Porn star and boylesque performer LuLu LoveBottom, 31, has been found dead at his home in an apparent suicide after allegedly posting a haunting final Instagram message
A porn star has been found dead at his home after reportedly posting a haunting final Instagram message.
LuLu LoveBottom, or Lucas Drake – who also went by Hunter Hardin online – was 31 when he was found at a property in Los Angeles. Police officers were reportedly called to the home on Monday (September 7), at around 11.22am for a death investigation.
Paramedics consequently pronounced him dead at the scene and it is not thought to be suspicious.
In the days before his death, Drake reportedly shared a heartbreaking farewell post on Instagram. The message read: “I love you and I’m sorry I was unable to make it to the end.
“GOODBYE FOREVER. Love, LuLu,” alongside a caption suggesting he had been left devastated by a relationship: “Been hurt for the last time by someone I shared my heart with.”
Friends and a roommate later confirmed the tragic news online, as tributes poured in from across the LGBTQIA+ artistic community, E! Online reported. Drake was known for his towering 6ft 4in frame and athletic build.
He built a dedicated following through both his live performances and online adult content, with tens of thousands of followers across his social media profiles. Before he entered entertainment, Drake was a high school State Champion athlete, People reported.
He played American football as an offensive lineman and linebacker and was raised as a “military brat”. In a 2025 interview with OutSports, Drake spoke openly about a lifelong battle with severe depression, saying a “shaky family life” and growing up without his mother contributed to his struggles.
He described sport and the gym as his emotional outlet and a way of coping over the years. He discovered burlesque around 2021 at a ballroom event in the Phoenix area and quickly threw himself into the art form, later becoming a fixture on the Los Angeles boylesque circuit.
According to statements attributed to his roommate Michael Aquino and his best friend Asura, roommates broke down Drake’s bedroom door to reach him, but emergency responders were unable to resuscitate him, as per TMZ. In an Instagram comment, the adult star’s roommate Michael said Lucas had “passed away in his room in our home”.
He also invited the star’s friends and family to a backyard gathering to celebrate his life.
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