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Brad Patton (real name Joel Mangs), born 1972, is an Australian-Swedish former gay pornographic actor and figure skater.
Life
Patton was born in Australia but grew up in Sweden.
As a figure skater, Patton toured with Disney On Ice. He also appeared (under his real name, Joel Mangs) on the Dutch TV show Dancing on Ice.
He was raised in a religious family and came out at age 22. Patton made his pornographic debut in Australia in a film directed by Chi Chi LaRue for Falcon Studios. He worked exclusively for Falcon for two years. He later also worked for Colt. He won gold medals in figure skating at the Gay Games. Patton announced his retirement from porn in 2007.
In 2016 a hoax photoset of a picture of Mike Pence and a picture of Brad Patton, with the caption "Mike Pence – blast from the gay past.” went viral, purporting to show Pence as a young, gay porn star.
Patton lives in Amsterdam.
References
- "Brad Patton Interview & Photos | Mark's List". August 18, 2016. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016.
- "Brad Patton - About". Entertainment.ie.
- People on Twitter are claiming to have unearthed VP elect Mike Pence’s gay porn past., Pink News
- That Viral Photo Depicting A Young, Gay Mike Pence Is Not Actually Mike Pence, BuzzFeed News