Industry people had kept Michael’s personal drug habits away from public knowledge, but the secret spilled when an SF Weekly reporter recognized the genitally-gifted porn star in a courthouse: “‘I’m scared,’ [Michael] whispered. He was shaking.”

That was a year ago. In the meantime, while waiting for Michael’s comeback, I’ve been watching him deliver a steaming load of cum to his scene partner’s mouth in Guys Who Eat Cum. Below, Michael talks ankle bracelets and coke on porn sets. Read the full interview here (it’s on page 82.)

Gloss Magazine: I love your court-issued ankle bracelet.

Michael Brandon: Thanks! It goes with everything. [Laughs.] It actually comes off tomorrow, thank God! I am so relieved to have this all finally behind me.

GM: So what the fuck happened to you?! Last time I saw you I thought you were holding it together.

MB: I relapsed again. And it got really ugly. By the end of it, I was holed up in a dirty hotel room a few blocks from my house, too fucked up to even find the door knob. It was a dark time for me. I needed help and I got it – from the men in blue!

GM: You kept getting busted for drugs, but you kept doing it — Why?

MB: I got hooked. At that time, when I was shooting porn, there would be lines of cocaine out and waiting on set. It was easy and available and encouraged. I was young. And I was lonely I think.

GM: Are you reluctant to go back to porn now?

MB: I am not going to be in front of the camera again. I’ve promised my partner that. But I would like to take the brand and move it forward in a new direction — maybe producing or directing…

GM: Any advice to guys thinking about doing porn?

MB: Treat it like a business, not as a trick. sobriety is sexy.

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More Than a Porn Star (Gloss Magazine, page 82)