Less than a week after announcing his retirement as a performer for the gay adult site Gayhoopla citing addiction issues, Collin Simpson has been banned by the webcam site Chaturbate after fans reported seeing him overdose or nearly overdose during a live broadcast.
Simpson, for his part, denies he took any mind-altering substance during his stream, but viewers, many of whom are rightfully worried for his mental and physical health, aren’t buying it.
Gay adult blog Str8UpGayPorn (link work-unfriendly) reports the 90-minute video was cut short after Simpson went off camera for a few minutes at around the 70-minute mark. Clinking sounds could then be heard, followed by three sets of lighter/inhale noises. Simpson then returned to face the camera looking unwell before exiting the frame again at which point the clinking and inhaling were audible again.
When he returned one final time for the 6 minutes before his stream was cut off, fans observed Simpson in a concerning state, speaking nonsensically, looking as if he was about to pass out, and scratching his body repeatedly.
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Simpson’s account was promptly deleted after viewers reported the troubling incident to the hosting site.
On a Twitter post announcing the broadcast sent by Simpson before it began, fans started posting messages to check on his wellbeing.
“Bro…. ARE YOU OK?” wrote one. “I hope he’s able to go to a rehab center. He’s really struggling with this confluence of bad events…” wished another.
Simpson went on the defensive, replying to no fewer than 20 messages and denying he took anything. In one message he says the reason he went off-camera was to “help [his] roommate bring in groceries.”
“I wasn’t using drugs what are you talking about?!” he wrote in another reply. “I’m tired because I haven’t slept much since going to the detox facility but I wasn’t using drugs I’m completely sober!”
Several screenshots and clips have made the rounds that tell a different story, though we can’t fully confirm either side.
Substance abuse remains a huge issue in the gay adult industry, and we’ve seen far too many stories of performers dying of overdoses as young as their early 20s. And of course, the problem isn’t isolated to the industry — LGBTQ folks, in general, have a greater likelihood than non-LGBT persons of experiencing a substance use disorder.
If you live in the US and are struggling with drugs, the National Institue on Drug Abuse is a good place to start.
Vince
And of course the lying. It’s part and parcel of the drug abuse.
broadshoulder
A shame. I think Mr Simpson had the body and personality to make it big. He also started dating boys
mz.sam
Agreed. Just when sexy Collin recently acknowledged in exploring his truer gay side he crossed the line with the darker side of public drug addiction.
Catholicslutbox
Started dating guys? lol- what?
He’s gay for pay.
Cam guys will say anything for tokens- especially druggies.
He was cute when he first started but then he started roiding heavily.
Donston
I’m looking at interviews and old articles of his. And though he came out as “bi” around a year ago, he seemed to be very aggressive about loving women, wanting to be with a woman, having no real affections, romantic passions, emotional connections and relationship ambitions towards guys. He could have gotten to a place of self-acceptance or self-understanding, could have fought off internalized homophobia and same-sex preference shame. While fluidity has some legitimacy for some people. But really, I don’t see a drug addicted porn performer claiming that he’s started to date dudes as some sort of win for “gays”. Besides, you really shouldn’t take anything these porn performers present all that seriously, especially if they’re battling addictions.
Brian
What? The same guy everyone was congratulating last week for getting help with his addiction is still using? I never, ever could have seen that coming.
Brian
He might overdose on cam. That’s a fun new twist to an otherwise total cliche of a story.
JoshGL
Why should we care?
Because most guys doing porn are not doing it for the fun of it.
Most guys are broke and see this as quick money.
It may or may not lead to escorting.
The point is simple: these are kids who would be considered at-risk in any environment.
Our community – and you may well be one of those rare souls who never jacks off to porn – consumes the product in which they are featured.
We can ignore it or we can figure out ways to support the kids who are in trouble, if only by raising awareness.
You seem like a lovely person. Come and join the human race when you have a spare moment.
Keebler ILF
Based on the sounds I heard during the show, it sounded like he was using a cigarette lighter to light something up, then deeply inhaling from a bong. Maybe he was dicing something up to put in the bong. It was definitely not a lack of sleep. He almost fell out of his chair a few times, he looked like he was hallucinating, and when he managed to open his eyes, they appeared to be rolling back in his head. It was hard to watch. Somehow, through all of that, he was still trying to entertain the viewers by flexing his pecs.
Vince
If it was pot then that could be kind of hot. The best sex I’ve had is on that stuff. If anything else then umm no.
Donston
I’m fine with discussing porn and porn performers. I just get annoyed with the media’s obsession with trying to keep porn a part of the “queer community” and acting as if we should look up to these people and the porn industry. We have ideally evolved past being dependent on porn and porn culture. But also, it’s an industry that still feeds into straight and non-homo-leaning worship and gay shame. While it’s apparent that so many of the performers (and many involved in the industry in general) contend with serious mental illness, drug addictions or are just terrible/ignorant/annoying people. The fantasy has diminished.
Donston
GetOffMyInternet, I try to approach those types of topics all the time. But it seems like they’re too dark, stereotypical, anti-agenda and forces people to deal with uncomfortable nuances and patterns. The majority would rather gawk, exploit, dismiss and/or judge than actually think critically.
Brian
Why should we care? Because he’s a fellow human. He hasn’t done anything to deserve death wishes.
PS1
What Collin clearly needs is a strong, MASCULINE BISEXUAL(more str8 than gay)mentor, like I wish I’d had when I began to embrace my bicuriosity.
Anything else, like bitchy gay dudes’ opinions, is irrelevant.