Today, Jack of Gay Porn Blog posted some sneak peak photos from the set of Best Men, Falcon Entertainment’s new gay-marriage-themed two-parter, the movie that Zeb Atlas will fuck Matthew Rush. But in the first part is just showing Matthew giving Zeb a blowjob.
But all the drama, now, is at ATKOL forums where Matthew Rush posted many messages complaining about Zeb cashing in his cherry twice, how Falcon treat Zeb differently and Gay For Pay.
+ Read What Matthew Rush has to say
OK, so I have to chime in and put in my two cents. I was excited to work with Zeb because on a personal level, we are friends and I thought the muscle on muscle would be hot and it was. He was the one who chose me as his scene partner and I was flattered. My complaint is that this movie was supposed to be Zeb’s first man on man scene, going all the way. Things were set in stone and ready to go then he goes and does the whole thing with Jake Cruise. That was a HUGE slap in the face to me. If Zeb was going to sell out at least sell out to someone other than Jake Cruise! He could have at least waited till our scene was already shot before he did his thing with Jake.
It’s the same stunt that Jason Adonis pulled when he did his bottoming scene with Erik Rhodes. Erik was supposed to be his first but he wasn’t. If Erik or I would have pulled a stunt like that, we would have been canned. I guess being openly gay and proud and loyal to a company for 9 years means nothing these days. [source]
I don’t know why we didn’t shoot the scene all at once. The first scene went well and I’m sure the second scene will be even hotter. No matter how hot it turns out to be, the whole scene is tainted because of the Jake Cruise incident. I got stuck in a good deal that went bad.
I felt betrayed by Zeb because he could have anyone in the scene he wanted but he chose me to be in his first man on man scene. Falcon had bent over backwards and met his “demands” then he goes and does his first scene with Jake.
The least Falcon could have done was cut his pay in half. In my opinion, he should have been cut from the scene. Neither happened. Granted I’m old news but I’d still like to think that a company that I have been loyal to for almost 10 years would have handled it in a different manner. I feel I got the short end of the stick and I was royally fucked with a sandpaper dildo.
Everyone goes on and on about gay for pay this and gay for pay that. The thought of a straight guy getting it on with another guy may look hot on paper but when it comes down to it, it makes for a much harder and longer scene to shoot. No one ever takes that into consideration. As long as the gay community keeps supporting “Gay for Pay” actors, they are going to continue to take advantage of us and screw the companies over. [source]
17 Jun 08
11:15 am
ONLY ONE THING: GO TO THE HELL MR.ZEB
ATLAS.
17 Jun 08
12:10 pm
Matthew Rush said it perfectly! The gay community needs to STOP supporting gay for pay actors. P.S. To Falcon. Straight Men? Really? Not with my money
17 Jun 08
12:42 pm
Matthew u are not old news u are a trooper to stay in an industry that keeps hiring these so called gay for pay actors. these gay for pay actors are just so far in the closet that they don’t wanna admit to themselves or others that they crave cock inside them. Matthew u are so much better than the studio treats u. they make all this money off of ur sexy body and big cock and then slap u in the face with shit like this. they have no respect for the people who have made their company as big as it is.
17 Jun 08
1:52 pm
Aren’t you overreacting just a bit, Matthew? It’s just a porn scene. Everyone’s hating on Jake Cruise because he’s older and has gray hair – what ageist crap.
17 Jun 08
6:44 pm
Matthew Rush is a diva. I feel Zeb Atlas is picked on too much by people. Anyway, Matthew is correct in some of the things he said. Zeb should have done his first scene with Rush and not betrayed him.
17 Jun 08
11:00 pm
I don’t think Matthew is over reacting at all. It’s not just a porn scene. Working with a gay for pay model can be a nightmare. Trust me. I’ve lived in that scenario. The first scene I shot, for Falcon (ironically), was with a gay for pay model. Do you know how degrading it feels to be getting fucked by a guy, who you know doesn’t want to be fucking you, but to top it off, there is a DVD player behind your head with a chick getting nailed playing? I didn’t think the situation was hot at all. I wouldn’t ever want to work with a straight guy again . . . I think gay porn is for gay men . . . let’s keep it that way.
18 Jun 08
12:06 am
how terrible that they made you do that awful scene. someone must have held a gun to your head.
