Nov 20
EDGE Interview: Stormy Daniels Finds Comfort in a Tumultuous Time Hosting 'For the Love of DILFs' Season 3
Timothy Rawles READ TIME: 5 MIN.
Daniels is impressed by the conversations these men are having on the show this season. With so much diversity, she says, it opens up many avenues of discussion beyond the banal back and forth usually put forth on other shows. Some of these men are parents, which opens up even more dialog. "I'm proud of being on a show that has those conversations," Daniels avers.
Honest talk aside, there is another thing that audiences will be interested in. In the teaser for the show, someone seemingly gets hurt. Although Daniels won't go into detail about what happened, she says the moment was intense.
"It was graphic," she says. "It was scary. It's the first time in the first three seasons that production came to a standstill. We had to call an ambulance. I will say I haven't seen the footage, but I guarantee you the shot that is going to be used is the one my husband Barrett shot."
She jokingly says that it was the first time she realized she might be married to a sociopath, because all the other camera people stopped filming after it happened but her husband kept rolling and got the shot.
"It was terrifying. But I look forward to seeing how that translates in the first two episodes," she says.
Listening to Daniels talk about the "For the Love of DILFs" takes some of the edge off of what's going on in the world. To give you an idea of what she has to endure, early in our conversation, I asked about her horses. She revealed something I didn't know, "The one that got shot, he's recovering," she said. "I was doxxed when I testified back in May, and they put my address online, and of course that sends all the crazies looking for me."
She admitted that she was still processing the election results, but promoting "DILFs" was a way of focusing on something else. "I'm glad the first conversations I'm having talking to the press is about 'For the Love of DILFs,' because no one can hate that."
As for the future, Daniels is keeping busy. It would be unlike her not to do so. A businesswoman at heart, she has many irons in the fire. From a new mainstream TV show called "Woke Up Late," and other projects streaming on her own Roku channel, she is in her element. As busy as she is, she wants to re-emphasize the importance of "For the Love of DILFs."
"I think it's important to show the world that people care, even if you're not part of the queer community, even if you're not watching the show for personal interest, just to let people know that it is important to have this kind of content out there," she says, adding that hopefully there will be a fourth season of DILFs. "A lot of good comes from having a program like this out there."