His documentary / biopic premieres next week, it will be interesting to see how he finally comes clean about the Matt Ramsey / Peter North connection gay fans have known for years. But which he has regularly denied since he rebranded as Peter. I didn’t watch all his known gay films to confirm this but there are at least five where he got fucked onscreen: The Bigger The Better (twice), The Company We Keep, Cousins, Like A Horse, Sizing Up (one apiece). And I found a clip that had the first half of The Master Of The Discipline, which cut off before Joe Craig gets his revenge on Matt and the others. I can’t remember if I mentioned this one to you, it’s disturbing but also fascinating at the same time:
Matt Ramsey’s switch to straight Peter North saved his life. He more than likely switched to straight porn because of the AIDS crisis happening at the time.
He will still disavow everything connected to his previously gay life as Matt Ramsey.
I saw a preview to the new documentary on youtube and it shows quick flashes of scenes from a few of his gay films; then at the end he is shown wiping away tears and says ‘I denied it, now I’m coming clean’. So I do think he will (finally and belatedly) confirm that he was also Matt after the years of denials.
As to why he did that, of course the homophobia baked into society was part of it (it’s an explanation not an excuse for it) and he thought that if he did admit he had done gay porn he would be ostracized from the straight side of the coin. But he got a lot of grief from straight magazines and early bloggers for years too – if you can see the second image at the link below that’s from a Hustler video guide which really went after him. And likely helped convince him that if he wanted to keep working he’d better seal his lips and not rock the boat:
Jack Wrangler, ironically, was in straight porn when the AIDS crisis hit, but before AIDS, it was easier for gay performers to move from gay & straight porn without the stigma (several other gay performers also moved from gay & straight porn such as R.J. Reynolds). AIDS changed everything after 1980.
Ramsey started his porn career in gay porn after much prodding from Falcon’s Matt Sterling. Ramsey was in several Matt Sterling Huge imprint features then William Higgins used him in Cousins around the same time period.
Watching Matt Ramsey perform, it’s obvious he’s straight. I get no gay vibes from him at all. Therefore, it makes sense he eventually shifted to straight porn as Peter North. I think he did it because of the AIDS crisis happening simultaneously.
Maybe this “coming clean” relates to the fact how he treated women. There are some parts in wikipedia, showing that he
hadn´t a life without violence. Well, we will see….
Good point Jan!
there’s 2 Kelvin Blunt (Str8 No Chaser) articles on the upcoming documentary I’ve been meaning to post about – and he mentions briefly The Master Of The Discipline – which I am more interested in because Brian Michaels’ participation in the film (I’ve never seen anything from it, except that ad) than Ramsey/North.
I saw both of those posts on his Str8-No-Chaser substack, the most recent one was how I knew that the Peter biopic was coming out soon. I remember he came by here and left a few comments but not sure where – I’m pretty sure I stuck my foot in my mouth though and tried to apologize to both him and you. He seems well-informed about porn and he’s a great writer.
… and the gevi listing I linked above now has the description from the back box cover. Which I enlarged and transcribed so Woody could just copy it and add the text. Joe Craig (I think) is the guy who gets bullied and put through the ringer in this first half, with Matt, Brian and Randy as the aggressors. But based on the description saying how Joe gets his revenge in the second half, and the shot from that gevi image of three asses lined up in a row, it makes me curious about the rest. Matt’s cumshot from the first part (and Brian’s also I think) are filmed from below and also appear randomly and quickly in Below The Belt.
I didn’t know he had completely denied his entire career in gay porn as Matt Ramsey. I thought he had just denied bottoming.
But I also haven’t really followed the news on him. I was never that big a fan.
How does that work exactly? Oh yeah, there’s hours and hours of footage of me doing gay porn…but uh, that wasn’t me. No, not me.
What, his doppleganger? Evil gay twin? Hmmm, it’s all very Trump-ish of him.
And why would he need to deny it? Why so ashamed? If that’s what it is. He’s ashamed of the gay porn but not the straight porn? I think he should be proud of it all.
This is all very compelling. Dramaaaaa! Hope I get to see this doc.
Also, thanks for the Master of Discipline link Zephyr!
Matt Ramsey simply disavows his gay porn persona & deflects from the question. Common sense given the established videos & promotion. Are you going to believe what your eyes see?
Part of it may be marketing. Matt Ramsey did not keep his porn name after he went to straight porn. He got a completely new identity as Peter North. The new name suggests he wants to bury the gay Matt Ramsey persona.
Well, you’ve piqued my curiosity!
This reminds me of the John C Holmes case. Where he indeed did gay porn films, but later totally denying it saying it was not him and some look alike from Europe. Really!?! Give me a break! If you guys had seen his gay work its hot as anything Ive seen!
It’s really hard for John C. Holmes to deny his gay porn films given all of them were marketed with his name. These gay porn producers made a big deal of John C. Holmes doing gay porn.
John C. Holmes was also in the throws of drug addiction which was the primary factor for doing the gay videos. He wanted to fund his drug habit. I think at some point he was blacklisted from straight films because he could not perform due to his drug addiction.
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Who is behind Matt Ramsey?
That’s big boy Rick Donovan.
