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“I train every day no matter what,” says the buff performer. And though he may be retired - sort of - there’s one thing that Darren doesn’t plan on saying goodbye to anytime soon: his killer abs. Recently relocating back to his native Melbourne - from where he regularly commutes back to Vegas - these days Darren says he’s more often in a suit than a G-string as he focuses on growing the business. Stripping may have meant that I’ve sacrificed those things, but I don’t strip much at the moment - I’ve unofficially retired - so I’m hoping things will change.” It’s hard to find someone you love … it really is. “I’ve tried to explain it to girls, but they don’t understand it and here I am today as a single guy. It’s no different from dating a pilot, who’s always away with beautiful air hostesses. Despite doing what I do, you can trust me. At the end of the day though, I’m a professional. “Long distance isn’t easy and anyone who is in a relationship with a performer really needs to be confident in themselves. “My life on the road makes it hard to hold down a relationship,” he says. After close to 15 years of stripping and living the high life, Darren is ready to settle down, but he acknowledges that his lifestyle has made having a serious girlfriend almost impossible. While easy sex is offered up on a plate each night, holding down a relationship is hard. We also get a lot of requests for sex services, however being a stripper doesn’t equal a porn star or a hooker.”
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Plus there are loads of porn sites that contact us with job offers, which we politely decline. “Quite a few are X-rated, which is awkward. “We get so many unsolicited show reels sent to us from guys who want to join the show,” he says, laughing. The revival in stripping has also led to a surge in interest from wannabe male strippers. It created excitement around an industry that was, quite possibly, on its knees.” It really has put stripping back on the map and made it cool again. “It’s good for us because everyone talks about it.
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And the blockbuster success of the movie franchise seems to have reinvigorated what was a floundering industry. While the story is fictional, from what Darren says, the world it depicts is definitely not.
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“After the show we have a meet and greet at a bar across from the venue and the girls all want to meet the guys and we’ll kick on to a club together and then sometimes continue on after that … we’re only human after all.”īoth Magic Mike and its sequel, Magic Mike XXL, show the highs of being centrestage, and the perks of easy money and beautiful, easy women. Everyone really does leave their inhibitions behind when they arrive. “A girl will suggest something to me and then follow it with: ‘But let’s be quick, my boyfriend is coming to pick me up in an hour.’ Vegas is called ‘Sin City’ for a reason. “You’d be shocked,” he says, shaking his head. While the licensing laws mean briefs and G-strings is as far as Darren and his boys can go, the show is touted as the “most hands on” male strip show in Vegas and the audience definitely take the advertising hyperbole to heart. Darren shopped Aussie Heat around to various venues, before eventually landing a contract at Planet Hollywood on the strip.
Heading to Vegas in 2015 with the aim of taking the show there (“there’s no bigger stage on earth”). I get more nervous about taking my top off at a pool party than on a stage.”Īfter years performing in his native Melbourne, Darren set his sights on the big time. “You’d just think you’re having a good time in front of a heap of girls, plus the choreography was so rigid I was more focused on where to step than taking everything off. “You don’t think about it that way,” explains Darren.
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“We’d swing it round like a fire hose, it was like being in the wild west.”Īnd was he at all bashful about doing the full monty? “We did a ‘dirty spot’ show,” he says, smiling. And while his current Vegas show has a strictly no nudity policy, back then he let it all hang out. Fast-forward four years of touring, Darren decided to go it alone and start his own act. The audience adoration and his natural affinity on the stage saw him take the top spot on the show and nab the contract with what was the country’s biggest male strip group. “I was surprisingly calm, I felt exhilarated … the crowd were so energetic and I got instant positive feedback, which was a rush. “Other than playing football, it was my first live performance - my first one on stage anyhow,” he laughs. Getting into the top 20, he quickly found that taking his clothes off onstage struck a chord. Darren during his early days of stripping.