Please keep in mind Tyler, that Tampa offers his own version of the tale of Jimmy, and while many more of the vocal forumites were anti Jimmy, he had his base of fans too, as attested to by his success in the industry with dozens and dozens of scenes for another porn studio after he left BluMedia, and of course the fact that when Mark was involved in production of a short lived TV series about gay life in Los Angeles, (titled DTLA = downtown Los Angeles) and he hired one Broke Straight Boys model to cameo on the show it was Jimmy. And also when Mark filmed the Broke Straight Boys-TV show he hired Jimmy Johnson along with his former girlfriend and the mother of his sons to appear on the show, even though Jimmy had long been gone from the Broke Straight Boys troupe of models, as Mark needed a "villain" for the TV show to add some spice and drama and Jimmy acted out his role to a tee.
If you choose to search the forums, you will see that Jimmy also used to mix it up on the forum with the fans and was not shy about battling with his detractors on the forum. To me, he was a good kid whose true personality came out mostly on his many many behind the scenes videos when he accompanied Sha to quite a few Gay Pride events representing Broke Straight Boys and you can see how well he got along with his gay fans, always being polite and posing for photographs as well as the "bromance" he developed with Rob Ryder who represented College Dudes at the same events.
Basically what I am saying is that there are always at least two sides to every story, and Tampa offers his own version of reality when he speaks of how membership felt about Jimmy, as I do mine and perhaps the "truth" lies somewhere in the middle, lol Tyler, enjoy your journey through BSB2 and the year of Jimmy Johnson!
For Tyler and anyone else who is new to the Jimmy scenes here on Broke Straight Boys..
Mikey is quite right in his observations above. I could pile on a long list of reasons why I was not a fan of Jimmy and his scenes here on Broke Straight Boys Most of which I think you will see for yourself in his work (Ahem) here on the site. Sorry, I got a frog in my throat there. haha While Jimmy as a person overall may not be properly (and fairly) summed up well by the lazy, arrogant, selfish guy...with next to no work ethic, that I got to know here back in the day...neither was he simply a kindhearted good guy who was just misunderstood and under-appreciated. The truth I'm sure lies somewhere in between the two personas that Mikey and I see in here and articulate upon. Where he falls between those two rather opposite poles is something which Mikey and I have debated ad nauseam in the past. lol It's obviously up to each person to decide.
Jimmy was always straight-up that he was only here for the money. (Our money) But in the next breath he would also say that he was doing this to help support his kids. So the last part in particular is admirable. As far as I know he was a good dad and a good provider to his kids. Maybe not the best boyfriend or baby daddy, but a decent dad.
Regardless of all that, I still think most will find that his middle to later scenes were better than his beginning ones.
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