Adult stars brutally hit again at manosphere males uncovered in Louis Theroux bombshell doc

Adult content creators candidly opened up about male influencers featured in Louis Theroux’s new Netflix documentary, accusing them of hypocrisy for profiting from women

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Adult stars have taken aim at the male influencers that have been showcased in Louis Theroux’s new Netflix documentary Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, accusing the boys of profiting from women while publicly attacking them. The documentary explores how a new generation of male influencers – like 23-year-old British influencer Harrison Sullivan (HSTikkyTokky) – are building huge online audiences by attacking women, feminism, and sex workers.

For British adult content creator Bonnie Locket ( @‌bonnielocketxox ) – who has previously collaborated with manosphere influencer HSTikkyTokky – she says his behaviour in the documentary hit close to home. Bonnie admitted: “One thing that struck me is how comfortable some men are consuming our content while still criticising us.

“They want access to women’s bodies, women’s attention and women’s labour, but they still want to sit in judgement over the women providing it.” Bonnie says she experienced this dynamic first-hand when working with the influencer – recalling how he lied about having sex with her for attention and his own benefit.

She said: “One thing the documentary reminded me of is how easily narratives about women get created and spread online. The content we filmed together was completely safe-for-work, but it was later framed in a way that suggested something else had happened.”

Bonnie believes that there’s a culture in online spaces where exaggerating or inventing stories about women becomes part of building a persona or gaining attention – a trait that HSTikkyTokky is no stranger to. She said: “The problem is that women then have to deal with the consequences of those stories, even when they’re not real.

“It shows how easily women’s names and reputations can be turned into content.” For Bonnie, the experience reinforces why women speaking for themselves matters.

“For me it just reinforces how important it is that women speak for themselves and keep control of their own narrative, because otherwise someone else will happily write it for them,” she said. Bonnie also pointed to the hypocrisy revealed in the documentary.

She noted: “The idea of profiting from women on [popular adult content platform] while saying you would disown your own daughter for doing it says a lot about how society still sees women’s autonomy. If it’s acceptable when it benefits you financially, but unacceptable when a woman in your own life makes that choice, then the issue clearly isn’t morality, it’s control”.

The creator, who recently revealed she plans to “marry herself” this year, says the shift in women’s independence may be what’s fuelling some of the anger seen online. “Women are realising they don’t need permission anymore,” Bonnie said.

“Whether it’s building businesses online or deciding what kind of life they want, that independence can make some people uncomfortable.” Bonnie Locket worked with HSTikkyTokky in 2023, and says “he publicly claimed they had slept together, which simply wasn’t true”.

US creator Kit Barrus ( @‌kitthebeefcake ) says the attitudes shown in the documentary reflect a wider fear about women gaining financial independence. “These men feel like they’re victims of society and they’re clawing for any power they can get,” she said.

“Men love us when they get to use us. They hate us when we have money because it puts us on their level and they have less control.”

Kit believes many manosphere influencers pushing “traditional values” online are reacting to the fact that women no longer rely on men financially. “Women couldn’t even open bank accounts decades ago,” she said.

“Now a lot of women are making more than men. The world has changed, and I think these guys are afraid of that.”

With more than 13 years of experience in the adult industry, Alix Lynx ( @‌thealixlynx ) is all too familiar with “these types of guys”, and didn’t hold back in her reaction to the influencers featured in the documentary. “This guy totally sucks,” she said about HS Tiktokky.

“He’s just a little boy; I wouldn’t go near his type, ever. He’s the type that has a flashy car and would rev it next to a bunch of women.

“It’s small dick energy, you know what I mean?” Alix pointed out the hypocrisy of men who boast about sexual encounters while simultaneously attacking the women involved.

“He’ll say he filmed himself getting his d*** sucked but then he doesn’t respect women,” she said. “I feel like he wants to have his cake and eat it too”

She added that extreme misogyny often masks deeper insecurity. “All I see are super insecure men who seem like they’re compensating for something or lacking something,” she said.

“If he were truly confident, he wouldn’t have such a problem with girls on [popular adult content platform.” She added: “We gave the patriarchal model a chance, and look what happened. Women are like natural-born leaders.

“You give a mom with two kids tasks to do, it’s going to get done in a day. If women were in charge of countries right now, there wouldn’t be any wars.

“We would sit down. We would have conversations.”

And while the documentary may have exposed people to the shocking attitudes of the manosphere, Scottish creator Summer Roberts ( @‌scotchdolly97 ) says it reflects a reality sex workers see constantly online. “The same man commenting slurs and abuse on my Instagram will be paying for my content the same day,” she said.

“Men like this spread hate on sex workers publicly and then support us privately. It’s the sad reality.” Summer says she now chooses not to engage with creators who profit from outrage.

“I do not owe these men my thoughts and they do not deserve them” she said. “They want attention.”

Summer further stated: “They want people talking about them. And they want to be hated so they get more views.

“But eventually people like this get their karma.” Despite the rise of the manosphere, the creators say they believe the wider cultural shift toward female independence will continue.

“The world works best when men and women respect each other’s freedom,” Bonnie said. “The problem isn’t women making their own choices.

“The problem is people who think they should get to make those choices for them.” I don’t think this is a battle between men and women.”

“Most men I know want strong, confident women in their lives,”said Bonnie. “The real issue is insecurity.

“When people feel threatened by women having agency over their own bodies, careers, and choices, that’s when these extreme attitudes start appearing”.

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