The “Pence Porn Star” meme sure was fun while it lasted — potentially exposing the virulently homophobic vice president-elect’s once secret life as a young buck in the gay porn industry — but it’s not even close to true.
It all started Sunday with a post to MySpace (is that still a thing?) of a “classic” photo of retired porn star Brad Patton, reported BuzzFeed.
Luis Macias spotted the photo, noticed the resemblance and shared his find with his Facebook friends:
That in turn was shared more than 21,000 times, sending the photo viral.
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Nothing ever stays in the past :) pic.twitter.com/A22xPtMCMA
— Derek (@Doogi_) November 21, 2016
Patton appears to have had quite a career in his youth.
But as BuzzFeed reported, Pence’s past clearly does not include being blonde:
