How does a televangelist end up living with a porn star?
Messner: The producers begged. [Laughs] And we weren’t told who was going to be there. I’d already met Ron [Jeremy] when I found out he was a porn star. To me, he was just the big guy who’d brought his little pet turtle to the house. I liked him. TVGO: He really seemed to have a crush on you. Messner: He did tell me that I had a really good shape for a preacher. I took that as a compliment. TVGO: How is it that, after four episodes, you managed to never get caught without your makeup? Messner: I didn’t take it off at night. Only during the day, in the bathroom. In fact, I went to bed with my panty hose on and my long pajamas and a robe, so that if I turned over, they wouldn’t see anything. TVGO: Sounds like you were really paranoid. Messner: Ohmigod. I didn’t take a shower for four days because they couldn’t convince me that there weren’t cameras in the bathroom. TVGO: You said you’d never cry on TV again. But then you teared up at the nudist camp. Why? Messner: I had been promised tha
