Porn is one of those things that people love to hate.

It’s been getting a lot of attention of late, especially in light of the whole Stormy Daniels versus Trump thing. Fox News’ Tucker Carlson even branded Daniels’ attorney Michael Avenatti a “creepy porn lawyer.”

Then Saturday Night Live cast member Pete Davidson referred to porn stars as “terrible people” who are only good for swallowing semen, reports the Daily Beast.

Sounds like he has some stuff to work through.

Anyway, love it or hate it, porn isn’t going anywhere – as evidenced in the First Annual Pornhub Awards, hosted by none other than Kanye West.

Nearly a month after Kanye West said “I still look at Pornhub” during an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, the notorious rapper/designer appeared at the first annual Pornhub Awards in downtown Los Angeles. Billed as creative director, West not only hosted the show but added his own fashionable touch to the women on stage by outfitting the Pornhub Awards presenters in his Yeezy brand. Sure, one of the presenters was naked except for high heels, but that’s what you call art, right?

He also launched some new Yeezy merchandise, which included sweatshirts featuring modernist art renditions of famous porn stars.

The shirts featured five porn stars artistically[…] along with their respective award-winning categories like “nicest tits” or “hottest female ass.” (West later mysteriously deleted his tweets of the $75 shirts and removed the items from his Yeezy Supply online store.)

I can see they really worked to keep the categories classy.

Turns out the women featured on the shirts had no idea he was making them. That said, Kendra Sunderland, who skyrocketed to fame as the Oregan State Library Girl for her on-campus striptease, dispelled rumours of exploitation, saying that she was honoured to be featured in the Yeezy clothing line.

“I didn’t know anything about it until after the awards. I thought it was cool just to be on the shirt,” says Sunderland. “I gained a lot of [Twitter] followers after that.” In the trade-off between payment and fame, the latter often win’s out, as gaining new followers equates to a rapidly-expanding consumer fan base. And to be a profitable porn star these days, it’s all about sales.

For many in the industry, Kanye’s involvement looks like the next step in expanding and naturalising porn for a larger audience.

Maybe. If he can keep his mouth shut.

He isn’t exactly known for his smarts when it comes to commenting on social issues. Remember that time he tweeted about his love for Trump?

Whatever happens, a partnership between Kanye and the porn industry promises to be endlessly entertaining.

[source:dailybeast]