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Porn’s Master Debaters by Sam Baltrusis
EDGE ContributorThursday Aug 9, 2007
Adult film legend Ron Jeremy and XXXchurch founder Craig Gross have one thing in common: they both get a rise when they talk about porn.
While Gross is vehemently against skin flicks and Jeremy has transformed his larger-than-life phallus into a pop culture franchise, the polar opposite "frienemies" have forged an unlikely kinship this past week traveling cross country in a bus to promote their seven-city tour called "The Great Porn Debate."
The odd couple recently found themselves defending each other during a taping of the nationally syndicated radio show, "Mancow’s Morning Madhouse," in Chicago.
"Ron’s a great guy. He happens to have a job that I’m not OK with, but that’s about it," says Gross, phoning from the XXXchurch tour bus in Indianapolis. "When we did ’Mancow,’ the host was ripping into Ron, calling him the devil. And when I handed him a Bible, he went through the roof. He called me a hypocrite and said I was doing this so I could live like a porn star."
The 31-year-old XXXchurch pastor continues, "We walked into the show to debate porn and we walked out defending each other."
Jeremy, 54, echoes Gross’ sentiment. "If you tell him this I’m going to have to kick you," he jokes. "But I actually kind of like the guy. I know that I’m not supposed to like someone I’m debating, but he really has won me over."
Bosom buddies? Not so fast.
With only two more stops of "The Great Porn Debate" slotted for Friday, Aug. 10 at the Middle East in Cambridge and Saturday, Aug. 11 at Symphony Space in NYC, both Gross and Jeremy say they’re ready to go head to head on the multi-billion dollar adult entertainment industry.
In fact, they promise to leave their newfound friendship at the door and hit the stage with their gloves on, swinging.
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