GeorgeEBHastings

Hi John. I don't have a question, I just want to apologize for enthusiastically mobbing you in the Kenyon College Bookstore when you were visiting Kenyon (our shared Alma Mater) sometime in 2012-2013, shortly after The Fault in Our Stars had been released.

To my recollection you were very sweet, very patient, but visibly uncomfortable. As I've gotten older, I somewhat wish I had just let you be.

I don't know if you can relate, but returning to a place like Kenyon (or any discrete place possessing a titanic volume of one's formative memories) is a jarring and vaguely melancholy experience. I can't imagine how that, combined with exposure related to Kenyon's administration using your success as a marketing tool, would have felt in the moment.

Regardless, you ended up making a really lovely video about the school as a result of that visit. Thank you for everything you've done, and the next time I see you, I'll be sure to keep our interaction, at most, to a smile and a nod from across the room. DFTBA.

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EDIT: I lied, I do have one question.

Did you take a class with Royal Rhodes during your time at Kenyon? If so, do you ever keep in touch?

Yeah, Kyle Bosman would be cool, but what if it were Liquid Bosman?

Question for Casey - and a weird one considering the context. Also off-topic. Sorry.

Casey, you're one of the more publicly Jewish adult entertainers in the industry to my knowledge. Other than Joanna Angel, I can't really think of any other people in the industry who have spoken at length about their background in that way.

Has your background ever resulted in any weirdness behind the scenes? The internet gets oddly and simultaneously racist/fetish-y when it comes to Jewish women (see: the entire dialogue around Abby Shapiro), and I'm curious as to whether that's had any kind of knock-on effect with your career and/or public perception.

Thanks!