Lana Rhoades is PornHub 2021's #1 star amidst baby daddy scandal
Pornhub has released its ‘Year in Review,' which looks back at 2021 to see what new porn trends have emerged this year. Amidst the new trends one that has remained constant is Lana Rhoades being named the most popular porn star on the platform. She was the most searched porn star by Americans on the platform in 2020 too.
Rhoades, 25, was the most-searched porn star by Americans on the world's leading adult content site, followed by Abella Danger in the second position. The next in line were Eva Elfie, Riley Reid, and Mia Malkova respectively. According to the data released by Pornhub, Rhoades had reported 1,230,309,897 video views.
When she got pregnant earlier this year, there were a lot of rumors around who her baby daddy was, which renewed people's interest in her. The controversy surrounding her pregnancy could have boosted her popularity on Pornhub despite her leaving the industry.
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What is Rhoades' baby daddy scandal?
Rhoades announced that she's pregnant on June 1, 2021, sharing a picture of a sonogram next to some flowers on Instagram and simply writing, "This is the announcement [heart emoji]." However, she is yet to reveal who the father is. Rhoades doesn't have a lot of photos on Instagram, certainly not with anyone she's called a boyfriend.
While Rhoades has not given any hints about the identity of the father, a lot of people believe he's none other than author and podcast host Mike Majlak, who was on and off with Rhoades for years before they officially broke up in February 2021. In May, Rhoades left fans scratching their heads when she posted a "pros and cons" list Majlak wrote about their relationship.
Majlak is mostly known as one of the hosts of Logan Paul's 'Impaulsive' podcast. He touched on their breakup in a February 2021 episode, saying they were fighting all the time and the relationship continued to deteriorate. "When those fights become the norm for months and months and months on end, and the relationship starts to take more energy from you than it provides to your life, and you don't see an end for either person, it's the time that you have to start thinking about calling it quits," he explained. He later clarified on the 'Impaulsive' podcast that he's not the father.
Rhoades' fans have suggested that Kevin Durant could also be the father. Rhoades opened up during the June 7 episode of her podcast '3 Girls 1 Kitchen' about how a certain basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets had asked her out on a date. While she didn't mention Durant specifically, she did hint that the player in question is a Libra. Durant is reportedly the only Libra on the team, according to Distractify.
Lana Rhoades regrets making porn
The Illinois-born actress quit the industry earlier this year and has since revealed that she now “regrets” making adult movies. She has openly spoken about how it affected her mental health. Speaking to Harry Jowsey on his 'Tap In' podcast, she said that if she could go back and delete her videos, she would but doesn't have the rights to do so. "A lot of the videos I have no rights under, otherwise I probably would have deleted them all by now," she said.
When asked whether she regrets her time in the industry, Rhoades said: "I do. I honestly tell people, if I could go back, I would give up everything to have my dignity and respect back, and for people not to be able to see me in that way."