18 Jun 08
2:20 am
Oh poor Zeb Atlas…he’s getting picked on. Well boo-f’ing-hoo. Matthew does have a point–if the deal was this would be Atlas’s first mano a mano that went all the way, then he was a real DOUCHE with the Jake Cruise deal. Matthew, consider refining your taste in friends, since this one decided to take a crap on you. Additionally, maybe you should pull up stakes and leave Falcon, since it seems they couldn’t give a fat rat’s ass about you as an employee. Get a good attorney, find an out clause in the contract, and call Chris Ward at RSS. They share your philosophy on GFP’s, and obviously Falcon doesn’t. Go where you are appreciated, baby….and give the finger to those who don’t.
18 Jun 08
2:55 am
I have always had ill feelings about gay-for-pay models. Its very humiliating for me to see this, and I don’t care about how “HOT” the guy is, as some of my fellow gay community guys think because of that..it’s overlooked at the fact that this guy is “slapping you in the face”. The way I see it..if you’re claiming to be straight..then perform in straight videos…personally, I really dont see how a so-called straight guy can perform man-on-man sex and still proclaim to be..I have straight friends and there is no amount of money that they would accept to do something that doesn’t aroused them..PERIOD!!! Furthermore, if the gay community would stop patronizing these sites, they would not be so POPULAR..then, I wonder how many of these performers really do have girlfriends, wives, etc. and they are OK with them having sex with men..think about it!!!!
18 Jun 08
3:47 am
I do question why Zeb performed with Jake Cruise. He could have probably selected anyone, but he really lowered his standards by partnering with JC who, frankly, is disgusting regardless of his age. There are a lot of hot daddies out there and he “got his cherry popped” by the bottom of the barrel. Way to set the bar high Zeb! However it is comical that Matthew Rush seems so hurt. Maybe I can offer him a hug? Man these pornstars are sensitive! Who’d have thought?
18 Jun 08
8:25 am
I think it’s funny how a lot of the comments here are actually taking this seriously. it’s PORN people – videotaped meaningless sex for our enjoyment and further more it’s also a business – and the number one thing every company wants is profits within ethical reasoning. Gay for pay exists because it’s a legitimate fetish – which one of us gay men never had a crush on a straight guy and wished they would go over to our side?
Stop taking porn seriously or for more than what it is, it ruins it. The fact Matthew Rush is so “angered” over this is really funny. It’s porn – not some multibilliondollar deal with people’s livelihood at stake. Get over yourself.
However I do agree with Jake Cruise. I’m sure he pays well – but why? Sheesh. But I do get JC’s “appeal”.
24 Jun 08
3:45 am
The saga continues watch out for what you qoute or say, Falcon will sue you!
http://pornconfidential.com/video/mattrush.htm
24 Jun 08
5:40 am
I like Matt Rush, but I think Zeb is hotter because he doesn’t have tatoos all over the place.
I fucking hate tatoos. Why is it every queer in the industry has them these days?
I’d much rather pay gay-for-pay men who don’t have all that damn ink on their sculpted bodies.
25 Jun 08
3:05 am
For those who say Porn is just entertainment and shouldn’t be taken seriously I partially agree with u. As a spectator, this would be ur perspective on this, but for performers it’s their job, their livelihood so on this i totally agree with Matt Rush in this situation. Zeb should have respected his contract to Falcon and worst should have been canned and sued for breach of contract.
And Ewwww!!!! Jake Cruise?? This guy reeks of bottom level scum. Its’ not just his age and his horrible physic, his personality just repulses me more than anything else. If he wants to pay those models to have sex with him good, but please don’t advertise it so we can get nausea. But once again he has unfortunately the freedom to do so.
That been said the gay 4 pay thing doesn’t bother me much because it plays to some people fantasy (mine sometimes too, if they are gorgeous enough). For those who think it is the worst thing in the world I challenge u to take down all ur Brad Pitt, David Beckham or any poster of a half naked st8 male celebrities or models. Get rid of the “Dieux du Stade” photo book as well since watching hot str8 men should be totally demeaning to all of us gays.
26 Jun 08
6:16 pm
This is a colossal PR debacle. Falcon censored the Matt Rush crying video and tried to shut down discussion of the controversy by issuing copyright complaints. (A video about todd montgomery’s firing was deleted from YouTube.) All out war has broken out between Troy Prickett and some of the bloggers who’ve been covering this.
http://markadamsvidioview.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/it-just-gets-stranger/
26 Jun 08
8:24 pm
“For those who think it is the worst thing in the world I challenge u to take down all ur Brad Pitt, David Beckham or any poster of a half naked st8 male celebrities or models. Get rid of the “Dieux du Stade” photo book as well since watching hot str8 men should be totally demeaning to all of us gays.”
