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Brad Patton (real name Joel Mangs), born 1972, is an Australian-Swedish former gay pornographic actor and figure skater.
Life
editPatton was born in Australia but grew up in Sweden.
As a figure skater, Patton toured with Disney On Ice. He also appeared (under his real name, Joel Mangs) on the Dutch TV show Dancing on Ice.
He was raised in a religious family and came out at age 22. Patton made his pornographic debut in Australia in a film directed by Chi Chi LaRue for Falcon Studios. He worked exclusively for Falcon for two years.[1] He later also worked for Colt. He won gold medals in figure skating at the Gay Games.[2] Patton announced his retirement from porn in 2007.
In 2016 a hoax photoset of a picture of Mike Pence and a picture of Brad Patton, with the caption "Mike Pence – blast from the gay past.” went viral, purporting to show Pence as a young, gay porn star.[3][4]
Patton lives in Amsterdam.
References
edit- ^ "Brad Patton Interview & Photos | Mark's List". web.archive.org. August 18, 2016.
- ^ "Brad Patton - About". Entertainment.ie.
- ^ People on Twitter are claiming to have unearthed VP elect Mike Pence’s gay porn past., Pink News
- ^ That Viral Photo Depicting A Young, Gay Mike Pence Is Not Actually Mike Pence, BuzzFeed News