By Day, I Taught High School. By Night, I Was a Stripper. Then My Students Found Out.

"Joey's was the most sordid place I'd ever set foot in. It was dark. Reeked of desperation. Police were called on the regular. In the locker room, guys would blow coke before"

A man with a religious studies degree became a world religions teacher and wrestling coach in Texas but struggled with classroom management, probation, and financial hardship. After a breakup and depression, a neighbor suggested he try stripping. He chose a stripper name, received help from a friend, and quickly secured a job after a brief audition. His early workplace was described as dark and chaotic, with frequent police calls and drug use in the locker room. He later encountered characters from the scene and faced a near career-ending exposure through an Instagram post, with the pandemic eventually preventing further fallout.

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