{"id":1407872,"date":"2022-03-29T15:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T19:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407872"},"modified":"2022-03-29T15:44:54","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T19:44:54","slug":"seven-celebrities-whove-spoken-out-against-porn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-celebrities-whove-spoken-out-against-porn\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Celebrities Who\u2019ve Spoken Out Against Porn"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseven-celebrities-whove-spoken-out-against-porn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407872&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Celebrities.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The body of research showing that pornography can cause deep and enduring harm to individuals and society has been growing in recent years. Studies show it increases <a href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/is-pornography-use-increasing-loneliness-particularly-for-young-people\">loneliness and isolation<\/a>, fuels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ojp.gov\/ncjrs\/virtual-library\/abstracts\/exploring-connection-between-pornography-and-sexual-violence\">sexist attitudes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ojp.gov\/ncjrs\/virtual-library\/abstracts\/exploring-connection-between-pornography-and-sexual-violence\">sexual violence<\/a>, inspires <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/13691058.2015.1042920\">risky sexual behavior<\/a>, and contributes to a lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC5370376\/\">marital satisfaction<\/a>, along with a host of other negative outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>As Richard Harris, executive director of the Christian nonprofit Truth &#038; Liberty Coalition <a href=\"https:\/\/truthandliberty.net\/2022\/03\/the-harmful-effects-of-pornography-americas-moral-crisis\/\">said<\/a>, \u201cPornography is one of the tools that is literally destroying the souls of the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And yet, acceptance of porn use as normal abounds, particularly within the sexually licentious atmosphere of Hollywood, where it is often dismissed as harmless or defended as empowering.<\/p>\n<p>There are some celebrities, however, who are standing against the porn-acceptance tide.<\/p>\n<p>Here are seven who are warning their fans about the evil impact of porn on our culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Russell Brand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russell Brand has become known for a search for truth that has prompted him to embrace a number of more conservative ideas. One that\u2019s rarely talked about, however, is his journey out of porn addiction. In 2015, the comedian began to openly discuss his struggle, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/sex-addict-russell-brands-unexpected-anti-porn-crusade\">saying<\/a>, \u201cThere\u2019s a general feeling, isn\u2019t there? In your core, if you look at pornography, this isn\u2019t what\u2019s the best thing for me to do, this isn\u2019t the best use of my time now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R6GdEnINhtQ\">video<\/a> addressing the damage pornography has wreaked on his own psychology, Brand acknowledged that while we\u2019re all biologically programmed to have a sex drive, pornography warps that healthy interest. \u201cPornography reduces the spectacle of sex to a kind of extracted physical act,\u201d Brand said in one video where he admits that he was obsessed with porn as a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>Brand went on to address the vast proliferation of explicit images and video that aren\u2019t just accessible online, but that frequently pop up even when a user isn\u2019t looking for them. \u201cThis cloud of pornographic information and even soft cultural smog is making it impossible for us to relate to our own sexuality, our own psychology,\u201d the comedian pointed out. \u201cSo if you\u2019re constantly bombarded with great waves of filth, it\u2019s really difficult to remain connected to truth. Try to have an idea of what you want from loving relationships, and what you want from sexuality \u2026 Because once that biological drive to procreate is connected to the culture of objectification, it\u2019s a very hard equation to break.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Terry Crews<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Like Brand, Terry Crews has been refreshingly honest about the damage porn use caused in his life. The actor and \u201cAmerica\u2019s Got Talent\u201d host has called his past addiction an \u201cintimacy killer\u201d that hurt his wife and created a metaphorical brick wall between them.<\/p>\n<p>Today, he boldly speaks out against the porn industry. \u201cBeing on the internet allows you to keep it a secret. Before you had to go search it out, go look for it, go to a strip club where somebody would see me,\u201d he said in a series of videos he posted to <a href=\"https:\/\/fb.watch\/bZGbG_fEJl\/\">Facebook<\/a> in 2016, adding, \u201cBut this is a secret\u2013they don\u2019t have to see you at all. You can be all alone, and it will be just yours. But I\u2019m trying to tell you that makes it all the more insidious and all the more we have to root it out and call it what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crews concluded, \u201cMy issue was and is with pornography is that it changes the way you think about people. People become objects. People become body parts. They become things to be used rather than people to be loved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Billie Eilish<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a December interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-272898675\/billie-eilish-howard-stern-2021-interview\">Howard Stern<\/a>\u00a0chart-topping singer Billie Eilish admitted that she has battled porn addiction since she was 11 years old and it has damaged her ability to form healthy relationships.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a woman, I think porn is a disgrace, and I used to watch a lot of porn, to be honest,\u201d she said, adding, \u201cI started watching porn when I was like 11. I didn\u2019t understand why it was a bad thing. I thought that\u2019s how you learned how to have sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Grammy winner\u2019s description of the impact porn had on her psyche dovetails perfectly with research showing how harmful explicit sexual material is to adolescents. In her case, it even led to sleep issues. \u201cI think that I had sleep paralysis and these night terrors and nightmares because of it. I think that\u2019s how it started because I would just watch abusive BDSM and that\u2019s what I thought was attractive,\u201d Eilish said.