A porn star who took a job at Taco Bell amid the coronavirus pandemic says she was fired after a “God-fearing” colleague complained that she was “like Satan in a drive-thru window.”
Lonna Wells, 33, started working at the Mexican fast-food chain’s only Newport, Arkansas, location after she stopped performing in porn shoots to avoid catching Covid, The Daily Beast reports.
But according to Wells, she had been on the job less than a week when a “disgruntled employee” filed a formal complaint about her featuring in internet porn and she was fired.
“She used religion and christianity to push adult work like I was Satan in a drive thru window,” Wells wrote on a Gofundme page setup to help replace lost wages.
“It was explained that they thought having me work for them would be bad for business and let me know that there was a complaint made.”
Wells said that she received the news in a morning call from her manager – who allegedly told her the complainant was a “God-fearing Christian who didn’t feel comfortable giving the venue business – moments before clocking in.
“During my interview, I was very up front about the work that I did and had been doing since 2017,” she wrote.
“I was very thorough about doing adult work on the internet and about why I was needing the job.
“They couldn’t have even given me a heads-up, or waited until I got there to say something.
“I just started bawling. I don’t know if it was because I was upset, or I was ticked, or a little bit of both.”
Wells has starred in adult films featured on PornHub, and received two AVN Award nominations — known colloquially as the “Oscars of Porn.”
Taco Bell later issued a statement claiming that Wells had been fired due to a violation of the store’s “policies and procedures.”
“Taco Bell team members come from diverse backgrounds and experiences and all are welcome into the Taco Bell family,” the statement reads.
“This former team member worked for a franchise location and the franchisee has informed us that the accusations made are not accurate and that she was instead terminated for violation of their policies and procedures.”
