in the present moment, to take action, and work hard to check off all the things on my bucket list that I've been too afraid to experience and to go after. My mindset now is that there's literally no time to waste. There's no more time for excuses or waiting—tomorrow isn't promised and 5 years from now isn't promised either. This present moment is exactly where I need to be to go after everything that I want in life. At the end of the day, I'm the only one that can do it and it's up to me!

Why at this point in time?

For me, I've wanted to be in the industry ever since I watched my first porn when I was growing up. I was captivated and spellbound by it and knew instantly that I wanted to do porn. That captivation continued into adulthood but in all honesty, there was no way that I would've been emotionally ready to embark on this career in my 20s or 30s. Even though I was sexually active, I wasn't comfortable with my body, my sexual desires, my healthy sex drive, and the deep, carnal, primal lust that lies within us all. There was a part of me that was afraid of sex and the sexual desires that I had. I grew up in a very religious home where I knew I was loved but at the same time there was addiction, trauma, and my immediate family was very dysfunctional. Now, combine that with the religious guilt and shame of being gay, wanting to have all kinds of casual sex and at the same time trying to follow the faith-based dogma that was the center of my family... it's not hard to see that sex, intimacy, lust, primal feelings, and emotions were challenging for a guy like me in his 20s and 30s.

Even though I was always searching for my soulmate at the same time, I knew there was this deep, passionate desire to embrace my inner, primal sexuality and explore every facet of it. However, I was very afraid of that part of myself and it took estranging myself from my immediate family, several failed relationships, more than one, life-threatening health issue requiring surgery, and then the pandemic for me to work my ass off in the gym and finally deal with some deep, emotional demons that had plagued me since adolescence. During the pandemic, I finally faced so many internal demons that had haunted me for 35 years, and, with help, I was able to find forgiveness for myself and for others. I learned to ask for forgiveness and I literally took the weight of those burdens, let them go and I rose up as a completely different person. In many ways, I tapped into the energy and spirit that I'd forgotten I'd had before I started being exploited and before my immediate family became such a complete and utter mess when I was 7. For the first time in my life, I could look in the mirror and actually like what I saw. At the same time, I worked so hard to eliminate most of the negative, self-talk that had ruled my brain and my thinking patterns since growing up. With a new mindset, finding and asking for forgiveness, starting every day with gratitude and a hell of a lot of work I began to have more good days than bad days, I found myself feeling like that strong person that I had been growing up; and instead of living in the past and living in fear of the future, I was now living in the present moment and wanting to experience everything that I had denied myself for all those years! Now, this is such an exciting time for me and it's absolutely the right time for me physically and emotionally to get into porn as the fear is gone and now it's time to enjoy this time in my life and I am!

You are coming to the industry after having had a very successful corporate career. How has this transition been for you?

The transition has been great! I was successful in corporate America in the advertising and financial worlds, and I'm grateful for corporate America and all of the amazing people that I worked with. One of the many lessons that corporate America taught me was that you have to be able to accept change at any time. Whether it's a new software system, a corporate merger, quotas constantly changing, the daily stock market roller coaster ride, etc...corporate America is always changing and you have to accept it, roll with it or you'll get caught up in an unhealthy and miserable circle of emotions and you won't succeed. Another lesson I learned was that you have to keep learning about your job each and every day and that you can learn from everyone! If you ever feel that you know everything about your job or industry then you'll just be treading water and you will rarely be successful. I saw this play out so many times in corporate America and I learned that the people that were open to change asked questions, actively participated with other coworkers and management, and always learned were the most successful. Those skills have definitely helped me make the transition to porn as I've already learned so much about the industry and you have to be ready for changes at any time whether it's a photoshoot or on set or dealing with all kinds of people and successfully interacting with them.

What are some of your ambitions within the business? Studio work? Who would you like to work with? What do you want to do with them?

I'm very ambitious and I believe in the law of attraction, goal setting, and the concept of manifestation. I'd like to be able to use this career to create a platform to reach out and help younger guys in the gay community that were like me: growing up in a small town, hating their appearance, afraid of their sexuality, and having to navigate their lives without the support of their immediate family. I know what it's like to be so scared that you have panic attack after panic attack, there's no money in the bank, only Ramen noodles and cereal in the fridge, begging God to help and to do something......and realizing that in those moments that's where you find a strength that you never knew you had by just making it to the next day. And if you keep making it to the next day and keep going no matter how scared you are, no matter how many tears you shed, no matter what happened to you in the past or what happened to you the same day, you can rise up above everything and create an amazing life for yourself!

When it comes to studio work and who I'd love to work with? I have a big list! Lol. At the top of my list (and I know I'm not the only one who has this list) would be Kris Evans, John Magnum, and Peter North.....if he ever decided to do gay porn again. I'm versatile but for all 3 of those guys, I'd love to bottom for them. To be making direct eye contact while they're in control and together we're creating such a hot and intimate connection on-camera... Yes, Please!

 

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Tell us about your love of pornography. Who are some of your inspirations?

I've always loved pornography and for me, it was liberating to watch. In my small town where I felt so trapped and alone, watching porn was kind of an emotional freedom for me. It helped me see that there was a whole other world out there and I just had to make it out and go find it! Also, it was a validating experience for me as the positive endorphins that would be released inside my body only helped me realize what I'd known since I was a little—that I was as gay as a guy could be and there was nothing wrong with that. I loved how athletic it was too and how the guys would have such huge smiles on their faces. Those smiles gave me hope that I could be just as happy one day with another man when I was older. I just knew how incredible sex with another man would be and that helped me hang on internally while I was in junior and senior high until I was able to get out of our little town and meet other gay people.

I have a few inspirations and it starts with Peter North aka Matt Ramsey. I still watch his gay and straight porn videos (Yup, I'll watch his straight porn....C'mon, it's Peter North!) because he's such an absolute stud. His handsome face, muscled body, his big cock, and his legendary, erupting cumshots still get me hard when I think about it. And when I discovered that he had done gay porn in the '80s....the first time I saw him with another man I came in about 10 seconds and came about 5 times while watching him for the first time! I've always wanted to be like him and if I can have 1/100^th of his skills and fame that will work for me! Other inspirations for me are Jeff Stryker, Jeff Palmer, and Matthew Rush. Those guys are so masculine, muscular, dripping with testosterone, and crazy about sex and it certainly showed on camera how much they enjoyed it!

What have you done so far and how were those experiences?

I'm so happy to say that I've been filming all kinds of OnlyFans collaborations all over the country and I've had so much fun and am truly living my dreams right now! I've filmed with one of my idols, Dallas Steele, with whom I was good friends before getting into porn. I know the saying, "don't ever meet your idols because you'll be disappointed" but I have to say that Dallas is such a kind man with a huge heart, a wonderful friend....and one hell of a porn star!