Michael Boston was happily in his cups during this year’s XBIZ Awards ceremony, hosted by Maitland Ward, at the Hollywood Palladium in January. After nearly two years of pandemic lockdowns, the first-time nominee for “Gay Performer of the Year” was fully enjoying the in-person extravaganza as he caroused with fellow cast members and crew from Disruptive Films’ “The Last Course,” which would take the crown later that night for “Gay Movie of the Year.”
Seated near the stage, Boston cheered for award presenter Stormy Daniels when his category cycled up, he recalls. However, the fan-favorite hunk insists he was not at all prepared to hear his name called as the winner; his raucous acceptance speech backs up this claim.
“I was pissed drunk,” he says with a laugh, noting that his friends and his roommate — performer Aila Donovan — realized that Boston intended to really party and enjoy himself when he hired an Uber for the XBIZ Awards.
“When they see that Uber, they know I mean business and I’m probably not coming back until the next day,” he told XBIZ. “Anyway, it was a blast. I was joking with my friends this weekend: ‘I didn’t know they gave this award to bottoms.’ I mean, Pierce Paris won it! Max Konnor! So I wasn’t expecting anything. I was just happy for ‘The Last Course’ to be nominated. So yeah, that was fun. You can say I was really, really surprised and I’m grateful.”
I sat down with the bon vivant to chronicle his ascendancy and grand plans for the coming reign, in this exclusive interview.
ADAMS: You’re not brand new; you’ve been around a few years now. But what was it about 2021 that really popped for you?
BOSTON: Well, I try to have a really good rapport with my fans and make sure they feel loved and appreciated.
ADAMS: You’re known for that, yeah.
BOSTON: I’m sure that helped a little bit — or a lot. I don’t know how these things work. I’m just a stupid bottom! [laughs] I just bend over and play stupid.
ADAMS: Well, it worked.
BOSTON: I guess this time it did. If you just play stupid, you can get away with a lot. Anyway, I feel like it was a pretty good year. I had just moved to LA. I spent the first year or year-and-a-half of my career in Florida. I moved here in December 2020, during the pandemic. It definitely helped my career moving here.
Boston (l); Nick Fitt
ADAMS: You had a pretty splashy part in “The Last Course,” which certainly got a lot of attention.
BOSTON: I was actually cast last-minute for that. I was the backup for someone else, if I recall. It was a blast. I really liked it ... We were getting paid some days just to act, with no sex at all, which I really loved. I loved my character; he was pretty emotional. It was fun to try and convey normal human emotions because I sound sarcastic 100% of the time, as you can tell. I remember that I tried to make sure that I was hungry when I had to act because then I would be able to get emotional or angry or whatever.
ADAMS: So your acting tip is to get your blood sugar spiking.
BOSTON: Take my food away and I’m ready to burst into tears and fly into a rage, which is exactly what my character needed. The relationship between a bottom and his food is very complicated.
ADAMS: Well, your bum is world-famous. How do you prepare for a scene? Do you not eat for 12 hours beforehand or —
BOSTON: Absolutely not.
ADAMS: That’s what a lot of performers say before they do anal.
BOSTON: No one would want to talk to me. My god. When I’m hungry, I turn into Satan. Imodium is a bottom’s best friend. My stomach is made of iron. I have a good diet, but my stomach doesn’t care about my schedule or my feelings. It gives absolutely no fucks. I know the time I need to prep, especially if it’s a studio scene and I know we probably won’t be shooting for a couple hours after I get there. If it’s something I’m shooting myself, I might need to text whoever it is and say, “It’s not going to happen today.” You know, I’m not going to wring out my colon for anyone. It doesn’t really matter who the guy is. I just need to feel comfortable; I don’t care how big your dick is. As long as I feel sexy, then I can do my job, you know?
ADAMS: You’re actually a pretty versatile performer between studio work and fan site content —
BOSTON: Don’t put a label on it.
ADAMS: My bad. What I was going to ask was whether you have a preference.
