Jasmin St. Claire S02EP07

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On this episode of Roger the Wild Child Show we are joined by former ECW wrestler adultr film star and podcast host Jasmin St Claire Jasmin St Claire shot to fame as quot America apos s Most Controversial Sex Symbol quot after appearing in the top-selling adult films of the late 1990s She created an outlaw rock star image that at times scandalized the adult industry Her acerbic humor and willingness to mock her own porn stardom made her one of the highest rated guests on Howard Stern apos s radio show and related broadcasts for E Entertainment St Claire apos s first mainstream appearances were in significant comic roles in Communication Breakdown and in National Lampoon Dorm Daze 2 St Claire apos s background is almost entirely at odds with her early adult-film career She was born Rhea De Vlugt in the U S Virgin Islands Her father from Holland operated a food distribution company Her mother was a U S -educated lawyer originally from Brazil St Claire grew up on Manhattan apos s Upper west side and attended the Lycee Francais and McBurney School whose alumni include Henry Winkler and J D Salinger St Claire graduated from Brooklyn Friends School at age 16 with honors for her work in the pioneering quot Art without Walls quot tutoring program for inner city youth Upon graduation from Columbia University St Claire became a financial consultant at S G Warburg then a division of Swiss Bank But while in a physically abusive relationship with a prominent Manhattan lawyer whom St Claire later outed in an interview with Howard Stern she began a secret life as a topless dancer at Manhattan apos s infamous KitKat Club then at Flashdancers St Claire entered the adult industry on a dare Invited on the Jerry Springer Show for a scripted role as antagonistic stripper St Claire invented her larger-than-life quot Jasmin St Claire quot persona St Claire apos s flare for theater and controversy marked her ascent in the adult film world She polarized the industry by calling porn films quot by and large disgusting and brainless quot But she quickly dethroned Jenna Jameson as America apos s top-selling porn star and became the first Latina to surpass traditional blond porn star archetypes when her films achieved number one sales position in 1998 She was inducted in AVN apos s quot Hall of Fame quot as one of the greatest porn stars of all time St Claire was among the first adult performers to be merchandised as an action figure and to star in an adult comic book series At the height of her porn stardom St Claire was the subject of critical essays by David Foster Wallace and Evan Wright For all the controversy she engendered St Claire only spent three years in the adult business and made just over two dozen films In 1999 she retired She never made an adult film again though compilations of old footage re-released under new titles continued to be sold through the 2000s St Claire pushed herself to new extremes by becoming a pro-wrestler In 1998 the Dudley Boyz invited her to appear in the ECW apos s Living Dangerously pay-per-view event St Claire subsequently trained under Sue Sexton and Mando Guerrero then worked with wrestling legend Jimmy Lawler in the Memphis Championship and in the XWF and NWA-TNA St Claire often played the role of quot manager quot who would enter the ring and fight alongside wrestlers In real life St Claire created the upstart federation 3PW becoming the first female owner ever to operate and promote a wrestling league five years before Stephanie McMahon took the reigns of the WWE St Claire closed the doors to 3PW in 2005 St Claire became a heavy-metal journalist and on-air personality with the launch of the Metals Darkside series in 2004 which she also produced Her interest in heavy metal stretches back to the first Black Sabbath show she attended at Madison Square Garden when she was nine