Lexi Diamond: No, I didn’t. I did a scene with the guy who fucked the girl with HIV.

ISP: What went through your mind when you took that call?

LD: Well, AIM left a voice mail saying to get back to them cause it was urgent.

ISP: And you thought?

LD: I thought I had AIDS.

ISP: But they test for chlamydia and gonorrhea, too.

LD: Yea, well I panicked. It was a panic thing for me. I didn’t think they’d sound so serious if I had chlamydia or gonorrhea. I called AIM back. They talked to me very slow, very comforting, and they said I was quarantined. They told me not to panic, cause most likely I didn’t contract it. I cried a little bit, and honestly I can’t really remember much more of that conversation. I was told to come back and get tested, and that I’d get tested again after that. They told me not to have any sex with anyone.

ISP: You still got your boyfriend?

LD: Yes.

ISP: Had you slept with him?

LD: Yes. He was really good about it. He was calming me down the whole time. He was worried, but he wasn’t freaking out like I was. I was totally panicking…like, oh my God I’m gonna die of AIDS!

ISP: Up until the time you finally came back completely negative, how did this all this change your life?

LD: I was just thinking what if I have AIDS? What am I gonna do? I thought about what it would be like taking meds for the rest of my life, dealing with future sex partners, losing my porn job…and getting sick, and dying.

ISP: Did it ever occur to you — whether or not your test came back negative — to quit doing porn?

LD: Yes, of course. And I regretting getting in. How can all these other porn stars do this for years and not get HIV, and my second or third month into the biz I’m quarantined? And might have HIV!? I just tried to be calm and not to panic.

ISP: You could have just gone back to work at Jack-In-The-Box and left porn forever.

LD: I don’t want to go back to Jack-In-The-Box. How do you go from making porn money back to minimum wage?

ISP: Some people would argue that 18-year-olds don’t have any business being in porn. You should still be in school.

LD: I was in school…but I didn’t finish. I was too busy making porn.

ISP: So you didn’t even finish high school.

LD: I actually can go back. I’m still 18. I can go back this coming year.

ISP: But you won’t.

LD: I know. I’m just gonna go get my GED.

ISP: What are you expecting to get out of porn?

LD: To make money and pay bills. I don’t think I’m good enough to be a star. I’d have to get boob implants and all that stuff.

ISP: Jenna Haze didn’t have to get implants.

LD: I don’t know who that is.

ISP: I shot your first scene ever. It was a handjob. For Mano Job. I liked you so much I shot a second Mano Job, and then I brought you back for ISP: The Dick Suckers. What else have you done since then?

LD: I worked with Ron Jeremy! It wasn’t a sex scene…just acting. I really don’t remember the names of the people. I did Pure 18.

ISP: It sounds like you don’t like this anymore.

LD: Not really. I’m working to pay for college.

ISP: When I first shot you, you seemed totally into it. Did the quarantine change things?

LD: It kinda did. Not dramatically. It added to the dislike of doing this for a living.

ISP: What exactly don’t you like?

LD: Just the fact you could get AIDS…even though you look at tests. It’s scary and unpredictable.

ISP: Don’t you think your life is worth more than the money you’re making in porn?

LD: True. Yea. I’m just lazy. I could work a normal job like everyone else, but I’d rather do it the easy way and take the risk.

ISP: You might lose fans over this interview.

LD: Really? (Shrugs her shoulders). I’m not trying to get famous…I’m just trying to make money.

ISP: Think the biz should make its performers wear condoms?

LD: I think it should be law.

Dana DeArmond: Yea, I didn’t expect to become…like…a porn star. It was just something to do. The thought to come up with a stage name never occurred to me. I have no reason to try and hide who I really am.

ISP: Has using your real name ever come back to haunt you?

DD: Yea, people recognize me. The Direct TV guy recognized me from my name. I’ve had people steal my mail…shit like that sometimes. It’s more like I noticed people pretend not to know who I am…which bothers me even more. It’s embarrassing to realize some person you’ve been talking to for the last three hours knows exactly what you do for a living. And I’m not really creative to figure out a fake name, either.

