David Papaleo

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David Papaleo (born January 21, 1970) is a competitive bodybuilder, fitness model and personal trainer who is mostly known by the stage name Tom Katt . He gained fame as a pornographic actor. He starred in numerous pornographic movies and posed in gay pornography magazines. He worked in both gay and bisexual pornography. In a February 2006 interview with "Dallas Voice", he talked about his retirement from making adult movies, his recent marriage and his conversion to Christianity. [cite news | author= Daniel A. Kusner | url= http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/exec/view.cgi/10/1317 | title= A porn star is reborn | publisher=Dallas Voice| language = English | date=2007-07-17 | accessdate=2006-02-23]

Early life

David Papaleo was born in Atlanta, Georgia where he spent the first four years of his life. He was raised by his parents with two other children. At the age of four, his parents divorced and they all moved to Ludlow, Massachusetts, where his mother became involved with and later married Donald L. Tatro. Papaleo's mother suffered from depression and was eventually shot and killed by his stepfather. Papaleo was 11 years old. Tatro was never prosecuted, more than likely because he was a part-time policeman with the Ludlow Police Department. Afterwards, Papaleo moved back to Atlanta to live with his father. He was a loner as a teenager, prone to violent outbursts. At school he joined the wrestling team, but he often found himself in trouble due to his lack of desire to be part of a group. He discovered bodybuilding at 16 and his body soon began to develop. Bodybuilding became a form of therapy, and helped him deal with the loss of his mother. Soon after starting bodybuilding, he entered his first contest and placed third. After graduating in 1988 he dreamed of becoming a professional bodybuilder.

Career

After graduation, he worked odd jobs and did personal training on the side to support his goal in becoming a professional bodybuilder. At this time, his body had developed considerably and a friend of a friend got him his first offer to appear in an adult movie from Fox Studios, an erotic company that specialized in the genre of bodybuilders. He agreed to be a part of this studio and signed a contract. According to Papaleo, he mainly agreed to do this because of all the money he could earn by doing adult films. Papaleo took the alias of Tom Katt and at 21, appeared in his first adult film. He continued to compete regularly during this time and contested in at least three shows a year. He also did personal training on the side and enjoyed a successful career as a personal trainer. After he won his first regional bodybuilding competition, he was able to demand more money from his clients. His career as a pornographic actor also flourished and as he became more popular, his wages increased. During this time he would begin to date men and women that were also involved in the pornographic industry.

Personal problems

Papaleo would continue to make movies with Falcon Studios and to do personal training in Georgia until the selling of adult videos became legal in the state. An adult video shop opened near the gym where he worked and pictures, videos and other things were clearly seen in the window of the store. While this did not embarrass him personally, it cost him in lost clients and friends from the gym. This, along with other issues led to Papaleo suffering a lot of emotional problems regarding his self image. He landed on hard times and began to move from place to place. From 1997 to 2003, he moved to Los Angeles and then back to Georgia and then went back to Hollywood. He also began to take steroids and other performance enhancers to compete, something that he never had done before. He would later say that taking steroids hurt his competitive career by making him too bulky and asymmetrical, which hurt his placings. At 255 pounds, he never won a single competition while he took them.

Papaleo never identified his sexual orientation before he entered the adult movie industry. For a long time he identified himself as bisexual and dated a number of men and women. For some time he stayed away from dating women as he felt that no woman would be interested in dating a gay porn star or bisexual man. During this time he tried two relationships with men. These relationships were more sexual in nature than emotional, which he later said was the main reason why they didn't last. Around this time, He began spending large amounts of money on all sorts of drugs and alcohol to deal with his emotional issues.

Recovery

He eventually found help in prayer and reading the Bible, eventually finding peace with himself. In 2003, he decided to retire Tom Katt from the adult film industry in order to cultivate his spirituality. He moved back to Georgia, met a woman whom he told his story to and decided to continue the relationship. They got married in December 2005.

As of 2005, he returned to bodybuilding as a drug-free competitor. His return to bodybuilding was also successful as he won his class at the NPC South Eastern Gold's Gym Classic and NPC Georgia Championships. He and his wife have moved to Florida where he continues to study the Bible. He remains supportive of the gay community and is very critical of mainstream Christian stances on homosexuality. He now runs a personal training business in Florida and plans to continue to compete in bodybuilding.

Contest history

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*1986 NPC Mr. Teen Atlanta Championships - 3rd
*1987 NPC Teen Atlantic USA Championships - 3rd (LW)
*1987 NPC Teen Coastal USA Championships - 1st (LW)
*1988 NPC Teen Atlantic USA Championships - 1st (LW) and Overall
*1988 NPC Teen Georgia Championships - 2nd (MW)
*1989 NPC Teen Atlanta Championships - 1st (MW) and Overall winner
*1989 AAU Mr. Georgia Championships - 4th (MW)
*1989 NPC Southern Regionals Championships - 2nd (MW) and Teen Overall winner
*1990 AAU Mr. Georgia Championships - 2nd (MW)
*1990 AAU Junior Mr America Championships - 4th (Short Class)
*1991 AAU Southeastern Championships - 2nd (MW)
*1992 NPC Atlantic USA Championships - 2nd (MW)
*1992 AAU Southern America Championships - 1st (MW) and Overall winner
*1992 NPC Dixie Championships - 2nd (MW)
*1993 NPC Atlantic USA Championships - 2nd (MW)
*1994 NPC Eastern Seaboard Championships - 1st (MW) and Overall
*1996 NPC Coastal USA Championships - 2nd (LHW)
*1996 WPF Mr. Universe Championships - 8th (HW)
*1997 NPC Tournament of Champions- 2nd (LHW)
*1999 NPC Georgia Championships - 4th (MW)
*2000 WPF Mr. Universe Championships - 7th (HW)
*2002 NPC California Championships - 4th (HW)
*2002 NPC Excaliber Championships - 2nd (LHW)
*2005 NPC South Eastern Gold's Classic - 1st (MW)
*2005 NPC Georgia Championships - 1st (MW)
*2008 NPC Debbie Kruck Classic - 1st (LHW) and Overall
*2008 NPC Florida State Championships - 3rd (LHW)

Partial filmography

* "Body Search" (1992)
* "Idol Thoughts" (1993)
* "Behind the Barn Door" (1993)
* "Abduction 2: Conflict" (1993)
* "Secret Sex 2: The Sex Radicals" (1994)
* "Bad Boys' Ball" (1995)
* "Total Corruption" (1996)
* "Orgies Part 2" (1997)
* "Cop Corruption" (1998)
* "Link 2 Link" (1999)
* "The Missing Link" (2001)
* "COPilation" (2002)

References

External links

* [http://www.davidpapaleo.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/davidsbodydesign
* [http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/exec/view.cgi/10/1317 Dallas Voice: David Papaleo]
* [http://www.musclememory.com/show.php?s=David+Papaleo&g=M Muscle Memory: David Papaleo]
* [http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_6000.php Dallas Voice: David Papaleo]
* [http://flickr.com/photos/10087783@N00/sets/72157594431658904/ Photos from David Papaleo]