Now that I'm here I'm having trouble getting started. I've read a few stories & it seems like this is a place for real writers. I'm not a writer. This is the first time I've tried this. If you're looking for something artfully written, there's the door. This won't be the kind of flowery-language, teasing erotic literature in the vein of AnaΓ―s Nin. My aim is just to get the words out, down in black & white.
Sorry, that sounded hostile. I suppose I'm already feeling pretty defensive. It's hard to talk about this - everyone here made writing about it look so easy. Now that I'm actually seeing the words crawling along the page I'm afraid I'll chicken out.
I'm 28 & I can't tell anyone about this, not even my therapist. God, can you even imagine? There's no way I'd be able to go back afterwards, I'd rather die. I know, patient confidentiality & everything, but people talk, even therapists. They have to. Imagine all the terrible or weird shit they hear each day. You'd go mad if you couldn't tell someone. That's why I'm here because I think I'll genuinely lose my mind if I don't talk about this. Even if it's just here, even if it's just between me & my keyboard. I need to let it out before I lose my fucking mind.
I'm not some swooning teen ingΔnue, I'm a grown woman. I'm paying the mortgage on my own apartment, I have a long-term boyfriend, & I support myself financially. I come from a Hollywood family. Mom's a model turned CEO. She pivoted from swimsuit modelling to designing a range of organic surfwear & running a lifestyle brand. This isn't really about her. She's great but she has no idea.
Dad's an actor. Not quite A-list, not in any Marvel films or anything, but without bragging, you'd recognise him. He played bit parts before he broke out in a successful drama, he was nominated for an Emmy & a Golden Globe (he got the Emmy). Since then he's mostly done indie projects, one Sci-Fi channel series & some films, some are even semi cult-classics. He turned 50 in 2022. At first he spiralled a little, it's rough, aging in Hollywood, even for men.
They've been married for more than 20 years, which is like a lifetime in LA. I was living in NY for a few years, I wanted to work on stage & was given an opportunity to mentor under someone I thought could help me make it happen. It didn't. Not all nepo-babies strike it lucky. I was crushed when I realised I wasn't going to break into The Scene. That's when I started seeing a therapist. Jesus, I'm boring you, aren't I?
So let's cut the crap. I fuck my father. Regularly. It's a publicly guarded secret, but within a certain circle, it's openly known.
Growing up & running in famous crowds, how do I explain this? You're sexualised very early on. It's definitely a problem for a lot of kids. A lot of predatory people come to this place. It's not even just the creepy party-weirdos who compete with each other about who'll 'break in the new girl'. It's everywhere. Women in their 20s playing girls in their teens on Netflix shows. Billboards that focus on female body parts. Images of wet mouths are so common you can throw a stone anywhere & hit one. It sells lip balms, burgers, swimwear, luxury cars. The music industry, nymphettes hinting at oral sex, or penetration. Want to advertise a new TV series? Sex & youth. Want to advertise your concert? Sex & youth.
It's the currency in the City of Angels. Many of my friends had multiple plastic surgeries well before their 21st. It's commonplace. It's all about youth & sex. I wanted to become a 'serious actress' but I couldn't quite make it work, couldn't quite play the game. Instead I'm making my living doing something similar to my Mom. I won't go into further details, I think I may have disclosed too much already & I don't want anyone to be able to sleuth out who I might be, who my family is.
Anyway, like I said, I'm here to confess that I fuck my dad.
I've grown up at parties. Everyone in this industry does. I've seen things you wouldn't imagine. I've seen people you'd definitely recognise & be shocked by doing things you wouldn't approve of. Even in this day & age, so many closeted actors who seduce extremely young men with the promise of touching fame. So many perverts, protected by the industry (I guess I'm one of those too, now that I think about it). Hollywood parties have been a way of life for me, for most of the people I know who grew up in these circles, & I managed to keep my nose relatively clean until a couple of years ago when I came back from NY with my tail behind my legs. You go to a party, you see some shit, you do some shit, only some of it gets reported (the stuff the handlers want to be published) & the rest is kept on the DL by us, because we're all in it together. Like every subculture, there are tight groups. Sometimes you regularly party with the same people, they become like family & you protect each other & each other's reputation.