Gia Paloma, Make-up artist: Just use your pet’s name and the street grew up on…I mean does anyone still do that anymore?

DD: I had a gerbil named Blackie. I actually had three gerbils — Blackie, Shorty, and Jaws. I could have been any of those.

ISP: Your first scene?

DD: In February 2004 I did Hogtied. I applied for Fucking Machines, and I was hired right away to do Hogtied. I was pretty much only working for Kink and Gwen Media, doing fetish/latex/rubber stuff.

ISP: What in the world made you apply for Fucking Machines?

DD: I thought it was be cool to have sex with a robot. I was seeing the Fucking Machines content on the message boards, too. I had also seen it on HBO’s Real Sex. It just looked like fun.

ISP: Why did you get your braces?

DD: Because I was born without a bicuspid and I had to a bone graft put in…I dunno. I have a jaw problem.

Gia: So it wasn’t just to look 16?

DD: No, that was just a happy bonus. Ben Hoffman shot me last week, and he was like, “you look so young…it’s so creepy!”

Gia: How did the transition go from doing fetish stuff to sex scenes with boys?

DD: Well, Kink made Sex and Submission, so I started doing scenes. It was really no big deal. Kink let me fuck who I wanted, and I wanted to bang James Deen. They let me. I used to be picky about who I fucked on camera…now I’m Queen of the Mopes.

ISP: Ever freak out on set?

DD: Not that I care to talk about. There’s been a couple times when I told people hey, I don’t need the money. If you don’t stop fucking with me I will leave.

ISP: Tell me about The Internet’s Girlfriend.

DD: It’s my blog, where I link to all my official webites — my Facebook, my mySpace, my Twitter. Cause there’s a few fraudulent sites out there claiming to be me. Oh, and Little Dana, too. That’s my non-porn mySpace.

ISP: What would I find in your fridge right now?

DD: I have condiments. That’s about it. Lactose free milk. And…I dunno. I don’t cook. Otter Pops in my freezer.

ISP: So you’re co-hosting the Urban Spice Awards Sunday, the 26th…at Boulevard 3 in Hollywood. Why do they want a white girl to co-host?

DD: (Raises hands in the air) Black people love me! They loved my Blacks on Blondes scene! No, really…I think it’s cause I do a ton of interracial work.

ISP: Are you a black cock slut?

DD: What? Wat are you talking about? I don’t bang people in my private life. A black guy tried to pick me up at a gas station. I actually asked him if he wanted to go with me to the Urban Spice Awards. I told him I had a limo and that I do porn and everything.

ISP: Did he accept?

DD: I gave him my e-mail, but he hasn’t hit me up.

Gia: Maybe he doesn’t have a computer.

DD: Gia! That’s racist. I’m probably just going to take Bobbi Starr as my date. We’re nominated together. Best IR Star. Best IR 3 Way. Something like that. I honestly don’t care about winning awards. It’s nice just to be asked to be there. I don’t like the idea of having a competition between me and my friends.

ISP: Any way you and Bobbi can stop by my place and blow me before you go to the awards?

DD: I dunno. Bobbi might take some convincing. She’s shy.

ISP: Speaking of Bobbi…Bobbi Starr and Dana DeArmond are the highest ranked girls at Blacks On Blondes? She’s actually ranked one higher than you.

DD: Why? Cause she has long hair? Or cause she’s doing a gang bang? What kind of scene did she do?

ISP: You did a DP. She did a 4 man DP.

DD: You gave her an unfair advantage. But there’s nothing wrong with a little healthy competition between porn sisters. But…for the record, I’d love to come back and do a Blacks on Blondes scene with Bobbi.

ISP: Would you lick her ass?

DD: I’d live in there. I’d make a tent out of her bush and just live the rest of my life in her ass.