Sunny Lane today announced her engagement to a man who proposed to her over the weekend. The porn star/stripper/escort let fans know that she plans to take a hiatus from shooting.
“I have to do what is best for my new partner in life and give it a shot to see how he feels about me being in adult,” Lane says in a statement, acknowledging that porn “is a hardcore business that sometimes drives people away.”
For all her Girl Next Door accessibility and bubbly exterior, Lane is a chess player: a shrewd businesswoman and an adept marketer of the brand known as Sunny Lane. Her message to fans is nothing if not a hedged bet. Knowing the historical fragility of porn marriages (and marriages in general), Lane says that she will continue updating her sites with material shot before this fateful weekend.
“I hope you guys continue to support me and this site while I take a hiatus to try romance,” she says.
We can infer from her message that Lane hopes her new partner (name withheld) won’t suddenly shun the career that brought her to his attention, although that is a well-worn pattern in porn. Further, we guess that she hopes that, in a little time, her new husband will see fit to approve of her return to porn. After all, porn is a good gig if you’re Sunny Lane.
But Lane is keeping her options open.
“I will continue to spread my sunshine and am moving to a new plateau in my life for the time being,” Lane says. “I’ll be back.”
I wish the clever Sunny Lane success and happiness in whatever she does, and do not blame her, in retrospect, for turning down my multiple marriage proposals (I’m a work in progress).
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I’m both happy for her and sad for myself, as Sunny’s my favorite pornstar, and has been for several years. That, and I wanted her for myself đ