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News18
7 hours ago
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- News18
'He's Not Gay, He Does This For Money': UK Woman On Boyfriend Sleeping With Men
A UK couple is earning lakhs monthly through adult content. While Ryan films with men, his girlfriend Terri says it's just work and she has no problem with it A couple from Chester, England, has taken an unconventional path in the adult entertainment industry, earning lakhs of rupees every month. Terri and Ryan, whose story was recently featured on YouTube's popular show 'Love Don't Judge', have surprised many viewers with their unique arrangement. What's most shocking to some is that Ryan films intimate content with men, something his girlfriend Terri says she has no issue with. Terri insists she doesn't feel anything unusual about it. 'It's just work for both of us," she says. 'He's not gay. He does this for money, and I understand it because I also create content with women." The couple has managed to turn their adult content career into a lucrative business. Ryan confirms that he participates in same-sex content solely for financial reasons, a practice often referred to as 'Gay for Pay'. 'Some say I'm taking advantage of the system," he says. 'But I'm a straight man creating adult content with men. This is my profession. Some people like it, some don't, and that's fine." He adds that he has no issue with the LGBTQ+ community and doesn't feel he's exploiting anyone. Terri points out that Ryan's career took off once he started working with male partners. Within eight months, his subscriber count grew by over 1,000. 'When he was in jail, I continued creating content with others in the industry," she shared. 'From those conversations, I learned that creators working with men usually earn more. The majority of fans are part of the LGBT community, and they're not really into straight content." Ryan adds, 'I create content with men because that's where the money is." The couple recently collaborated with another creator, Jamie, on a new project. 'A few years ago, I never imagined I'd be making a living doing this," Ryan admits. Despite their online success, Ryan says his friends and family aren't fully aware of what he does. He's also received online abuse and threats for his work. Terri's mother also appeared on the show and asked whether she feared Ryan might fall for one of his male co-stars. Terri replied, 'Not at all. I trust Ryan completely. Our relationship is strong." Initially shocked, her mother says she's come around to the idea, as long as the couple is happy. When asked whether they feel jealous watching each other with other people, Ryan said, 'Of course, a little jealousy is normal, but this is our job. We work with professionals and set clear boundaries." Terri added, 'If I feel someone is unprofessional, I ask Ryan not to work with them." According to a Daily Mail report, the couple's earnings and rising online following have significantly changed their lives. Their story has sparked a wide range of reactions online, some praise it as a new form of love and partnership, while others label it 'wrong'. First Published: July 30, 2025, 14:36 IST News viral 'He's Not Gay, He Does This For Money': UK Woman On Boyfriend Sleeping With Men | Watch Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
The Irish Sun
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
My boyfriend makes spicy content with other men but that doesn't make him gay – I'm not bothered, it's just work
A WOMAN has claimed her boyfriend who sleeps with men on camera isn't gay but is just doing it for the money. Terri and Ryan, from Cheshire, opened up about their unusual situation in a 2 Terri shared how boyfriend Ryan makes spicy content with other men 2 Ryan insists he isn't gay and just does it for the money The pair started out making X-rated content together, but now 'ex-con' Ryan stars in the scenes with other men, with Terri acting as director, camerawoman, and creative partner. They claim to have found the winning formula in the world of adult entertainment and say they are raking in between £2,000 to £6,000 each month. While some people would feel uncomfortable watching their partner having sex with other people, Terri insists it doesn't bother her. She also stresses that their videos don't mean Ryan is gay as it is 'just work.' More on relationships Terri added: 'I don't feel any certain way about it – it's just work for both of us. 'I do women content myself so I can understand what he is doing. Most of the time we work with people we know anyway.' Ryan states that he's only doing it for 'gay for pay' and he earns more cash than if he was sleeping with women. In fact, since he switched up to working with men, his subscribers have grown by over 1,000 people in eight months. Most read in Fabulous He shared: 'I'm a straight male making spicy content with men and that's my niche, some people like it and some people don't, that's fine they don't have to buy it. 'I'm not homophobic and I'm not taking advantage of anyone.' First Dates hosts its very first throuple in new series Terri added: 'When he was in prison , I was making content with other people in the industry and when I was talking to the lads about it they were saying they don't make much money from working with women. 'It's all from working with men, their audience is the LGBT community, mostly their fans are not straight so they don't like straight content.' Despite raking in the cash, they admit that some of their mates have been left scratching their heads at their arrangement. Ruan shared: 'Friends wise, the ones I'm still mates with don't want to hear about it, they are not interested. 'Every now and again someone will say 'I've seen you on TikTok', and I throw it back at them, 'why are you watching me?'.' He claims his family are 'alright' about his job, and said he says he is 'modelling' if anyone asks. In the YouTube episode, Terri's mum raises her own concerns, and asks her daughter if she is scared Ryan will leave her for a man. Terri replies saying their relationship is rock solid, no matter what people think. Ryan responded: 'I think everyone gets a form of jealousy, but obviously we don't do it for fun, it's for work. 'We maintain boundaries in our relationship by sticking to professional people.'
