Savanna Samson: Setting the Record Straight

By Alexis Swerdloff

Last week, PAPER managing editor Rebecca Carroll interviewed Savanna Samson, one of Vivid's most prolific and popular porn starlets. In said interview, Samson indicated that she was endorsing Rudy Giuliani for President. Fast forward to today, and both the New York Post and New York Daily News picked up this item, but neither attributed it correctly!

First the NY Post claimed that Samson told this directly to Page Six:

Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign just got sexed up with an endorsement from porn queen Savanna Samson. "I fell in love with Giuliani years ago, before and during 9/11," Samson, star of "Anyway You Want Me," told Page Six. "I like how he cleaned up the city, even though I was a victim of it. I don't want to be walking down the street with my daughter and stepdaughter and see smut in the window - even though I'm part of it." Would she stump for Rudy? "Absolutely! It would be an honor," she gushed.

And then, in a weirder move, the Daily News claimed that Savanna Samson told this to drag king Murray Hill:

Porn stars say: Rudy for President! "I fell in love with Giuliani years ago - before and during 9/11," adult actress Savanna Samson tells (drag king) Murray Hill in Paper magazine. "I don't think he would turn down my vote because I'm a porn star!"

Wha??? It seems like both papers actively got the information wrong! Anyway, to set the record straight, Samson told this to PAPERMAG.com, y'all!

Posted Jun. 4, 2007,

Savanna Samson: Becky & the Pussycats Debut Interview

By Rebecca Carroll

Welcome to the first installment of my new column, Becky & the Pussycats, in which I will talk on the regular with the real porn stars of America (as opposed to my neighbors in Williamsburg who sport “porn star” tees with their skinny britches and dark austerity) -- the women who stay lubed for a living, spread ‘em for dollars with no shame in their game, and who, more than likely, are familiar faces to many of you out there reading.

When Savanna Samson greets me at the door of her midtown Manhattan apartment, I am immediately struck by how beautiful she is; she doesn’t look like she looks in her movies, or in any of her publicity shots. Wearing very little makeup, short terry cloth shorts, a snug-fitting tank and slide-on mules, she’s just plain petite and pretty and natural looking. Although later when we’re sitting on the couch in her living room, and I’m in closer proximity to her chest, it does seem fairly evident that her boobs are not the one’s that God gave her.

In just under an hour, we managed to address both her favorite topics and mine -- sex and the porn industry; race and politics, respectively.

Rebecca Carroll: You’re doing a lot with your life and career right now that extends beyond the porn world -- how has that come to be?

Savanna Samson: Through porn I’ve gotten everything I’ve always wanted.

RC: What was it that you always wanted?

SS: I wanted to be an actress, but I was too concerned about how I looked. I had some opportunities, but I was just nervous, you know? Then I found I could be naked in front of the camera and feel completely comfortable.

Posted May. 29, 2007,

Word Up LIVE: President Giuliani?

By PAPERMAG Editors

PAPER TV correspondent Gary Pini took to the streets of Manhattan to find out first hand what New Yorkers think of Giuliani for President...

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