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Over here, there is a youTube video of pornstar Belladonna's infamous Primetime interview...

Belladonna herself was none too pleased with that piece...

From various other interviews....

SC: However good or bad, there's a lot of press involved in getting network news attention. After experiencing what you did with ABC's PrimeTime, and seeing the footage, and seeing how creatively they edited, would you ever let Diane Sawyer interview you again, or any network news program for that matter?

Belladonna: Umm, I would have to say yes, but I would be very aware of what's happening, and then I, you know, would take that to heart before I even said anything because they like to screw around with you. I would be very careful if I did it again. I mean, I was clueless, I really was. I had no idea, and I'm a very good-hearted person, so I ...sometimes that's mistaken for stupidity, you know?

from Foundry Music

Eros Zine: You know, your career has always been controversial and I know you're probably sick of the whole line of questioning about the Diane Sawyer/Primetime program that helped make you that way. Do you see the same thing happening to Sasha Grey right now, with the LA Magazine article and appearance on the Tyra Banks Show?

Belladonna: Yeah, actually. I said that to Aiden. Every so often, you see a girl who goes into this big media, crazy attention, and it can be good or bad. I haven't actually seen anything that Sasha's been on because I don't have TV, but I said, "Wow. It happened so fast for her..." Even faster than it did for me.

Eros Zine: She seems to have the same style as you -- on the extreme side and really willing to go there...

Belladonna: Really pushing the limits. I just don't see her as an eighteen-year old. I look back and see myself at eighteen and I was nothing like what she is. She is so mature. We've spent time off-camera, hanging out and talking about things. How smart she is about her career; I just really look up to her in that way.

Eros Zine: A lot of people would say that you handled your career very well...

Belladonna: I guess I give myself more of a hard time because it's me. When I really sit down and look at it, I really have come so far. And I'm glad that I went through all those down times because I wouldn't appreciate as much. I don't know; I just wasn't as mature (as Sasha). I was partying and you know... but you're young (smiling and laughing with a lilt in her voice)...

Eros Zine: I was on your old MySpace page and it seems like you're really a homebody.

Belladonna: I'm so the exact opposite of what people think I am. I guess that happened after I got married and became a mother. My priorities changed in my personal life and I really enjoy being at home and being with my family and I want to give my daughter the best that I can because that's important.

Eros Zine: Is this hard for you to reconcile what you do for a living with being a mom?

Belladonna: There's times… there's times when I'm like, "Wow, it might be a little harder when she's older..." But then, I want to raise her to be a liberal person who's open-minded but yet can have an opinion, if she doesn't like it. I understand that that might happen and I'm happy to explain to her. This is something that I love to do and I'm okay with it.

Eros Zine: The way you were portrayed on the Nightline special was as a wide-eyed innocent -- did you have any idea what your capabilities were at that point?

Belladonna: I had no idea. Also, I think at that point in my life, I was being taken advantage of - and it was no one's fault but mine, but I was a little naïveand I really didn't know how to stand up for myself. I think it took for someone to stand by my side and say, "Listen -- you are worth more and you need to look at yourself in a different way." So, I had to learn it, you know?

from Eros Zine