The adult entertainment world was left reeling when rumors emerged Thursday that Lena the Plug and her husband Adam22 were calling it quits.
The pair are one of the X-rated industry’s power couples (real names Lena Nersesian and Adam Grandmaison), best known for their steamy OnlyFans videos and explicit podcast Plug Talk, and for opening up their marriage to film content with other ‘creators’.
There were rules, naturally – like Lena not kissing other men on camera, though everything else was apparently fair game.
But gossip soon took on a life of its own this week, with tantalizing tales of a real-life affair outside their content creation, and even wilder whispers that Adam22 had been caught in bed with another man.
Now, Lena has spoken to the Daily Mail, offering a very different version of events behind the much-publicized ‘split’, which she says is entirely fabricated.
She claimed neither she nor Adam22 had anything to do with divorce papers which were filed in Los Angeles this week, pointing the finger instead at a mysterious ‘stalker’.
The adult entertainment world was left reeling when rumours emerged that Lena the Plug and her husband Adam22 were calling it quits – but the actress told the Daily Mail there’s more to the story (pictured in 2024)
Lena claimed neither she nor Adam22 had anything to do with the divorce papers filed in LA this week, pointing the finger instead at a mysterious ‘stalker’
While Lena didn’t reveal the identity of this alleged stalker – only that he is male and over 50 – she insisted the divorce filing, which remained online at the time of this publication, is bogus.
‘When you do porn, you have partners who are not your husband sometimes,’ she said. ‘So when it came out that I was filing for divorce, it was so easy for people to believe.’
She added that a closer look at the paperwork should have raised eyebrows, noting that the filings claimed she was surviving only on a paltry monthly spousal support from Adam22.
‘But if they looked at the document a little bit, then they would realize, okay, this is not Lena because the stuff that is being said, especially when it comes to the finances, can’t possibly be true. And then also the phone number [listed] is a New York City phone number. That’s not my phone number.’
Lena lives in LA with Adam22 and their 5-year-old daughter Parker.
One insider in the adult industry told the Daily Mail that Lena’s claim rings true. ‘It’s well known that Lena has a stalker, and I think this guy actually did it [made the filing],’ the source said. ‘It’s fairly common [for adult stars to have stalkers]. They build up a rabid fanbase.’
Lena also explained how she is now handling the allegedly bogus filing legally.
‘I contacted police a month ago when I found initial rejected paperwork that was sent to my house,’ she said. ‘So there’s at least one police report that has been made, but now I have to make another based on the new information.’
The Daily Mail has contacted police to confirm the existence of such a report but has not yet heard back.
‘Awful stuff is being said about my husband in this paperwork and I just don’t want that as a record… That’s what I was really worried about personally,’ Lena said.
‘I call [the person she alleges is responsible] a stalker but that’s not very accurate. It’s more like a poor individual who’s been duped by a catfish [who is pretending to be Lena and seeking help]. That’s my belief. If that’s not the case, then this is more malicious than I initially believed, but I really think that they’re being duped into believing that they’re helping me.’
Lena also shared her rather surprising theory about the ‘stalker’, suggesting the whole thing might be the result of a catfish
Asked whether the extended silence might have helped drum up publicity for their X-rated platforms, Lena was surprisingly candid
All that said, the couple have raised eyebrows over the length of time it took them to respond to the supposed split.
In fact, it was nearly 12 hours after initial reports of their divorce before Lena took to Instagram on Thursday night to claim the whole thing was a stitch up and that she had filed a police report for ‘identity theft’.
‘I love my husband, and I love our life together,’ she said in a video message to followers.
But now she admits to the Daily Mail that she and her husband were enjoying the media attention the story had garnered: ‘I wanted to get all of my thoughts out there and make the video and edit it and everything, but mostly Adam was like, ‘Oh, this is funny. Let’s just let it go.’
‘Because we weren’t sad about anything because we knew it wasn’t real. We were on set, filming, and then when we stopped, we checked our phones and I had multiple texts from people who were like, ‘Are you okay? I’m here if you need anything. Let’s get a coffee.’ And I was like, ‘What the hell?”
Asked whether the extended silence might have helped drum up publicity for their X-rated platforms, Lena was surprisingly candid, saying: ‘Yeah. I mean, it helped a little bit. It was definitely good for my OnlyFans.’
The couple began dating in 2016, a year after Lena started doing adult content, and tied the knot in a lavish Tuscan wedding in 2023
Such attention-seeking aspect is nothing new for the star, according to a source who has worked with Lena.
‘She will do anything for attention, she’s constantly searching online to see what people say about her,’ the insider told the Daily Mail.
Of course, in a follower-driven and money-hungry industry like OnlyFans, some critics have suggested the split itself may have been designed by the couple to generate attention.
Another industry insider who has worked with Lena told the Daily Mail: ‘I can’t say whether it was a publicity stunt but we’re all doing whatever we can to stand out. It’s hard to keep subscribers.
‘So we have to market ourselves. She won’t be the last to do a stunt to get people saying her name. I’m leaning towards it being a stunt but I don’t know for sure.’
It all comes with the territory over on OnlyFans.
Consider controversial creator Bonnie Blue who recently set a jaw-dropping record of sleeping with 1,057 men in a single day. By comparison, Lena and Adam’s path to superstardom was a little less… extreme.
The couple began dating in 2016, a year after Lena had started doing adult content. By 2017, she had joined OnlyFans, while Adam22, a former BMX rider and rapper, was still running his underground hip-hop podcast, No Jumper.
But the lure of adult content proved irresistible and, in 2021, just a year after welcoming their baby daughter, the pair launched Plug Talk, on which they interview other adult stars before joining them on camera.
Their joint venture took off, and the couple tied the knot in a lavish Tuscan wedding in 2023.
They then chose to open their marriage, so as to allow Lena to film with other men – including adult star Jason Luv in a viral sex stunt that sent portions of the internet into meltdown.
The lure of adult content proved irresistible, and in 2021, just a year after welcoming daughter Parker, the pair launched Plug Talk, on which they interview other adult stars before joining them on camera
‘We always did adult content together with other women, and then three years ago I started doing content with other men,’ she explained. ‘I would say that I’ve shot with maybe 10 other men in the three years I’ve been shooting. He’s probably shot with hundreds of [other] women.
‘So it’s kind of unfair that people like to always bring it up about me because it’s not really balanced. But people like to get attached to that idea that it’s something bigger than work when it’s not.’
Still, after news of the divorce broke, social media went wild with theories of infidelity.
Some claimed Lena had turned to a male partner off-camera for comfort, others speculated Adam22 had a gay lover.
One commenter even wrote on X: ‘Adam22 CRASHES OUT on live after his wife Lena The Plug filed a divorce on him after she caught him in bed with ANOTHER MAN and he blames it on her cheating.’
A well-placed industry insider didn’t deny the rumor, saying: ‘I know Adam is free to sleep with whoever he wants. They’re both open minded so even if there was a guy he had sex with, I don’t think she would care. She sleeps with girls. I don’t know if that’s actually what happens but it wouldn’t be a deal breaker. She’s very LGBTQ inclusive.’
Another insider wasn’t so kind, claiming: ‘They say he doesn’t get jealous, but he does. It’s obvious. He wants everyone to know that she’s his and belongs to him.’
But for her part, Lena insisted all is well at home.
‘Adam and I are in a really good place, and I’ve been publicly talking about what we’re working on in our marriage on Instagram. But no, we’re in a great place and only getting better,’ she told the Daily Mail.
