Mason Wyler Reconsidered…
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25 August 2010 | 24 Comments
I had a long IM chat yesterday with Mason Wyler (a bit over an hour). As a result of the chat my opinion of him has changed for the better…
The last week or so he’s had a lot of shit thrown at him. Someone outed him as poz before he was really ready to make it public, and then, given his history, people started saying all sorts of things about him. Some people even started openly wondering whether this was a bit of a publicity stunt. The skepticism comes from the fact that previously he said he had been raped but then then didn’t follow through with the police investigation. People then wondered whether there was merit to the rape allegations – thinking it had all been a publicity stunt. So this time some people wondered whether this too was a publicity stunt.
Well, after talking with him, I tend to believe 1) he really was raped, and 2) he really is poz.
For me the thing that really made me not particularly like him (as a person) was his blog post back in October 2008. Even to this day I think it’s pretty hostile to poz guys and guys who bareback. He swears I misread it and he his intention was to make fun of the stupidity of people who do fear-based anti-bareback campaigns. I’ll let you decide what you think of it. At a minimum I think you’ll be able to see where it can be interpreted as hostile, even if that wasn’t his intention. The real issue was the he didn’t communicate his thoughts clearly enough in that blog post. He looks at it and sees his original intention, but others of us fail to see that intention. But he’s a porn star, not a copy editor – so I’ll excuse that now that I’ve heard his side of things.
After chatting with him for an hour the worst thing I can say about him is that prior to testing poz he didn’t have any poz friends – so he may not have really understand what it’s like to be poz. That’s hardly a crime. Apparently his day-to-day life is pretty solitary – it’s just him and his boyfriend. I have a similarly codependent relationship and if we weren’t in Manhattan and if my bf weren’t a “people person” I’m sure I’d be in a similar situation. Now he’s starting to chat with some poz guys, but they don’t live near him – but at least he gets to interact with them one way or the other. I really think that will help him.
I still think that the ‘milieu’ he was in was not all that great. For example, his production company refuses to work with poz guys – they won’t even pair poz guys up with each other and have them do condom porn. To his production company, if you’re poz you’re an undesirable leper. As a result when he became poz he assumed his porn career was over because that’s what he was told by his production company – the anti-poz crowd was the only reality he really knew. I think he’s just now realizing that’s not the case – that he’s totally welcome in bareback porn, and there are other condom porn companies that don’t have a problem with him either.
It won’t surprise me if the world of condom porn continues to shun poz guys – there’s a reason why we call them “Condom Nazis”. In fact I sorta dare any (major) condom company to break the conventions and use Mason as a regular performer (more than a few scenes). It’s a statement that really needs to be made – that you can be poz and sexy and there’s a (sex) life after testing poz.
Strangely, the poz-hostile condom producers (who are supposed to be pro-condom) are basically saying condoms are only for neg guys, which means condom usage tends to continue to based in fear – it’s all about neg guys protecting themselves from dirty/evil poz guys. To me that’s just incredibly divisive…
Anyway, back to Mason… After an hour talking with him I really got the sense that he’s a sweet, somewhat submissive guy… He kept calling me ‘Sir’ which was pretty endearing. I don’t know if he just knows the buttons to push with guys like me or if he’s genuinely that way, but I liked our chat a lot… I kept getting the sense that he was sorta vulnerable and that he needed a protector. My daddy instincts kept getting triggered with him… šĀ He would make an incredible boy for some top daddy…
The other side of him is the persona of Mason Wyler. He’s sorta built up this persona that he’s a total slut, and while there does seem to be a side of him that enjoys being a slut (he’s been in 200+ porn videos in about 5 year – averaging one every 9 days for 5 years), his day-to-day life is way more boring and average than that. It seems the persona he created works against him at time like this (and probably back when the whole rape thing was going on). People see the image of a slut and trivialize what he goes through when it comes to things like rape and HIV.
So what’s Mason’s future look like? Well, his porn career will change somewhat… Unfortunately, while there are poz guys in condom porn many of them don’t like to discuss their status, which means all of them have to sorta stay in the closet about their HIV status. As soon as one of them is known to be poz (like Mason) the assumption is that the guys he does scenes with are poz. I hate closets and lies… The whole idea that poz guys can’t be open about things just bugs me.
That means I’d guess Mason will mostly be doing bareback porn (where being poz is no big deal) even though he’s open to both condom and bareback. But he really prefers bareback – so much so that he wishes could start his own bareback porn production company (though he doesn’t have the capital to do it). Frankly, I’m really glad he’ll be doing bareback porn. I’m totally looking forward to featuring it here on the site. It’ll be hot seeing him take loads š
In terms of Mason’s personal future – I get the sense he still has a few things to figure out about being poz, but that’s to be expected. Hopefully he’ll get some poz friends and compare notes. If you’re in Houston and poz (and don’t want to just get in his pants) you might try hitting him up – I got the sense he’d really like a local poz buddy…
But all in all, he’ll be fine… I’m guessing he’ll be better than ever a year from now…
Mason sounds like quite a vulnerable guy and not so sure of himself and lacking support from other poz guys.
Peronally, I find it hot knowing he is keen on the idea of doing bareback porn as he is a true sex pig onscreen and will be able to really give in to all his piggy desires in bb porn.
I for one will be first in line to purchase any bb dvds the super hot Mason Wyler stars in.
I’m sure there would be an absolute firestorm of publicity if he decided to do bareback, both for the studio and for him.
He said in his Advocate interview that he felt his career was on the wane before this:
“My career, in my opinion, was slowing down. Iād worked for practically every studio there was to work for ā Iād done 200 to 300 scenes. The e-mails were slowing down, the phone calls were slowing down.”
Next Door Studios told The Sword that they’d like to renew his contract in February but I don’t think it’s any good for him to work with a studio that wants to treat him like a leper and only ever let him do solos.
I’m sure his current porn career probably was waning… doing that many videos over 5 years is a long time to last in the porn world. I would love to see him make a big comeback in the bareback porn world. I’m glad to hear him open up about all this as it makes his situation much more understandable. Too bad he hasn’t been this open about it on his own blog yet.
I can tell you that it’s a scary thing when you first test poz. I was a mess for a couple months, didn’t ever want to have sex again, thought I was going to die in a couple years, etc. So it’s understandable. He’ll come around as he’s educated and time heals him some. Then I can’t wait for him to be in bb porn!
Thanks for the post, RT. All the best to you Mason…you’ll be alright š
Very endearing post!
I can’t wait to see this stupid faggot getting fucked bareback by dirty old men for some shitty bareback porn company for a few measly dollars.
Maybe if he had worked harder at school, he’d have a fulfilling, well-paying job.
Sucked in!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
This is kinda off the subject, but I always wanted to know why in Str8 porn its all bareback, like HIV does not apply to str8 people and that I have seen no str8 porn video that is with condoms, but with gay porn its so controversial when its bareback?
If he had no HIV poz friends, then how did he get it? Anonymous bareback sex? If he was so nice, why would he want to put other people at risk by continuing to want to have bareback sex? He must have no sense of self worth because he wants to continue to be barebacked. I actually saw in one of his movies he allowed some guy to PEE in his mouth.
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While I have nothing personally against poz people, I almost feel like there is this new wave of poz people against those who are negative going on within the gay community that is particularly disturbing. It’s like once you are poz you don’t have take any responsibility when it comes to not only the sex you are having both on and off camera and it is just flat out wreckless and highly hypocritical to criticize any production company for wanting to protect the safety of its performers. We can all agree that HIV is a disease and for those working in porn who don’t want to get it, they should be able to know the status of who they are performing with and vice versa. Those who think that’s being unfair are way off base.
Sorry if this is off topic/Not that this is relevant, but check out the resemblance between British super model Will Chalker and Mason Wyler. Now wouldn’t it be something to see these near twins together?
I hope that Mason gets a bounce for his porn career out of this situation. Just because his status has changed does not mean that he is no longer desirable. He can still fuck like a train and take dicks and loads…hope the BB producers take note and hire him.
Except that the kid dropped the cased. He wasn’t raped.
Are you fucking kidding me with this? Who fucking cares? You become a porn star and don’t expect all this shit? lol Losers!
I love Mason Wyler, he’s also adorable in person.
Gay porn needs a new direction — sero sorting should be done by all the studios, whether they use condoms or not. We as viewers should never be worried about the performers while watching. It should look hot and pervy and maybe risky but fun.
We shouldn’t watch a poz performer and be worried the other performer is going to sero convert.
And we shouldn’t even know who the poz performers are. It should all be behind the scenes.
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If Mason wants to have some poz friends, I’m volunteering! He’s so hot and so cute, he can do me anytime he wants. But just because he’s poz doesn’t mean he has to bareback. There is still risk of cross infection and of picking up other STD’s when barebacking. I know some guys insist that condoms turn them off, but I’d rather see Mason stick around for a long time.
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