You’re comparing apples to oranges, Leojon. I don’t have a problem with admiring a handsome guy (famous or not) who happens to be straight. A good looking guy is a good looking guy. But with gay-4-pay porn stars, they actually have sex with other men on camera, and have the nerve to claim and boast how “straight” they are afterwards. Like it’s a badge of manhood or soimething. Gimme a break. It’s bad enough straight people in the world have to keep telling us that we’re not good enough, but do we need that crap in our gay porn?
30 Jun 08
1:03 am
I agree with the commentor up,up,up,up there!
Matt has the right to complain if his going to be the first partner to zeb’s first man-to-man scene..
However,i think his more than overeacting about this by means of posting a lot of message complaints on the net..His degrading his position from the whole matter..His been 10years on the biz as he says himself!
And OH MY GOSH THIS IS PORN,.Not a “love triangle”.,We don’t need drama over pleasure!…And,YOURE NOT really that big big big gay pornstar arn’t you right?..
Now what happens next…?
Matt,matt,matt,matt…Jake pissed you,.And now YOURE REALLY SHOWING HIM HIS SH^T ALL OVER YOUR FACE..
Oh man,now look how hard that old guy laughs about this! Hate it…
I still love the matt-zeb pairing though.
02 Jul 08
10:24 am
THE SECOND THING THAT U CAN DO FOR ME MR.ZEB ATLAS: GO TO THE HELL AGAIN (YOU, YOUR GIRLFRIEND AND JOHNNY CASTLE)
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1:02 am
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31 Jul 08
9:17 am
I agree with you totally Matthew. Plus Jake Cruise is the most UGLY MOTHER FUCKER I have ever seen in my existence. Zeb got asked to do gay scenes for fucking ages and then when it’s finally locked in he screws you and in my opinion falcon over. Number one rule in any industry is never rat on a deal and he did and for there to be no adverse consequences other than complete disgust from me and everyone I know that he’d rather be on a pithy porn site have his awaited shoot with a professional company smacks of arrogance, ignorance and downright stupidity.
Sigh
10 Aug 08
1:04 am
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19 Feb 09
1:12 am
Frankly, I LOVE gay4pay videos! Yes, they’re probably more awkward and more difficult to do, but they’re worth the extra effort (because then I get to fantasize about straight guys).
And I really don’t feel like Zeb betrayed anyone. He just got a blowjob. Who honestly considers that to be “popping the cherry” nowadays? Straight people don’t, and I don’t think gays should either. Blowjobs are more like just… fooling around.
Finally, Jake Cruise makes a LOT of money on his website. He admits it’s an unusual porn site. He’s an average middle-aged gay man who likes to have fun with hot guys. I like the site because it reminds me that hot guys still do enjoy sex, even if it’s with someone not as attractive.
I’m glad Zeb did the Jake Cruise video (cuz it was fuckin hot!), and I don’t think he betrayed anyone in doing so. Matt is taking this WAY too personally. If Jake Cruise is cut from the scene for this, then I don’t even wanna watch it.
30 Apr 09
8:43 pm
well done matt, u deserve better an lets hope falcon suffer for losing you….rock on foe many more years
28 May 09
10:58 pm
matthew rush is so full of bullcrap! he is obviously just trying to play the “gay victim” card to get sympathy and rally the gay community to buy his movies. he sucks so bad! and matthew rush is ugly as hell and just cannot compete with Zeb Atlas, Mark Dalton (whom rush also hated on before), and other muscle guys.
and Chris from 18 June makes a perfect, excellent point: “Gay for pay exists because it’s a legitimate fetish – which one of us gay men never had a crush on a straight guy and wished they would go over to our side?” KUDOS Chris!
if gays want equality and respect, then we gays must give it too, and stop hating on “gay-for-pay” straight guys who are open-minded and obviously not homophobes!
by the way, straight actors in straight porn and gays in gay porn have sex just for the money and are not always attracted to their onscreen partners too. there is no difference with “gay-for pay”!
05 Nov 09
6:30 pm
fuk all you guys. im with zeb on this one.stop being such drama quuens
05 Nov 09
6:34 pm
Go for you, Matthew. Frankie, if you are too stupid to spell fuck then it’s probably best not to insult guys by calling them queens.
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