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The Cock Destroyers were a pornographic double act comprising Sophie Anderson and Rebecca More. After meeting after being hired to engage in a burglary scene and sexual intercourse, the pair filmed a video in October 2018 requesting clientele for group sex, which went viral a few weeks later after being retweeted by a drag queen and then again in March 2019 after being sampled in a King Princess track. They went on to feature in A Tale of Two Cock Destroyers and Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer for Men.com and present sex education for Netflix.
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Top: Anderson during an interview for the Anything Goes with James English podcast in July 2022. Bottom: Rebecca More during an interview with Holly Randall in July 2021. | |
Background information | |
Origin | England |
Past members |
More and Anderson split up in 2021, with the former announcing the latter's death in late 2023. In October 2019, The Vivienne, Divina de Campo, and Baga Chipz of that year's series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK named their drag girl band the Frock Destroyers after the pair; the trio became the first such band to enter the UK Top 40.
Sophie Anderson and Rebecca More, two pseudonymous pornographic actresses who had independently entered the sex industry via escorting and webcamming, met each other after being hired to act out a burglary scene and engage in sexual intercourse. After bonding over their shared looks and libido, the pair began performing together in twice daily group sex with paying customers.[1] By late 2018, More had acquired a significant gay fanbase on Twitter; Sirin Kale of The Face wrote in July 2019 that they were interested in her "sassy theatrics and memeable promo videos".[2]
In October 2018, after finishing a £300 morning session at London's St James's Hotel and Club[2] with several clients including chief executive officers, doctors, and a police officer,[1] the pair filmed a video in their hotel room[3] calling out for clients for the afternoon session, which was uploaded to More's Twitter account. The video depicted the pair describing themselves as "cock destroyers" using heavy British accents and lewd gestures which, according to Conor Williams of Interview, lent the clip "a bombastic theatricality".[1]
In early November,[4] after being retweeted by a Chicago-based drag queen,[5] the video went viral on Twitter and became popular among that platform's gay community,[1] resulting in coverage from the BBC.[2] The video's popularity among that market segment has been attributed to the pair's attitude to sex mirroring that of some queer men.[1] The Cock Destroyers went viral during a period in which memes of pornography were popular, with clips of Cock Destroyers saying "I’m too expensive for you" and "it will be a small fee to pay, but I’m sure you won’t mind" going viral around the same time.[6] In March 2019, King Princess uploaded a track to SoundCloud named after and sampling the pair followed by a 48-second clip containing the track and several cocks, prompting the original video to go viral again.[7] King Princess had originally crossed paths with the Cock Destroyers after she asked the pair to record a birthday message for her manager.[8]
In October 2019, the pair played a pair of rival brothel madams in A Tale of Two Cock Destroyers, produced for Men.com and TLAGay.[9] Recorded in a suburban manor estate,[10] the video was their first venture into that genre and also featured that genre's Ty Mitchell, JJ Knight, Johnny Rapid, Joey Mills, Leander, and Jonas Jackson.[9] Rose Dommu of Out.com described the film's vibe as "The Favourite, but with more anal".[10] In March 2020, to promote Netflix's Sex Education, the pair rebranded themselves as "sex education destroyers" for a one-off trans inclusive sex education video in which they walked through several facets of sex including HIV, pre-exposure prophylaxis, post-exposure prophylaxis, consent, vaginal pleasure, anal sex, and douching. Nick Duffy of PinkNews described the video as "gloriously queer" and wrote that it "left us hoping for a full Cock Destroyers series".[11]
From November 2020, the pair co-presented the safe for work four-part reality television series Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer alongside Matthew Camp,[12] with whom More had commandeered the queer brand Daddy Couture a year earlier.[13] Narrated by Chase Icon,[14] the show was shot during the COVID-19 pandemic[15] in four days at the countryside house of a friend of More's after she offered it for a shoot.[14] The series sought to find a third Cock Destroyer[16] among seven sex workers and OnlyFans creators,[17] who were described on the programme as Slags in an effort to reclaim the word as sex-positive.[18] The show was streamed on Men.com and the purpose-built safe for work domain SlagWars.com[12] and won by Tyreece Nye.[19]
"They raised money for HIV and sexual health charity the Terrence Higgins Trust by doing a sponsored 10k run on World AIDS Day [...]. They appeared at Pride events. They reached out to LGBTQ+ people on social media who were struggling. They supported trans people during their transition. They fought against homophobia, transphobia and bigotry. They advocated for the rights and dignity of sex workers, helping to destigmatise and humanise those working in adult industries." [sic]
Alim Kheraj of Dazed talking about the Cock Destroyers while eulogising Anderson[20]
In May 2021, following speculation caused by More tweeting about a "viscous email" [sic] she had received, Anderson tweeted that the pair had split.[21] More announced Anderson's death in December 2023, by which time she had retired. Eulogising Anderson, Alim Kheraj of Dazed praised the pair for their staunch support of the LGBTQ and sex worker communities.[20]
In October 2019, that year's RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestants The Vivienne, Divina de Campo, and Baga Chipz formed the Frock Destroyers,[22] who took their name from Anderson and More's outfit.[23] They had formed the band as part of a challenge to write, record, and perform verses to "Break Up (Bye Bye)" and beat Filth Harmony,[22] whose name riffed on Fifth Harmony.[24] Upon release, the Frock Destroyers' version became the first UK Top 40 single by a drag girl band, peaking at number 35.[23] In December 2020, Emma Garland of Vice likened the Love Island alumnus Megan Barton-Hanson to a tamer Cock Destroyer,[25] while in February 2023, Matty Healy stated in an episode of The Adam Friedland Show that he found the pair "terrifying".[26]: 18:34
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