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to reveal that her porn habit soon grew so bad she was only interested in material that was violent, and it warped her perception of sex, her own body, and led her to engage in behavior that made her feel worthless.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t think it was attractive. And I was a virgin, I had never done anything, and it led to problems,\u201d she revealed. \u201cThe first few times I, you know, had sex, I was not saying no to things that were not good. It\u2019s because I thought that that\u2019s what I was supposed to be attracted to. I\u2019m so angry that porn is so loved, and I\u2019m so angry at myself for thinking that it was okay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Josh Radner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Josh Radner, best known for the hit sitcom \u201cHow I Met Your Mother,\u201d is one of the few celebrities that has spoken out against porn, but done so with a clinical understanding of the neurological impact of explicit images on the brain. He has also pointed out how the ubiquitous and extreme nature of today\u2019s online pornography cannot compare to the Playboy magazines of yesteryear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople make the argument that pornography has always been around \u2013 like it\u2019s some kind of sturdy, time-honored tradition \u2013 but it\u2019s a baseless argument,\u201d he said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/fightthenewdrug.org\/porn-kills-love-qa-actor-josh-radnor\/\">exclusive interview<\/a>\u00a0with the anti-porn non-profit, Fight the New Drug. \u201cIt has never been around the way it is today, with the instant availability and variety and barbarity of it all. Internet pornography is this crazy experiment unleashed on the human psyche.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Radner then explained how such material sends bodies and brains on a \u201cwildly untested chemical roller coaster,\u201d that is often akin to drug addiction. And like drug addiction, getting off porn can be incredibly difficult for severe addicts.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Like with any drug I think there are people whose circuitry is not vulnerable to the addiction, and many others who aren\u2019t so fortunate. Because it\u2019s all so new and has exploded so fast, research is only now beginning to come out. Reports of chronic porn watchers detoxing off porn mirrors classic drug withdrawal \u2013 shakes, sweating, insomnia, depression, inability to focus, suicidal ideation, etc. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Radner went on to offer harsh words for psychologists and other self-styled experts who minimize the danger of porn: \u201cThere are those\u00a0who say there\u2019s no such thing as pornography addiction and that watching porn is harmless. History will not be kind to those people. They\u2019ll be the doctors from the fifties in the cigarette ads.\u201d<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jenna Jamison<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Best known as a porn actress herself, Jamison might seem like an unlikely anti-porn crusader. But who better than someone who worked in the industry for decades to blow the whistle on the it\u2019s dark secrets?<\/p>\n<p>In her autobiography, Jameson shared that she was groomed into pornography by an adult boyfriend and his father when she was just 16 years old. For that reason, she says she encourages parents to \u201cstay involved in [their] kids\u2019 lives and question everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 46-year-old has also pulled the curtain back on Hollywood\u2019s complicity with the porn industry, particularly its targeting of children. \u201cThe reason why Hollywood has been so incredibly silent on child sex trafficking,\u201d Jameson has argued, \u201cis not only do they partake, they are covering for the big league hitters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Orlando Bloom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A-lister Orlando Bloom is another star who discovered the power of porn to warp a person\u2019s perception when he decided to wean himself off of watching it.<\/p>\n<p>In a March 2020 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/orlando-bloom-interview-the-actor-on-fatherhood-katy-perry-and-what-celibacy-has-taught-him-80b69dp8w\">The U.K.\u2019s Sunday Times<\/a>, he said that deciding to take a break from looking at explicit material taught him that \u201cporn is super-disruptive to your sex life, to your libido.\u201d He also discovered that it was impeding his ability to build relationships with real women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve done the studies, they can\u2019t find any kids who don\u2019t watch it. When you watch multiple people at multiple times in one evening, how is your actual real-life partner going to match up?\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s just so destructive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Emma Thompson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oscar-winner Emma Thompson made her feelings about porn quite clear in a 2014 interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-2511577\/Emma-Thompson-My-War-Internet-Slime.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a>, saying that such \u201cinternet slime\u201d has poisoned the minds of a generation of boys.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Saving Mr. Banks\u2019 star pointed out that the reason so many once-innocent young Disney actresses like Miley Cyrus go over to the dirty side is because they know that sex sells. \u201c[Cyrus] made the choice of going hyper-sexual for a reason, and we\u2019re all responsible for that, because that\u2019s what we buy, and that\u2019s what we click on. Those quick clicks are dangerous,\u201d Thompson said.<\/p>\n<p>She collaborated on a documentary that was never released on the dangers of pornography because she was personally concerned about the harm online porn does to young men, in particular. \u00a0\u201c[They] cannot function sexually because they\u2019ve lost the use of their imagination,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The body of research showing that pornography can cause deep and enduring harm to individuals and society has been growing in recent years. Studies show it increases loneliness and isolation,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1407872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}