I wasn’t going to blog about this because so many people asked me not to because of the so-called ‘stature’ of this company, but I’m Jayden Jaymes… I don’t give a FUCK! lol. But seriously, I got an email from my old agent, Derek, at LA Direct Models that has totally persuaded me to let it be known.

First off, just so everyone knows, I HATE Derek very much. He was my agent for only a year. I think he’s the meanest, most heartless, rudest, biggest douche in this industry. Seriously, I was screaming at this person on the phone in the middle of the Dallas airport, going off about how he has such a horrible soul. He’s just not a nice guy. Well, I suppose he COULD be outside of the adult industry, and I understand that he puts up with a bunch of air-headed, drug addicted whores every single day and that can make you crazy, but I don’t think he realized that I had a brain when I signed up with his agency a couple years ago. He makes these poor girls believe that he owns them, he threatens them with work and money, and he’s not honest. You would never understand the amount of times I’ve heard from girls, “I work for Derek.” or “I don’t want Derek to fire me.” or whatever. Ummm, hello?!?!?! Bitch, who pays who here??? YOU pay HIM right??? HE works for YOU!!! He’s an agent, he handles your bookings and that’s it! It goes to show you how stupid girls are and how persuasive he can be. But anyway, I never put up with that… and I wouldn’t doubt if I was the only girl ever to yell that at him in his office.

Moving on…

Yesterday, I was supposed to shoot for Vivid. My call time was 3:00pm and I was shooting a boy/girl/girl scene with Mick Blue and Vivid’s newest contract girl Lia. After reading through all of my shoot information and scanning the script, the wardrobe that I was told to bring didn’t really match up with the script, so I texted the director to see if he had anything specific in mind. He gave me some ideas, then said, “You also need to do a strip tease for mobile and you can’t wear thongs for that.” Exactly what went through my head: “Wait! I’m getting paid $300 less than my usually rate and now they want me to do more work for them?!?!?” 

Remember when I had a huge problem with The Erotic Networks and them wanting to shoot all kinds of content and not compensate me for it? Well, it’s just about the same deal here. With most of these big companies your day is pretty much this: Hair/Makeup, Pretty-Girl Stills, Dialogue, Hardcore/Softcore Stills, Hardcore Scene, Softcore Scene, the Popshot and then you go home. It’s the same with shooting for a company like Brazzers, minus the softcore. Companies will either have a script and do a bunch of dialogue, or they’ll shoot a tease (i.e. rub oil all over your tits and ass and tease the camera for a few minutes) and get right into the sex. So, not only was I supposed to do all this normal stuff for Vivid for less than my usual rate (which, I’ll admit, is still a little higher than most girls), but they now wanted me to shoot a 15 minute strip tease, too! Not only that, for a MOBILE APPLICATION… It wasn’t even part of the scene! It’s for a totally different thing!!! HELL NO!!!

I got right on the phone with my agent and explained the situation. I guess when he called the production manager, he said he had no idea what I was talking about as far as the mobile app thing and the tease was for the beginning of the DVD. Ha! Yeah, right! It took a few phone calls, but I guess they finally admitted it was for a mobile application.

I know it sounds silly, and most people would probably think, ‘why wouldn’t you just shut up and do it! You’re getting naked anyway, just suck it up and do the strip tease for 15 minutes and get over it!’. My problem was that Vivid was not only unable to pay me my full rate so they were already low-balling me, but now they were trying to squeeze in more content, not pay me for it, but make money off of it themselves. I understand that the state of the economy is bad and everyone is hurting, but I have to draw the line somewhere. I know that Vivid is fully capable of paying my full rate (it was only an additional $300!), so when they tried to pull that, I was pissed. All I wanted was an additional $100. I know that it’s just $100 and probably not worth the whole situation, but it’s the principle of it. Too many people are trying to get freebies from girls and, sadly, most girls, once on set, would be too afraid to say anything because (*sarcastic gasp*) IT’S VIVID, so they do it anyway.

Well, Vivid ended up canceling my scene. The production manager first told my agent, ‘She doesn’t have to do it if she doesn’t want to’, but then turned around and just didn’t want me there. Oh, and then someone actually brought up my blog and didn’t want me to go and talk about them. OMG! I’m sorry, but I say this to everyone who gets mad over my blog… DON’T DO ANYTHING THAT’S GONNA GET YOU IN IT! Be straight up with me and don’t piss me off. I just told my agent last night: Those who get mad at my blog are getting mad because it’s true and now they’re exposed! Though shit!