BOSTON: I keep interrupting you and I am so sorry. [laughs] Fan content is extra money and I’m not going to say “no” to that. But I love studio content. I love going to a studio. I’m being just slightly pretentious here. “Where are you going?” “Oh, me? Let me put on my sunglasses. I’m going to the studio. I have a very important job at the studio, so shut up and sit down.”
ADAMS: Some people really hustle with their fan content. They have their spreadsheets and they know which color of jock strap works better for increased sales and all of that.
BOSTON: I am so lazy! For me, it’s the editing. And I’m like a hoarder. I get really attached to a clip and I just don’t want to post it. And then I end up with a bunch of content I’m just sitting on. But good for the people who can handle all of it. That’s really awesome. I’m sure they make a lot more money.
ADAMS: I was watching some of your stuff and you’re always twisting around so much that I’m afraid you’re going to throw your back out —
BOSTON: Yeah, no, I’m not going to throw my back out. I mean, at 26, I would hope not. But who knows? Maybe today is the day. Today could be the day everything breaks.
ADAMS: You’ve got some time. I was commenting on your flexibility. How did you find your way into adult? Did you watch any of it before you got into the industry?
BOSTON: I grew up Mormon, so I didn’t watch it.
ADAMS: Man, there are a lot of ex-Mormons in porn.
BOSTON: We should form a club. There are a lot of us. We were pretty sheltered. Good times. When I was a kid, if I saw a gay guy on television I’d be rock-hard. That was a sign about my true feelings. And, of course, if I had any of those feelings I had to go straight to the bishop and confess. My mom took me.
Boston, giving his acceptance speech onstage at the 2022 XBIZ Awards.
ADAMS: How would she know?
BOSTON: She’d see my search history.
ADAMS: I’m sorry about that. You didn’t know to clear your history?
BOSTON: I was sheltered. My twin knew to clear his search history because he was doing the same fucking thing, but he was really good at hiding it. How did he know? I’ve never had a clear answer about that.
ADAMS: You’re a bit notorious because you have a gay identical twin. It was cool to see him play one of those Men.com extras who gets shocked by something sexy and runs out of the room, scandalized. That’s a good brother.
BOSTON: He is way gayer than I am [laughs]. I become progressively more gay the drunker I get, as you can tell from my XBIZ acceptance speech. I didn’t even come for the first time until I was eighteen.
ADAMS: That’s a lot of progress in eight years. What triggered you that first time?
BOSTON: I was doing sit-ups in my room because I was a dancer. And also I was an 18-year-old boy who was ready to pop. I was doing some kind of abdominal exercise and I spontaneously came all over myself. I think I must have been doing some kind of pelvic floor exercise by accident.
ADAMS: What kind of dancer were you? What were you aiming to do?
BOSTON: I was primarily a ballroom dancer but I did train for ballet and jazz and hip-hop, all of that. I quit when I was 21; I was done. I was sick of working with people who didn’t share my goals or my dedication. They’d think, after a year of dancing, they knew everything. No, you don’t. You have to keep studying. Anyway, I was done. It just wasn’t going to go somewhere I wanted it to go. I was living with my brother in Salt Lake City at the time and I just packed up and moved to Florida with my mother. I met someone in porn and he would talk about it. I would think, “Hmmm… that sounds interesting.” I’m sorry, am I rambling? I haven’t eaten since this morning.
ADAMS: I won’t keep you much longer. I know how you can get.
BOSTON: [Laughing] I love talking. Anyway, I started looking at some studios and applied to one of them and I was filming my first scene a month later. It was really quick. So, yeah, I’m able to work in a field where I make pretty good money, enough to be self-sufficient and make my own decisions, and I am definitely very grateful for that. When you can make your own decisions, you definitely grow as a person. I think the people in this industry who love me and support me — and my fans, I wouldn’t be here now without them — I hope they know the respect I have for them. Because of them, I’m able to be financially independent and be a whore and just become my own person. What could be better?
ADAMS: I think you’ve answered this question already, but is there a “Michael Boston” persona?
BOSTON: I don’t really think so. It’s just a different name, not a different personality. If I put my sunglasses on and I turn into a diva, then you have a problem.
