Abstract
Steven Daigle occupies a unique position in celebrity discourse in that he has made the successful transition from a reality TV star on series 10 of American Big Brother (CBS) to a career in hard-core gay pornography. It is the aim of the essay to examine this shift by considering the representation of Daigle in Big Brother and his debut porn feature Steven Daigle XXXPosed (2010). It also focuses on the paradoxes and connections between celebrity, reality TV and pornographic representation. More specifically, it will consider the rhetorical construction of reality and fantasy and how other factors such as the relationship between the ordinary and extraordinary, the seen and unseen and public and private domains, contribute to an understanding of sexual identity. The article will also suggest that when some of the techniques and features used in reality TV and pornography intersect they have the potential to transform how we understand reality TV and porn-stars and the discourses associated with them.
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