It all started with this meme:
It’s a side-by-side image of Mike Pence and retired gay adult film star Brad Patton. The picture began making the rounds on social media late last week, receiving thousands of likes and shares on Twitter and Facebook. Despite the fact that these are clearly two very different people, that didn’t prevent some folks from questioning if Mike Pence had a secret gay porn past:
@Doogi_ WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT ? pic.twitter.com/V7VF5o55TM
— P13r6 (@P13r61) November 21, 2016
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The rumors were quickly debunked, however, when one internet sleuth tracked down the original photo of Batton, who retired from the industry and became a competitive male figure skater in 2008. It was discovered on an ancient Myspace profile belonging to fellow performer Martin Mazza:
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Others pointed out that, in his younger years, Pence was actually a brunette, as evidenced by this 1988 campaign flyer:
So, just so everyone is totally, 100 percent clear, Mike Pence does not have a secret gay porn past… that we known of. Donald Trump‘s Supreme Court pick, William Holcombe “Bill” Pryor Jr., may be another story, however.
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JessPH
Imagining Mike Pence as a gay adult film star. That’s utterly insulting… to the adult film star.
OzJosh
Note that Congress apparently wasn’t working in 1988 either. And that Pence hasn’t done anything to help in 30 years.
He BGB
Um, I would guess Brad Patton was brunet, too, just a “bottle blond” (being one myself).
Masc Pride
I guess I see it a little bit, but Brad has always had a very effeminate face to me. Looks more like Amanda Bearse.
Rob91316
Who’s pretending??? Anybody as rabidly anti-gay as Pence is clearly a screaming power-bottom whose ass could swallow a speeding locomotive without even a flinch.
Alistair Wiseman
I’ve always thought Mike Pence was one hot Silver Daddy. The picture taken with the dark hair is sexy as well. It was taken a few years after he switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.
Herman75
@Rob91316: …and I bet he’s got sensitive nipples for days that he liked to tweak when he wrote his graphic intricate details about the sexual habits of gay men, as if they were some kind of frightening yet exotic and exciting zoo animal