The Punisher bared it all literally and figuratively in an incredibly revealing interview on Sit Down with Michael Franzese. Which is all set against a very human story of suffering, persistence, and also: a penis implant.
"I do a lot of funny anecdotal stuff about my life to show how I got there, how I found the remedies, and ultimately how I solved it by going all the way out," he shared. "'Cause I got a penis implant. Whenever people hear that, they say, 'This guy has to be crazy.' "But I promise you, it's better than finding you can't perform at all."
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That radical move followed his experiences in what he calls "freak-offs" with Sean "Diddy" Combs and singer Cassie Ventura — encounters he wrote about under a pseudonym in his incendiary memoir, In Search of Freezer Meat. In tone, the book is a hybrid between a tell-all, medical survival guide, and therapy session for the sexually battle-worn.
He didn't include names in the book. But in sworn testimony for Diddy's current federal sex trafficking trial, The Punisher spilled it all. He said he was paid between $800 and $2,000 a session for elaborate erotic scenes in the cavernous gloom of hotel rooms that seemed more like makeshift dungeons, baby oil glistening, sheets draped, furniture hidden. "Diddy has stayed in the wings, coldly watching as The Punisher walked her back out on stage," he said. That is, until he couldn't.
"Diddy said to me, 'I'm ready to see you f*** her,' and threw condoms at The Punisher," he said. But that moment and its pressure proved to be a turning point. His body betrayed him, and everything else ripped wide open in that betrayal.
"ED hit me harder than anything I've ever had," he said. "Mentally. Emotionally. It shattered my confidence, rattled my identity, and almost flattened my relationship. I kept quiet for a long time but not anymore."
His book doesn't just delve into scandalous sex scenes, although they're in there, too, for the curious. It's an unfiltered account of what erectile dysfunction does to a man from the inside out. It ossifies the reasons, from hormone imbalances to stress, that spur the phenomenon and pulls back the curtain on the mental suffering most men endure in shame.
"I wrote it so other men would not feel so alone," he said.
As for Diddy, his legal soap opera grinds on the trial enters its next phase in Manhattan this week, with closing arguments anticipated before long. Yet now, amidst all that, The Punisher has stumbled upon something rare: one's redemption and the power of telling the truth.
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