The Sun
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
My boyfriend makes spicy content with other men but that doesn't make him gay – I'm not bothered, it's just work
A WOMAN has claimed her boyfriend who sleeps with men on camera isn't gay but is just doing it for the money. Terri and Ryan, from Cheshire, opened up about their unusual situation in a YouTube episode of Love Don't Judge. 2 The pair started out making X-rated content together, but now 'ex-con' Ryan stars in the scenes with other men, with Terri acting as director, camerawoman, and creative partner. They claim to have found the winning formula in the world of adult entertainment and say they are raking in between £2,000 to £6,000 each month. While some people would feel uncomfortable watching their partner having sex with other people, Terri insists it doesn't bother her. She also stresses that their videos don't mean Ryan is gay as it is 'just work.' Terri added: 'I don't feel any certain way about it – it's just work for both of us. 'I do women content myself so I can understand what he is doing. Most of the time we work with people we know anyway.' Ryan states that he's only doing it for 'gay for pay' and he earns more cash than if he was sleeping with women. In fact, since he switched up to working with men, his subscribers have grown by over 1,000 people in eight months. He shared: 'I'm a straight male making spicy content with men and that's my niche, some people like it and some people don't, that's fine they don't have to buy it. 'I'm not homophobic and I'm not taking advantage of anyone.' First Dates hosts its very first throuple in new series Terri added: 'When he was in prison, I was making content with other people in the industry and when I was talking to the lads about it they were saying they don't make much money from working with women. 'It's all from working with men, their audience is the LGBT community, mostly their fans are not straight so they don't like straight content.' Despite raking in the cash, they admit that some of their mates have been left scratching their heads at their arrangement. Ruan shared: 'Friends wise, the ones I'm still mates with don't want to hear about it, they are not interested. 'Every now and again someone will say 'I've seen you on TikTok', and I throw it back at them, 'why are you watching me?'.' He claims his family are 'alright' about his job, and said he says he is 'modelling' if anyone asks. In the YouTube episode, Terri's mum raises her own concerns, and asks her daughter if she is scared Ryan will leave her for a man. Terri replies saying their relationship is rock solid, no matter what people think. Ryan responded: 'I think everyone gets a form of jealousy, but obviously we don't do it for fun, it's for work. 'We maintain boundaries in our relationship by sticking to professional people.'
