I spoke with both a proctologist about the science behind creaming and performers (who all chose to be identified by their stage names) about the trend and the lengths that some of them have seen others go to in order to make themselves appear to be natural creamers. “I noticed that it was just common whenever I had sex,” another performer named Phatrabbitkiller told me. ( Here’s what his stage name means if you’re curious.) “Again, was my only reference so I didn't really know that this was some kind of anomaly,” he said. The 32-year-old DC-based performer has been making porn for three years after realizing that he could make being an adult star a viable career path. On the subject of creaming, specifically its absence in early-2000s porn and subsequent rise in studio porn today, he said, “I'm going to arrogantly take credit for this because I hadn't seen it before.
” His adult videos consistently garner thousands of retweets and likes and usually showcase a performer creaming, a feature that’s become a signature part of his videos. Because platforms like OnlyFans have made it easier for performers to make a profit off of their intimate videos, studios have had to find ways to compete by featuring kinks, fetishes, and trends that have become interests for the average porn consumer. “I feel like was there before, and things were being edited out,” he said. Performer Chino Blac, who has been working in porn on and off since 2016, agrees.