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Maitland Ward on Her Transition From Hollywood to Porn | Ringer Dish

Ringer Dish

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Society & Culture

4.31.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Amelia Wedemeyer is joined by Maitland Ward of ‘Boy Meets World’ fame to discuss her new book, ‘Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me from Hollywood.’ They discuss her career, her memoir, the challenges and stigmas against the adult film industry and more. Host: Amelia Wedemeyer Guest: Maitland Ward Producer: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Would you bet a few thousand dollars that you could sink an eight-foot putt?

0:05.0

What about ten grand that you could win a drag race against a Camaro with a thousand horse power?

0:10.0

If you had two million dollars, could you bet it all on one football game?

0:15.0

Maybe you wish you could, but you probably wouldn't.

0:19.0

Gamblers is about the people who did.

0:22.0

From the Ringer Podcast Network, listen to Gamblers Season 2 on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.0

Welcome to Ringer Dish. I'm Amelia Wattamire.

0:40.0

And today I am joined by a very special guest, Madeleine Ward, who just released her memoir,

0:47.0

Rated X Halporn, liberated me from Hollywood.

0:50.0

Madeleine, thank you so much for coming on Ringer Dish.

0:53.0

Thank you so much. I'm so happy to be here.

0:56.0

Oh my gosh.

0:57.0

I have read most of your book. I just got it a couple days ago, but I could not put it down.

1:02.0

It was so good. You're such a good writer and you're so funny.

1:06.0

And I just love it. I literally could not put it down.

1:09.0

Why did you decide to write this memoir? Like why now?

1:12.0

Well, honestly, I always wanted to write a memoir of my story and also a sex positive story

1:17.0

and just like my experiences and everything.

1:20.0

I honestly didn't expect it to be as fast, I think, as it has been.

1:25.0

Just because I wasn't expecting it. I was on that podcast, actually.

1:28.0

But this is back in the end of 2020.

1:31.0

You know, I was on a podcast talking about how I, you know, I love a rather grating.

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