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
My boyfriend sleeps with men for money - he loves his job but it doesn't make him gay
A woman who says her straight boyfriend sleeps with men on camera has insisted that he isn't gay and is just doing it for the money. Couple Terri and Ryan, from Cheshire, who appear in a YouTube episode of Love Don't Judge, say they've found a winning formula in the world of adult entertainment, and it's bringing in serious cash. The pair, who started out making spicy content together, quickly realised how it could bring them in even more cash, and are now raking in between £2,000 to £6,000 on average each month. While 'ex-con' Ryan stars in the X-rated scenes, girlfriend Terri acts as director, camerawoman, and creative partner, filming her boyfriend as he gets physical with other men. Terri insists that it doesn't bother her that she witnesses Ryan sleeping with other men - and it doesn't mean he's gay as it's 'just work'. She said: 'I don't feel any certain way about it – it's just work for both of us,' she shrugged. 'I do women content myself so I can understand what he is doing. Most of the time we work with people we know anyway.' And Ryan himself agrees, saying he's only doing it for 'gay for pay' - as the couple say him working with men brings them in much more money than if he slept with women. Ryan added: 'Some of the things that come out are that I'm taking advantage because I'm doing gay for pay. 'I'm a straight male making spicy content with men and that's my niche, some people like it and some people don't, that's find they don't have to buy it. 'I'm not homophobic and I'm not taking advantage of anyone.' Terri claimed Ryan's success as an online adult entertainer has increased since he started working with men, saying his subscribers have grown by over 1,000 people in eight months. Terri said: 'When he was in prison, I was making content with other people in the industry and when I was talking to the lads about it they were saying they don't make much money from working with women. 'It's all from working with men, their audience is the LGBT community, mostly their fans are not straight so they don't like straight content.' Ryan added: 'I make spicy content with men because it makes more money for me.' In the episode the couple teamed up with fellow creator Jamie to shoot their latest steamy collaboration. The pair (pictured together), who started out making spicy content together, quickly realised how they could make even more cash, saying they are now raking in between £2,000 to £6,000 a month on average Ryan revealed that he uses Viagra, which relaxes the muscle cells in the blood vessels supplying the penis, allowing an increased blood flow during his X-rated scenes. He added: 'I could never imagined a couple of years ago that I would be doing this for a living, making spicy content with men. That wasn't in my wildest dreams.' But their unconventional setup has left some viewers baffled, and even those closest to them are asking tough questions. Ryan said: 'Friends wise, the ones I'm still mates with don't want to hear about it, they are not interested. 'Every now and again someone will say "I've seen you on TikTok", and I throw it back at them, "why are you watching me?".' 'Family, the ones I speak to I think are alright about it but again, it doesn't really come up in conversation that much. 'I just say modeling, I'm doing modeling. People who do have a problem with it seem to do it online, not face to face anyways.' Terri revealed that Ryan gets most of the online abuse and has even had some threats to his life. Ryan said: 'One of the worst reactions that I've had was this guy saying he's coming to get me and it's coming. I'm still waiting though... it's been awhile still waiting.' Later in the episode, the couple sat down with Terri's mother, who has questions of her own about the unconventional career path. 'Aren't you worried that he'll leave you for a man?' she asked her daughter in a frank heart-to-heart. The question visibly stunned Terri, who insisted that she trusts Ryan and that their relationship is rock solid, no matter what people say. Terri's mother revealed she was 'surprised' to hear Ryan was making content with men but she said once they are happy with it she is onboard. She asked if either of them 'get jealous' watching each other with other people. Ryan responded: 'I think everyone gets a form of jealousy, but obviously we don't do it for fun, it's for work. 'We maintain boundaries in our relationship by sticking to professional people.' Terri added: 'When we feel like those people aren't being professional, I would just say "I don't like how they approached you so I wouldn't feel comfortable with you working with them".'
Daily Maverick
22-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Maverick
Moral Ambition: Redefining what success looks like
What if we stopped measuring success by what we gain, and started measuring it by what we give? In Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference, bestselling author Rutger Bregman challenges the self-help era's obsession with personal optimisation and argues for a shift toward more meaningful impact. Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference, by Rutger Bregman, the bestselling author of Humankind and Utopia, explores the way life hacks and coaching sessions promise to make us mindful and prosperous. No matter how many self-help books we read, time and talent remain some of our most squandered resources. In this excerpt, Bregman tells the story of British executive Rob Mather and how he was inspired by a documentary about a severely burned girl. He used this as a business acumen to launch a global movement to raise funds and awareness to combat malaria. *** ' Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.' — Helen Keller, disability rights advocate (1880 to 1968) And now for a concrete case from our own times. I'm going to tell you the story of a British executive who suddenly got fired up for a cause. His big change is extra-interesting because you probably wouldn't have seen it coming. He sure didn't. This guy had an established career, a comfortable life, and was well over 30 (which, as we all know, is the official cutoff for doing anything remotely radical). Already quite successful in a traditional sense, he one day asked himself: This is it? This is my life? It all started late in the evening on 9 June 2003. Rob Mather was sitting on his couch in London, watching the evening news. He'd wanted to turn off the television, but as he later explained: 'I'm rubbish with a TV remote control, and that led to a major left turn in my life.' The television jumped to a channel showing a documentary about a girl named Terri. One evening in November 1998, when Terri wasn't yet two, her mother put the little girl to bed and tucked her in. Maybe it was exhaustion, maybe it was stress, but Terri's mother had done something she normally never did. She'd lit a cigarette in the house — a cigarette she then forgot at her child's bedside. When firefighters rushed in not much later, they first thought there was a black plastic doll in the baby bed. Until they heard a soft whimper. For days, Terri was near death. She twice stopped breathing and was twice resuscitated. She lost fingers, toes, her ears, her nose, and a foot. Only the skin under her wet diaper remained intact. But miraculously, she survived. After many weeks, she stirred and spoke her first word since the accident: 'Mama.' It was all too much for Terri's mother, who was eaten up by guilt. She broke with the family, and Terri's father was left to cope alone. He quit his job so he could care for his daughter. Every morning, he washed her and applied her ointment. He took her to endless hospital appointments, and he slept in her room on the floor next to her bed. When Terri was scared, he held her close; when things looked bleak, he encouraged her. All the while, there was one thing that kept him going: his daughter's incredible spirit. Terri was upbeat and mischievous, curious and determined. She seemed the only person in the world who could manage to forget her injuries, if only for a little while. 'I'm not an emotional person,' the executive Rob Mather would later say about the night he watched that documentary on Terri. 'But my wife and I had two children, and I'm not ashamed to say that I was streaming.' Most people who see something sad on TV go on with their lives the next day. Not so, Rob Mather. He couldn't get Terri out of his mind and decided he had to do something. Awareness We live in a time where the happy few are increasingly made aware of their many privileges — and rightly so. But awareness alone isn't enough. What can you do with the realisation that you're blessed? I don't think I know anyone with a better answer to that question than Rob Mather. The first thing you notice when you contact Rob is how swiftly he answers his email. This is a man with lots of energy. When, at my request, Rob tells me about his childhood, it's almost cringey how successful he was — at everything. At age 11, he was awarded a scholarship to Hampton, a prestigious boys' school in South West London. He soon rose to the top of his class. And as if that wasn't enough, Rob also turned out to be ridiculously good at sports. Athletics, football, the high jump — he did it all. After Hampton, he went on to study at Cambridge University because they had the best football team. It's true that Rob occasionally didn't finish first. There was the time he applied for a scholarship, came in second, and said to a friend: 'Bloody hell, just wait till I get my hands on the bastard who won.' Turns out the winner was that same friend. But Rob was used to winning. He'd run the 100m and noticed as he crossed the finish line that the rest of the field was a good 10m behind. That 10m lead was a metaphor for his life. What followed was an equally successful career. First, four years in Italy as a consultant for a big US company — and skiing every weekend — then two years of Harvard Business School, which Rob says was a wonderful experience. Next, he got the chance to be co-owner of a company that organised conventions, but decided after three years that growth wasn't fast enough and took an executive position at an international media conglomerate. That's where Rob learned how to make some serious money. The corporation had 46 divisions and 1,400 employees around the world. Some divisions had profit margins of 5%, others 20%. Rob's job was to figure out what the 5% divisions had to do to become 20% divisions, and he was good at it. Each quarter, the company's revenue went up — as did Rob's, who'd negotiated a solid share of the profits in his contract. So, here's what we've got so far: a schoolkid who excelled at everything, a university student who thrived at Cambridge and Harvard, a man who had it made as an executive and a consultant. That's certainly impressive, but here's the thing: Rob Mather wasn't doing anything particularly unique. He was successful in the same ways many others are successful. He was a cliché of privilege, with his carefree youth, his glorious career, his comfortable life. And yet I was fascinated to hear Rob recount the first half of his career. Because I knew what was coming next. Charity swim When Rob Mather woke up on June 10, 2003, he didn't yet know that his life was about to change dramatically. He'd been looking for a new job for a while now, but he couldn't stop thinking about Terri, the little girl who'd been so severely burned. And so he started a thread on the peerless UK parenting site Mumsnet. I could still find it 20 years later, under the title 'Little girl suffered 90% burns. Charity swim? Email help?' Rob Mather had an idea. He wanted to raise money for little Terri and had already convinced two friends to join him for a sponsored 22-mile swim, the distance across the English Channel. When his friends were game right away, Rob thought: 'Why not ask more people?' A few months later, 10,000 people from 73 countries took part in more than 150 swim-a-thons. They raised money in Fiji and Canada, Spain and Vietnam, Tonga and China. Oh, and also on an island in the Atlantic Ocean, where eight Royal Air Force cadets took part in the Swim for Terri. 'What are we doing next year?' one participant asked. 'I wonder if we could get a million people to swim,' Rob blurted out. But for what goal? Terri now had enough in savings to last the rest of her life, and this time Rob wanted to set the bar higher. Far higher. With the second edition of the swim-a-thon, he wanted to do as much good as possible for as many people as possible. And so he started to brainstorm his next good cause. Heart disease? Nah, that's largely a first-world problem. Cancer research, then? Lots of money already goes to that. Landmines? Too political. Clean drinking water? You need at least a trillion for that. Diarrhoea? Much too complicated. Tuberculosis? Also difficult. What about malaria? Let's see: malaria is a leading cause of death in pregnant women. One of the most common causes of death in children under five. About 500 million cases a year, and 3,000 dead children every day. Wait. Three thousand dead children every day? That's the equivalent of seven full jumbo jets going down. Is there a solution? Yes, malaria pills. But then you're raising money for the pharmaceutical industry. Is there another solution? A mosquito net. Treat it with insecticide and you're good to go. What does something like that cost? A few bucks. That sounds simple. Great, I love simple. Does it work? Bloody hell, thought Rob, why isn't more money being put towards this? Rob made a few calls to malaria experts and soon understood he'd stumbled upon a no-brainer. The world wasn't doing nearly enough to fight malaria. In 2004, only five million mosquito nets treated with long-lasting insecticide were distributed worldwide. That may sound like a lot, but not when about 3.2 billion people live in places where they're at risk of getting malaria. At the same time, scientific studies indicated that just a few hundred mosquito nets could — statistically speaking — save a child's life. World Swim Against Malaria And that's how World Swim Against Malaria was born. Now, Rob just needed to convince a million people to take part, so he applied the 20-minute rule. 'I often challenge myself in thinking: If I want to do this thing that I'm trying to do, how would I do it in 20 minutes?' In this case, the answer seemed simple. He started with 20 phone calls to 20 well-connected strangers, asking each of them to find 5,000 swimmers. If that worked, he'd have 100,000 people — a great start towards that one million. 'It's simple,' said Rob. 'If we swim, we save lives. If we don't swim, we don't save lives. So let's swim.' Once Rob and his team hit the milestone of 100,000 swimmers, they paid a visit to a billion-dollar fund in Geneva, Switzerland. 'Do you realise you are the largest malaria advocacy group in the world?' they said there. Rob was surprised. 'Are you telling me that 20 phone calls out of the back room of my home in London have created the world's single largest advocacy group for the world's single largest killer of children?' The answer was yes. In 2005, more than 250,000 people from 160 countries took part in the World Swim Against Malaria. The Times spoke of the 'greatest charity splash in history'. And that was just the beginning. Rob initially intended to go back to his work in management. He'd had a lucrative offer to take over as director of a major chicken corporation. But the idea of selling dead birds suddenly seemed a tad depressing. And he'd only recently set up the Against Malaria Foundation, or AMF, to distribute all the money raised from swim sponsors. Could he maybe do something more there? In the business world, Rob had seen that sweeping change often works like toppling dominoes. You just need to find out where the dominoes are set up and then give the first ones a push. Rob was brilliant at locating those first dominoes, and so his anti-malaria movement kept growing and growing. Time and again, he'd apply his 20-minute rule, which meant making the most phone calls he could in the least amount of time. Key ingredient In fact, it's those phone calls that are the key ingredient to Rob Mather's success. Rob doesn't shy away from asking other people to help, even if he's never met them. The result? The Against Malaria Foundation doesn't have to spend its funds on bookkeeping, the website, or legal advice, because that's all provided pro bono. Everything can go to those in need. At the same time, Rob is also critical of the nonprofit world — the lack of transparency, the lack of accountability, and the lack of in-depth evaluations. That's why he wants everyone who donates to be able to see exactly what's done with their money. Every donation is logged on the foundation's website, and you can follow each delivery. The mosquito nets are distributed by local partners, and an independent third party checks to make sure the nets reach their destination. All this time, Rob hasn't spent a cent on marketing, focusing instead on building as efficient an operation as possible. He's also never sought the limelight for himself. This is the first time he's talked extensively — at my request — about his incredible career. DM
