The story is old now. I’ve thought of what to write and written a couple of drafts and deleted them all. At first I thought oh the poor girl has problems and I don’t want to add to them by ridiculing her.
So a week ago, Tanner was filming a lesbian bukkake for Jeff Steward’s company JM Productions. Jim Powers was directing while Johnny Thrust was doing whatever he does. Her phone dropped in the toilet. Johnny says he would have it fixed. She comes back to pick it up and he never had it fixed. All hell breaks loose.
The “meltdown” was all captured and JM Productions have said they will release the full behind the scenes footage of it. They released a video last week showing its highlights.
Tanner is only 20-years-old and has been in porn for a year. Many say this video has now ruined her career while someone like Johnny Thrust and half the men in porn are still working in this industry when they shouldn’t be. She shouldn’t have been screaming and shouldn’t have thrown the computer but Johnny shouldn’t have been screaming at her either.
In a way, this video is worse than the Chasey Lain meltdown videos. Tanner is 20 and we never really heard about her having problems like this before. With Chasey, we already knew and heard the stories. Chasey has also been in the business for so long that it was taking it’s toll on her already.
Tanner is half Jeff Steward’s age and here he is releasing this video. Jeff Steward, Jim Powers, and Johnny Thrust are both pieces of shit for how they have treated women throughout the years and for now releasing this video. They have a very long history of treating women badly on set. At least in Donny Long’s case, another company released the Chasey videos. But here Steward is releasing this.
They told Tanner they would fix her phone. A person’s cell phone is extremely important especially for someone in an industry where she has to talk to possibly dozens of people a day/week. And after being subjected to their bukkake and being peed on all day, she just blew up and was so frustrated! I’d be pissed off too!!
This wasn’t a meltdown in the sense she’s insane. This is a meltdown of just being so exhausted and frustrated of being humiliated and being made a fool of. The one who came out of this like a complete fool and scumbag is Johnny Thrust. The outburst was not because of a broken cellphone that wasn’t fixed. Look at the bigger picture.
Thank you to everyone for sending in these links! This six-minute video is also not a running stream. It’s been cut and edited. So we don’t know what really happened. You can watch the video at either Youtube or MyVideo. Tanner then wrote on her Myspace blog what happened and how she was disrespected.
sensico
July 29, 2009
That’s crazy, I don’t blame her. Though obviously I know nothing about being in the porn industry, I do know I would be mad if it was lost or broken. I agree Johnny looked like a fool and whoever threw water or coke on her. I hate people like that, like what and why the hell is that a first reaction is to throw coke on someone. Anyways, they obviously weren’t taking her seriously at first and that probably pissed her off.
Though, she did say that she hopes she quits porn because of them. I’m assuming she doesn’t really want to do porn…
frog
July 29, 2009
Come on, releasing that video is just good publicity for Tanner. Right next to this video on Youtube you could click on “Tanner’s feet poolside” If she does it all over the place, it’d be different.
I wish I could have made the sexual references she was tossing out better. A skinny girl in a tank top and running shorts bitching about being molested by Johnny Thrust is hot.
What was her last words at the camera man when she was yelling at him out the window? Besides the “fuck you”‘s, it was something like, “I hope I become poor because of you” or something like that.
So a mobile phone and a computer were broken, good times!
Harvey Dent
July 29, 2009
Frog, are you Christian in butch, what is that “good times thing”.
Just kidding.
“A skinny girl in a tank top and running shorts bitching about being molested by Johnny Thrust is hot.”
Yes it is, hot, hot, hot,that is the reason why JM ran the video and saved the unedited or less edited version of their paid website and DVDs.
Otherwise they would have done the right thing, call security and get her out of the building.
frog
July 30, 2009
Ha, yeah right. That skinny little twig of a girl, even the short chubby blond chick with scraggly hair who came on earlier in the video could of taken Tanner out if there was any real danger.
I didn’t even know Christian used “good times”. I never read his blog. That’s a common thing I see around the internet. Another one is “Just sayin'”. “It’s all good” got popular a long time ago, before the internet came on I think.
Amber
July 30, 2009
I think everyone is missing the big picture here. This girl knew what she was signing up for, I’m sure she has seen this company’s previous work, and at some point we are all accountable for our own actions. While I know we did not see the full video, we were not on set that day, and those guys are smarmy douche bags, ultimately Ms. Mayes chose to stick around, for whatever reason. Maybe if she was more mentally stable, she would have chosen not to work for this company in the first place, or chosen to leave at her first sign of discomfort. No one else is responsible for her phone, or even dropping it in the toilet. Ms. Mayes is. Who throws a tantrum like that? That was no way to act, regardless of the situation, as no one was forcing her to stay. Also, phones are easily replaced, and if she was smart, she would have a phone book as her back-up for contacts, seeing has how they are so vital to her career. She is clearly disturbed and should probably take a break and mature a bit. Again, I do not agree with the company or employees in question, but I think this girl needs serious help. Her comment exclaiming, “I hope I quit porn because of you!” is very telling.
frog
July 30, 2009
Amber, hang around awhile. Everyone here already knows everything you said.
frog
July 30, 2009
Amber, what makes your opinion different is we don’t hold the things you say about Tanner against her.
Amber:
You express sympathy for her later. This is the same sympathy expressed for just about all the whores in the comments here.
You don’t disagree with most of the people here as much as you seem to think.
Amber
July 30, 2009
Hmm…I really don’t think I was trying to disagree or agree with anyone per se, I was just expressing my own opinion. I was just trying to say that we are all accountable for our own actions and people should take responsibility when they do something stupid. I have nothing personal against her, I simply think she needs serious therapy.
Darrah Ford
July 31, 2009
Something about it’s his fault if she leaves porn.
Most are in it for the money and fame. Money mostly.
Steven Millan
July 31, 2009
Tanner Mayes also has a few tickling videos out there on the ‘Net(if anyone is curious to know).
iwasthere
July 31, 2009
It can’t be the money, too many are broke and semi-homeless.
Harvey Dent
July 31, 2009
Most of them might be acting out childhood trauma, the money is just an excuse.
Natal
July 31, 2009
More likely it is because its an easy “fun” job doing what they do best, with few skills required and not a whole lot of responsibility (like having to go to work 9 to 5 every day).
frog
July 31, 2009
Yeah Natal, laziness is a part of it. But, why don’t they just become prostitutes? Do you really think it’s because of the AIM testing?
tattypattyagain
July 31, 2009
I used to jerk to her all the time. She is what I like in a pw. What bothered me about that vid is how fucked-up and out of it she obviously is. Isn’t JM worried about attracting the attention of John Law? I mentioned in the XPT thread but it fell on deaf ears. Look at how they dropped the Hammer on Max and Zicari. You would think everybody would be extra-careful…
Harvey Dent
August 1, 2009
“Isn’t JM worried about attracting the attention of John Law? I mentioned in the XPT thread but it fell on deaf ears.”
I thought the same Tatty, if fact I thought that JM was acting to mere common sense when they pulled the video of YouTube, now it seems they are saving it for BTS sales.
iwasthere
August 1, 2009
Another company that will fall on their own sword and high time. Especially the giving alcohol to minors.
Harvey Dent
August 1, 2009
JM seems to be asking for it lately. Be aware of that you want, you might get it.
WW
August 1, 2009
search for “Jim Powers BTS” slutload.com.
Darrah Ford
August 3, 2009
What a swell boss talking about the people who work for him:
Jim Powers: “I work in a shit factory and I keep on pumping it out. I have a shit eating grin. When you run around shit all day, you have to grin becaause you smell so bad.”