Actress and adult movie star Maitland Ward claims she could never look at Terry Crews ‘the same way again’ after he called for a ban on porn.
White Chicks actress-turned-adult movie star Maitland Ward may have been close with former costar Terry Crews, but she claims their relationship changed after he went public about his opposing views on porn.
Writing about how her perception of Crews changed in her new book, Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me From Hollywood, Ward said that his calls to shut down the porn industry disrespected people who depended on sex work for their livelihoods.
Ward claimed that after Crews ‘called for an end to porn, with no regard of the livelihoods of women who are supporting themselves and their families,’ she could ‘never see him in the same way again.’
“He is not a protector of women, he is a protector of their virtue.” she said in the book.
In an interview with TooFab, Ward remarked that Crews had unfollowed her on Twitter after she left Hollywood and transitioned to the adult movie industry.
Claiming that his views on porn were ‘abusive’ and ‘really hard’, Ward added: “It’s not just like ‘I don’t like it.’ It’s like ‘I want everyone fired and destroyed in this industry.'”
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Once again, she emphasised that Crews was not looking at the bigger issue: “This is an industry where women are in power, especially now with OnlyFans, it’s something they can make great livings at, they can support their families. They are normal people, like everyone else.”
Simply put, Ward said, Crews’ issues with porn should not be reflective of the industry as a whole, and that ‘he doesn’t need to shut down the industry.’
Crews has been open about his battle with porn addiction since his 2014 book Manhood. In 2021, he claimed that before he admitted himself to rehab, he almost lost his family to the addiction. In 2020, he called for PornHub to defunded, accruing the ire of many fans.
Ward, however, does not believe that his personal experience with porn should serve as a valid reason to come for the livelihoods of sex workers.
“I absolutely sympathise with someone who has a problem like that, okay, you don’t need to watch it or whatever, but to try and tear down people’s livelihoods and come out so boldly because of it, it’s weird, it’s dangerous and it’s harmful and it’s hurting a lot of people.” she said.
Watch Maitlin Ward speaking on Terry Crews and his views on porn:
