Now 33 years old, Reid quickly became one of the biggest names in the adult industry after entering it at the age of 19 under the stage name of Paige Riley.
Real name Ashley Matthews, the Miami native has won dozens of awards in her industry and officially put in to the AVN Hall of Fame this year.
Now married to husband Pasha Petkuns, a Lativan free runner and social media star, they couple share one child, Emma, who was born in 2002.
In recent years she has expanded beyond just starring in pornography, creating her own social media management firm called Ash Agency.
Through this, she represents some of the biggest stars in the adult entertainment business including Angela White, Sky Bri, Kazumi, and Violet Myers.
She’s also got her own clothing line called ‘Eighteen Plus’ while still making her own adult content for her own website, away from the likes of Pornhub or OnlyFans.
In a recent interview with Ketone-IQ over on YouTube, Reid took part in a 12 minute interview while running on a treadmill. As you do!
Speaking to host Michael Brandt, CEO of Ketone-IQ, he asked her what she loved and hated most about working in the adult industry.
“Some of my favourite things in the industry is meeting the people and the types of people that I meet because you really get you know people most authentic version of themselves in whatever way that means,” Reid said.
Riley Reid is a big name in her industry (Instagram / letrileylive)
“From like the type of arousal or their high kink fetishes. A regular person that you see, you don’t know their fetishes or what they’re interested in and their desires time.
“So I think that it’s like really nice to be able to get to know people’s most authentic version of theirselves.”
On what she hates most about the industry, it was clear as day for Reid. Stigma.
“It’s not the job itself but it’s society’s stigma towards people with my job title,” she said.
“There’s so many little things. Bank accounts will shut us down, there’s so many random things like that which I think as a society we could treat porn stars a bit differently.”
Reid has a fortune of $19m (Instagram / letrileylive)
Reid often sits down for podcasts to open up on her life and experiences, with her recently appearing on the TigerBelly podcast hosted by comedian Bobby Lee.
Sitting down with Lee, she revealed she had been a stripper before entering the porn industry. But for Reid, she made no money in this venture.
“I made like zero money. I lost money because I’m basically super social and friendly and the guys would like hustle me because they’d be like, ‘Oh, she’s just going to talk to me and I don’t have to give her money’,” she said.
“The most I made I think is like $80 one night… and I was like I could make more money at McDonald’s. I did dances but I didn’t know how to sell the dances because I would just hang out at the strip club.”
Now worth a reported $19 million (£15 million), it’s safe to say Reid doesn’t have to worry about money any more for her or her family.
