

"I ended up doing between 250 to 300 movies a year," he said.

He said he didn't make much money, initially, about $300 to $500 a movie, then $1,000 per film.
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He said he could make my name famous, which is ironic because you don't actually go by your real name."īroome's movie name was "Rocco Reed," created by his agent.

He offered me money, fame, notoriety, all these things. "I wanted to create content in some capacity where I was impacting people whether it be through modeling or acting, but I really wanted to act. "It was just a counterfeit version of what I really wanted to do," he said. The agent, Broome said, "offered me everything." They invited me to meet with their agent." "I'd seen some magazines before, and I'd seen a video one time at a cousin's house, but it wasn't really something that I dabbled in very much. "They were pretty flirty and they started asking me some questions," Broome recalled. While working at a restaurant, he met some women who urged him to consider adult films as way to get into acting. Encouraged by his success, Broome set out for Los Angeles when he was 21 with aims of becoming an actor. I think Josh has an amazing testimony that, no matter where somebody is in life, when Jesus enters their life, it can be changed dramatically." Who is Joshua Broome?Ī native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Broome and his younger brother were raised by a divorced mother and church-going grandparents. "That's the hope that he gives to us through his death on the cross on our behalf. "Jesus Christ is our hope he can transform lives. Tom Edwards, co-pastor at the Chapel in Marlboro, said Broome's life story is a compelling testimony to God's power to change lives. It's going to make me believe that violent acts where these girls are saying 'no' until they say 'yes', is how things work."Ĭraig Gross visits Malone University: Addiction expert says Tiger's problem is common It's going to impact my level of integrity to be a friend. If I train myself neurologically, like that, I'm consuming content, and this is what sex is and this is what human interaction is, it's going to have a very curious carryover in my life, not only in my intimate life. "So, if I view a person as a product, I don't owe them human dignity. He also boasts a podcast and a popular Instagram page with more than 50,000 followers."It's something that someone is owed it's transactional," he said. Now, they’re loving parents.īroome is currently a pastor at the Good News Baptist Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and also teaches and preaches around the country. Eventually, he met a woman named Hope, in 2014, and his whole life changed.īroome started attending church with her and studied Biblical theology before marrying Hope in 2016. He began working at a gym and initially lied to everyone he met about his past. In 2012, he finally made a call to quit the industry, much to the shock of everyone.įor the next two years, Broome tried to rebuild a life for himself. But once I had it all, my life fell apart, because it amplified the sorrow and emptiness I always felt inside," Broome told the outlet. I had all the sex I could have ever imagined. “I believed the lie that if I made money I would be happy. He quickly became one of the most popular male stars in the industry. Within no time, he was shooting dozens of scenes per month. He took their advice and was cast in an adult movie just days later. It all started when he had a chance meeting with a group of women who insisted that taking a plunge into the porn industry would increase his chances of becoming a movie star. Everything was lies and fiction … I wanted to take my own life and didn’t have the guts to do so,"īroome started out in the porn industry after moving to Hollywood, Los Angeles, in his early 20s in hopes of becoming an actor. However, in 2012, he quit the industry, claiming it caused him a “tremendous amount of emotional trauma.” Joshua Broome was in the adult industry for more than five years and filmed more than 1,000 x-rated movies under the pseudonym Rocco Reed. A former porn star, who believed he had no viable path forward escaped it all to become a preacher. If you think about drastic career moves, then this has to be right at the top.
