00:00I go on a lot of dates. I'm on Tinder, OkCupid, Bumble, but I never sought out paying for a
00:08date.
00:12Women book me for dates, trips, international traveling, weddings, you name it.
00:18I'm Jax James, and I'm a male companion.
00:21More and more, women are turning to male escorts, and I want to know why.
00:26I'm about to go on a date with a gigolo.
00:31I don't know anything about Laura. That's part of how this works, and you're going into it blind.
00:37I'm getting the butterflies. Palms ain't sweated yet. They'll start sweating minutes before I meet.
00:42It's a rush that I love.
00:43Our first stop is dinner, and I have a lot of questions.
00:51Hi!
00:52Laura?
00:52Yeah, Jax?
00:53Pleasure to meet you, Jax.
00:55Good to see you!
00:55How are you doing?
00:56Oh, you look so nice!
00:57Sure are you.
00:57Beautiful.
00:58Oh, thank you!
00:59My first impression of Jax is that he's a lot less intimidating than I imagined.
01:04He's a small-town boy from Ohio, and it's his first time in New York.
01:08He's family-oriented, and like the rest of us, he likes having a good time.
01:13So, how have we had a chance to go over the menu?
01:15Do you mind if I get a cocktail?
01:16Get a cocktail! Have fun! You're in New York City.
01:19That's right.
01:20Wow, this is really gorgeous.
01:27You're in the limelight. Look at you.
01:29Hey, guys.
01:30Wow, beautiful.
01:31Oh, he's so sweet!
01:33After breaking the ice, there's so much I'm curious about.
01:37Is this guy for real?
01:42This is really fun, but I think there's a part of me that wants to know more about your
01:46life and who you are day to day in your career. Like, what's the demographic of people who book you?
01:55There are people that come in and book from around the world, all the way up to a woman that
02:02has a CEO position, doesn't have time to mess around with Match.com or dating like that.
02:09It's not like it's a bad thing. It's just something that's convenient in what she wants.
02:13I treat this just as if I'm on a real date. So you always get me, and that's 100%. The
02:20whole focus is on you and really why you're here is why I want to know, and that's what's special
02:26and important to me.
02:27So I do have to ask, um, do you have sex on any of these dates?
02:32The whole service is, you know, we don't sell sex. That is illegal. But, you know, we are two adults.
02:38You know, things happen.
02:40Cheers?
02:41Cheers. Cheers are finally meeting you, and hopefully good times in the future, too.
02:46Totally!
02:49Jax goes into every date with an open mind. He's polite, he opens doors, and he's genuine.
02:55It's what he's paid to do. He's also paid to do whatever his client wants. To a point.
03:02Whether that's going to their best friend's wedding or painting class on Thursday night.
03:08Let's see if he's into it.
03:13So I think this is what they want us to paint, but...
03:16Yeah.
03:17I think I want to paint you. Can I try to paint you?
03:22This is getting interesting.
03:24You can, you can try.
03:25All right.
03:26You have all this Italian-ness.
03:27I think I'm going to need a little red, a little blue, a little yellow.
03:30Okay.
03:31Yeah.
03:31I'm going to try to impress you.
03:32Okay. Good.
03:33Yeah.
03:34You better do my signature eyeliner perfect or I'm going to be pissed.
03:38No, I'm kidding.
03:39The wing.
03:39I like the wing.
03:40Is it a wing?
03:41It is a wing. Good job.
03:42All right. Thank God.
03:44It is.
03:44I thought you were going to yell at me.
03:45No, I would never yell at you. You're too cute. I can't yell at you.
03:52Do you feel like there's ever like a stigma attached to your occupation?
03:58I do.
03:59Yeah?
04:00How does it make you feel?
04:02Honestly, I don't really care what people think.
04:04They don't run my life.
04:06They don't, you know, pay my bills, so...
04:08I say that all the time.
04:09I'm always like, unless you pay my rent, then I don't care what you have to say about me.
04:13I don't either.
04:15So, how do you bring your occupation up with like your mother and your sister?
04:20Like, or do they know?
04:21They know.
04:22I had told them.
04:23They knew I was a good person, you know, cared for people.
04:26So they weren't really surprised to see me, you know, working with people.
04:31I feel like Jax and I have a real connection.
04:34It feels good, but maybe too good to be true.
04:39Okay, so I'm going to ask this.
04:40You do not have to answer me.
04:42So, like, two hours.
04:45How much is that?
04:46Two hours, hanging out with you.
04:48Um, two hours is $7.50.
04:49$7.50, got it.
04:51How much is a week, if you don't mind being asked?
04:53You don't have to answer, also.
04:54You can just...
04:54Well, you're asking.
04:55I mean, it's $22,500.
04:58Wow.
04:59Yeah.
05:00Okay, so you're buying all the drinks tonight, right?
05:03Is that what that's...
05:04Shots on me.
05:05Yeah, that's all the shots on you.
05:08It's going along pretty well, huh?
05:09You're doing...
05:10I'm like a really adorable lemon, but, you know, I like lemon, so it's fine.
05:17Have you ever felt, like, really objectified on a date?
05:20I mean, there are those times.
05:22It'll be more of a bucket list.
05:23Oh, my God.
05:24Go on a date with this guy while I'm in Vegas, you know, see what happens.
05:28It makes you seem like such an object, and you're just not an object.
05:31I don't like that term.
05:33It's not about what you look like, you know, it's about what you have inside.
05:37My painting's not coming out how I expected, but...
05:41I mean, it looks exactly like me, so I don't know what you're talking about.
05:49I went into this date with a lot of preconceived notions about male escorts.
05:54Jax and I had a great time.
05:56He's a gentleman.
05:56He listens.
05:57He's funny.
05:58He made me feel special.
06:00We had a lot more in common than I thought we would, but it's complicated.
06:06He's also a professional and paid for what he does.
06:10Our date left me asking, was it real?
06:14Honestly, it's hard to tell.
06:16I'm not used to spending money on human interaction, but there's no shame in it.
06:21For Jax, it's his job, but he's also a real person who is enjoyable to spend time with.
06:28What's so bad about that?
06:30If you can afford it.
