Rock Star Status: Memoirs of a Touring Male Stripper

It was an awesome ride: the ultimate fantasy turned very much a reality; an unparalleled adventure of self-discovery too incredible not to share. I can still recall our valedictorian at my college graduation telling us all with such vigor to go out into the world and leave a mark. To make a difference. "You got it! Absolutely I will!" Anyway, that's where I was, gyrating my body in a bright pink, tear-away G-string, rubbing neon paint all over my body. On the mic, "How many of you ladies wanna put your hands all over Antonio's body!" I was the quintessential “nice guy.” There are times however, periods of adaptation, when we step out of our normal selves and become people we could have never possibly fathomed, for better and worse. Hello, my name is Sammy Hadid, but for a year of my life I was known as… Antonio! He was my alter ego: a man created to entice and seduce women as he toured across the United States as a male stripper. I never could have imagined taking part in such experiences. From the bitterest of lows, an unfamiliar, newfound feeling began to pulse inside of me. I was offered anything and everything, and everyone wanted to be part of it, and now they can: 100,000 words, chronicling my journey in detail, I was ROCK STAR STATUS. Stepping out on stage, what I felt at that moment, it was a feeling of supreme confidence, invincibility, power, bliss, joy, and strength. That wonderful, delectable satisfaction of being liked, loved, and desired by someone—times five hundred gorgeous women. I had these adoring beauties right where I wanted them, falling to my feet, money in hand, and eagerly waiting. Their lust driven carnality would soon be both my profit, and pleasure. Whispers and kisses, the tour bus and wild after parties, sexual triumphs, lost love, growth and enlightenment, elation and sorrow. Through my eyes and inside my mind lay an alternate reality. Sarcastic yet genuine, a glorious mixture of absolute truth and insanity, fun, edgy, raw, and uncut, an injection straight into the bloodstream—this is as real as a fantasy comes. I thank you very much for you interest in Rock Star Status. I promise it won’t disappoint. Now please, strap in and come along for the ride.