03 April,2022 01:45 PM IST | Ohio | A Correspondent
Broome, 39, worked as a porn star for over half a decade. Pics/Instagram
A former adult entertainer is now working as a preacher after quitting his kinky career making X-rated movies. Joshua Broome, 39, who filmed more than 1,000 raunchy movies under the pseudonym Rocco Reed, quit the straight and gay-for-pay porn industries back in 2012, claiming they caused him a "tremendous amount of emotional trauma." "I literally lost track of who I was," Broome said, adding, "Everything was a lie⦠I wanted to take my life but didn't have the guts to do so." He entered the porn industry after moving to Hollywood in his early 20s in the hope of becoming an actor.
While working as a waiter, Broome had a chance meeting with a group of women who insisted that a porn scene would help bolster his chances of becoming a movie star. He took their referral and was cast in an adult movie just a day after. "I made well over a million dollars. I travelled everywhere I wanted to go. I had all the sex I could have ever imagined. But once I had it all, my life fell apart because it amplified the sorrow and emptiness I always felt inside."
In 2014, he met a woman named Hope at a fitness facility, and the duo decided to go on a run together. On the outing, Broome confessed his porn past and was stunned by the fact that Hope refused to judge him. The porn star suddenly underwent a spiritual awakening, finding a fulfilment that the glitz and glamour of the porn world was unable to provide for him.
"I surrendered a lifetime of shame. I lived my entire life with a mindset that âI'm not good enough' and I was able to let that go," he explained of his new found Christian faith. Broome studied Biblical theology and is currently a pastor at the Good News Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and also teaches and preaches around the country. He married Hope in 2016 and the couple now have three young sons together.
Snorkeller shares a horrific story from her vacation when a sea creature crawled into her ear
A tourist in Puerto Rico got a closer than intended sea life encounter when a crab entered her ear while she was snorkelling in San Juan. A video detailing the crustacean invasion currently boasts 2.3 million views on TikTok. "Snorkelling in San Juan. A f'''ing crab yo," reads the caption to the crabby clip, which was uploaded by user @wesdaisy.
In the one-minute video, a doctor can be seen fishing around in the girl's ear with a pair of tweezers before warning her that this "is gonna hurt." After a minute of probing, the aural interloper finally scuttles out of the orifice like it's a crevice at low tide, the doctor tosses the critter on the pavement.
The clip concludes with the camera zooming in on the crustacean as the shell-shocked TikTokker exclaims, "What is that!" Her unconventional case of the crabs scared up quite a few reactions on the platform, with one gawker writing, "new fear unlocked."
Grandma Droniak of TikTok fame has a few modest requests - actually demands - for her funeral. The gran-fluencer shared all three of her offbeat funeral desires with her millions of followers on the platform. "These are my rules at my funeral," Droniak begins in the new TikTok video, which has drawn over 7 million views so far. "Listen up," she exclaims as she starts her requests, "You can cry but don't cry too much. Don't make a fool of yourself, Bertha is not invited, don't let her in. And you better get drunk afterward. Take a shot for me!"
Hundred of Hoo Academy, in Ohio, USA, has installed lockable gates to stop pupils using the toilets during lessons. Some parents say the move has led their children to limit how much water they drink, which is leading to kids having frequent headaches. The school said pupils had previously been allowed to use the toilet if they had a pass. They added the shutters that had been installed were a safety measure.
A Chinese man has been living in the Beijing Capital International Airport for 14 years in order to smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol without his family nagging him about it. After losing his job in his early 40s, Wei Jianguo became so depressed that he spent his days drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes. His family told him that he had to give up his two pleasures. He couldn't do that, so he simply moved into the airport.
A Kentucky hotel is offering houseplant-loving tourists the chance to bring them along to the "World's First Plant-Friendly Hotel experience." Elwood Hotel & Suites have planned a special package with includes complimentary potted succulent and botanical toiletries from Kentucky Soaps & Such and a "tea" for plants served in a pink mug.