I’ve said this before, but I really wish other girls would learn to stand up for themselves and use their brains and only do what their agent has explained to them as far as their scene goes. ANYTHING outside the norm should not be done without greater compensation. Instead, girls are too fucking stupid and scared, then the bitch Jayden Jaymes comes to set and suddenly all hell breaks loose and my label as a fucking cunt grows… all because I know what’s right and what’s wrong!

I don’t come on her and rant about companies because I want to piss people off and be completely blackballed from this business. I do it because it needs to be exposed to others within the industry so they can see what’s going on!

That being said, back to the whole Derek thing…

As much as Derek and I have had our issues in the past, it put a BIG smile on my face to receive the following email from him this morning, actually backing me up! For a man like Derek to side with me in a situation like this, I again feel like I’m doing something right. Here’s what he had to say:

“Jayden

Whatever differences we have between each other – please set them aside for a moment,

Twice now – it has come to my attention that you have had issues on set where producers have asked you to shoot additional content for no compensation, and you have refused, and then made the issues public,

The Erotic Networks and now Vivid,

In both cases we at Direct Models learned of this – thanks to your whistle blowing and on both occasions we were not previously aware of it,

In the first case – this has now resulted in our models being compensated fairly for the work that is being asked of them from Erotic Networks.

 In the second I don’t know what the outcome will be - since I am only told now, that Vivid has been asking models for several months to shoot mobile content, something they had never told us – (nor had any model).  So this will be discussed in the next few days,

I don’t know whether other models just don’t understand they should only do what they have been booked for, or lack the chutzpah to blow the whistle when they are coerced to do so.

Whichever it is – you are right to do so – and I wanted to tell you so.

So thanks for doing it because it benefits all models and agents to know when this is taking place,

Regards,

Derek”

I know that Derek or someone from his office is going to read this and probably be a little hurt that I put everything on blast, but I felt a great need to do so. Derek and I do not get along, obviously. But, in such a situation, it felt so good to hear that I’m in the right from someone I have such issues with. And also, hopefully other girls read this and Derek’s email to me and it somehow triggers something in their little brains and they start standing up for themselves. That’s the whole point behind me putting companies on blast like that! IT’S NOT FAIR!!!

On another note, I don’t think badly of Vivid (or the Erotic Networks, or any company that has tried to pull something like this). Everyone screws up. I just hope that it’s something that is not used against me, or even used against them. But, it is something that needs to be handled correctly and fixed! I had never shot for Vivid before and I was actually a little excited to go to set and prove to everyone that I’m not the big bitch that they’ve all heard about, but, as luck would have it, something happens and that strong side of me comes up and I have to handle the situation properly. Apparently the production managed already told my agent that he’d re-book me for a movie early next year and get me my full rate… I hope so… I think that having a good day on set for Vivid would mend the situation for both of us.

Anyway, that’s the latest drama. Ready for some positive stuff now??? lol. I went to dinner with Jew Hefner last night, who’s been in the business (behind the scenes) for YEARS now, and he has just partnered up with my agent and now he has to deal with me DAILY! Hahahah! Just kidding! Anyway, I hadn’t seen him in a long time, and after yesterday’s drama, we decided to met for dinner. We had some great chicken marsala at Buca de Beppo in Encino, then went to the Sherman Oaks Galleria to see Avatar, where we ran into Sophie Dee and her man Lee. To our surprise, we were all seeing the same movie! But, they got their tickets far enough in advance to reserve the good seats, while Jew and I were in the second row, all to way to the right of the screen. Regardless, it was an AMAZING movie! SciFi movie of the year, for sure! I absolutely LOVED it!!! Afterward, Jew kept talking about my blog so I told him I’d mention him so he’d stop feeling left out. lol. Maybe this just made his day! Hahahahahahaha! He’s my favorite Jew!

Well, now that it’s noon on a Sunday, I need to get my ass in the shower! I’ve got a housewarming/Xmas party to attend at my friends Mai and Oren’s house. I’m so excited! They actually shoot some of my website content for me (the more glamour-y stuff), but I haven’t seen either of them in a few weeks. I’m sooooooo ready for some good food (they’re both great chefs!) and lots of wine! Heheheheh.

Have a great afternoon everyone!!!

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