His documentary / biopic premieres next week, it will be interesting to see how he finally comes clean about the Matt Ramsey / Peter North connection gay fans have known for years. But which he has regularly denied since he rebranded as Peter. I didn’t watch all his known gay films to confirm this but there are at least five where he got fucked onscreen: The Bigger The Better (twice), The Company We Keep, Cousins, Like A Horse, Sizing Up (one apiece). And I found a clip that had the first half of The Master Of The Discipline, which cut off before Joe Craig gets his revenge on Matt and the others. I can’t remember if I mentioned this one to you, it’s disturbing but also fascinating at the same time:
https://gayeroticvideoindex.com/video/18322
Matt Ramsey’s switch to straight Peter North saved his life. He more than likely switched to straight porn because of the AIDS crisis happening at the time.
He will still disavow everything connected to his previously gay life as Matt Ramsey.
I saw a preview to the new documentary on youtube and it shows quick flashes of scenes from a few of his gay films; then at the end he is shown wiping away tears and says ‘I denied it, now I’m coming clean’. So I do think he will (finally and belatedly) confirm that he was also Matt after the years of denials.
As to why he did that, of course the homophobia baked into society was part of it (it’s an explanation not an excuse for it) and he thought that if he did admit he had done gay porn he would be ostracized from the straight side of the coin. But he got a lot of grief from straight magazines and early bloggers for years too – if you can see the second image at the link below that’s from a Hustler video guide which really went after him. And likely helped convince him that if he wanted to keep working he’d better seal his lips and not rock the boat:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PeterNorthAss/comments/1oj34js/hustler_erotic_video_guide_investigation_on/
Jack Wrangler, ironically, was in straight porn when the AIDS crisis hit, but before AIDS, it was easier for gay performers to move from gay & straight porn without the stigma (several other gay performers also moved from gay & straight porn such as R.J. Reynolds). AIDS changed everything after 1980.
Ramsey started his porn career in gay porn after much prodding from Falcon’s Matt Sterling. Ramsey was in several Matt Sterling Huge imprint features then William Higgins used him in Cousins around the same time period.
Watching Matt Ramsey perform, it’s obvious he’s straight. I get no gay vibes from him at all. Therefore, it makes sense he eventually shifted to straight porn as Peter North. I think he did it because of the AIDS crisis happening simultaneously.
Maybe this “coming clean” relates to the fact how he treated women. There are some parts in wikipedia, showing that he
hadn´t a life without violence. Well, we will see….
Good point Jan!
there’s 2 Kelvin Blunt (Str8 No Chaser) articles on the upcoming documentary I’ve been meaning to post about – and he mentions briefly The Master Of The Discipline – which I am more interested in because Brian Michaels’ participation in the film (I’ve never seen anything from it, except that ad) than Ramsey/North.
I saw both of those posts on his Str8-No-Chaser substack, the most recent one was how I knew that the Peter biopic was coming out soon. I remember he came by here and left a few comments but not sure where – I’m pretty sure I stuck my foot in my mouth though and tried to apologize to both him and you. He seems well-informed about porn and he’s a great writer.
The first half of Discipline is here:
https://www.gayforit.eu/video/483560/PETER-NORTH-IN-MASTERS-OF-DISCIPLINE
… and the gevi listing I linked above now has the description from the back box cover. Which I enlarged and transcribed so Woody could just copy it and add the text. Joe Craig (I think) is the guy who gets bullied and put through the ringer in this first half, with Matt, Brian and Randy as the aggressors. But based on the description saying how Joe gets his revenge in the second half, and the shot from that gevi image of three asses lined up in a row, it makes me curious about the rest. Matt’s cumshot from the first part (and Brian’s also I think) are filmed from below and also appear randomly and quickly in Below The Belt.
I didn’t know he had completely denied his entire career in gay porn as Matt Ramsey. I thought he had just denied bottoming.
But I also haven’t really followed the news on him. I was never that big a fan.
How does that work exactly? Oh yeah, there’s hours and hours of footage of me doing gay porn…but uh, that wasn’t me. No, not me.
What, his doppleganger? Evil gay twin? Hmmm, it’s all very Trump-ish of him.
And why would he need to deny it? Why so ashamed? If that’s what it is. He’s ashamed of the gay porn but not the straight porn? I think he should be proud of it all.
This is all very compelling. Dramaaaaa! Hope I get to see this doc.
Also, thanks for the Master of Discipline link Zephyr!
Matt Ramsey simply disavows his gay porn persona & deflects from the question. Common sense given the established videos & promotion. Are you going to believe what your eyes see?
Part of it may be marketing. Matt Ramsey did not keep his porn name after he went to straight porn. He got a completely new identity as Peter North. The new name suggests he wants to bury the gay Matt Ramsey persona.
Well, you’ve piqued my curiosity!
This reminds me of the John C Holmes case. Where he indeed did gay porn films, but later totally denying it saying it was not him and some look alike from Europe. Really!?! Give me a break! If you guys had seen his gay work its hot as anything Ive seen!
It’s really hard for John C. Holmes to deny his gay porn films given all of them were marketed with his name. These gay porn producers made a big deal of John C. Holmes doing gay porn.
John C. Holmes was also in the throws of drug addiction which was the primary factor for doing the gay videos. He wanted to fund his drug habit. I think at some point he was blacklisted from straight films because he could not perform due to his drug addiction.
Thanks, David, for commenting on my post.