> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.gtv.blue/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Naked Men Talking: Ray Mannix - URL: https://www.gtv.blue/ray-mannix/ - Published: 2026-07-23T23:09:00.000Z - Updated: 2026-07-24T06:17:04.000Z - Description: We talk finding a connection, emotional intimacy, and why Andorra is at the top of his travel itinerary. - Author: News - Tags: Naked Men Talking For our podcast, [Naked Men Talking](https://www.gtv.blue/naked-men-talking/), I caught up with content-creator [Ray Mannix](https://x.com/raymannixlife?ref=gtv.blue). In the conversation we talk finding a connection, emotional intimacy, and why Andorra is at the top of his travel itinerary. [Listen to the episode](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1S21S8whKzL5J8tfai79LI?si=R8-zvh8mTXugShTzgk9L7A&ref=gtv.blue) **What brings you to London?** DJing. I'm here to study DJing - that's the main reason. **The DJing is a new thing? I interviewed you just before the Grabbys - you said that DJing more was on your list of things to do?** I started last year but with my work I didn't have time to do it fully. Now, I'm finishing the courses and I'm preparing for my first club gig here in London. **Why DJing?** I love music. A few years ago, I started loving techno. I like to I like to learn new things, so why not? **When you think of that first club gig and playing music to a crowd, what sort of feeling do you want them to have when they're listening to the music you're playing?** I guess every DJ wants the journey for the listener, but it's not so easy. I want them to feel like you start somewhere and you finish somewhere and you enjoy the night. **Travel is one of your passions - you travel a lot. Was there a specific trip or a moment where you realised, I'm going to need to do a lot more travelling?** As a child, every year we would drive to Croatia to go camping. When I was 17, I took my first flight - I flew by myself to Barcelona. It didn't start well. Someone had stolen my ID and I didn't get the replacement in time, so I missed my flight. But eventually, I flew to Barcelona - I went to see my boyfriend who was on Erasmus in Spain. Everything that happens teaches you something. From then, I just started travelling more and more - to see new cultures and new places. I want to visit every country in the world - life is too short. **I think I saw on your Twitter - you listed how many countries you'd visited. You're up to 90?** Ninety two. I'm hoping to hit over a hundred next year. **How would you describe your travel style?** I used to be more organised. When you travel often, you forget stuff - everyday things you don't think about. I've tried boarding the wrong flight, I've booked a flight on the wrong day. I don't pay as much attention as I used to. **Do you think that the more experience you have travelling, the more confident and relaxed you are that you'll figure it out?** I used to plan how to get from the airport to the city, Now, I don't even look. You always figure it out. There's always somebody who will help you. Plus, we have the internet. **Do you have any destinations where you always enjoy returning to or are you constantly looking for new places and new experience?** There are places I definitely want to come back to but I prefer to explore new places. I'm going to Andorra in September because this is the last country in Europe that I haven't been to. I'm just going for three days to check it out - it's been annoying me that this is the last country in Europe that I need to visit. I'm going to Latin America in December for four months - backpacking. That will tick off a few more countries. **Are you always creating content when you're travelling? Are you approaching every trip planning to do some collaborations - is that the priority?** No. The priorities are my life and travelling - the content comes after that. Last year, I was travelling in Asia for five weeks. I went there for travel. But twice while I was there, I met somebody who does OnlyFans and we filmed content together. It wasn't planned - I just saw somebody in a bar and I could see him on Grindr. I was there with people I had met three hours before and I got them to be my cameraman and to help me shoot the content. Sometimes it just happens. For the South America trip, I'm planning to do some travel content. I want to start do travel content for YouTube. I want to show people the world, and show people affordable travel so they can experience life and the planet we live on. **South America has such great content-creation opportunities - you look at some of the scenes that come out of South America - they're amazing!** You mean the boys? **Yes!** I am planning to do some collaborations there. I'll be in Rio for about six weeks, so I'm looking forward to meeting some hung guys and filming some hot collabs. **You've said that looking good isn't just about going to the gym, that it's about feeling happy and enjoying your life. What's making you happy at the moment?** What's making me happy is being able to travel, to meet people, to experience different cultures. There's people on the planet that can't afford to travel - not even to the capital of their own country. I realise that I'm one of the lucky ones. **When you're travelling all the time, it can be difficult to have a "normal" life?** You don't have a normal life, but you have friends all around the world. It can make you feel tired sometimes - constantly being on the move. **Does that sometimes get a bit lonely?** Sometimes, but you meet people when you're travelling. You also need to be okay if you're just by yourself for a while. **You've said that your work in adult entertainment has helped you learn how to create boundaries between physical intimacy and emotional intimacy. How does that work for you?** Love is love and sex is sex. I wasn't able to separate it when I was 18 or 20, but I can now separate a relationship from the sex. Whether I'm filming a scene or just having sex with other people, I don't see that as "cheating" - it's just sex. **You've also said that when you're filming a collaboration, what's important for you is to have a sense of connection with the person you're filming with. How do you establish that connection if you're separating physical intimacy and emotional intimacy?** There needs to be something between us. I look at his photos. If I'm attracted to him, I'll send him a message. If he doesn't reply, maybe he's not attracted to me or he didn't see my message. But if we chat and we both want to do the collaboration, then there is that connection - there is something between us. **You're in London for a couple of weeks - do you have a busy schedule planned in terms of collaborations?** I have three or four booked in, but maybe there will be more - I didn't want to fill my schedule too full. My priority here is studying music. **Looking to the future, what are your plans after London?** I'm about to launch my second calendar - I'm just choosing the photos. We shot it in Vienna this year - there's outdoor and indoor photos. Last year was Budapest. **You're very good at branding and thinking as an entrepreneur - it's not as transactional as sometimes people get with this kind of work?** I want people follow me and to see my life. I don't need to them to subscribe to my paid OnlyFans - they can see my music on SoundCloud, they can see my Instagram. My goal is not to have million subscribers on paid OnlyFans. I love to create music, I love to create other things - these things can also create income. I'm also doing my motorbike licence. When I travel, I've been riding motorbikes without a licence, so I want to be legal. I'm also doing a sky-dive in September. I also have to pack up my home - I'm moving out of my apartment and backpacking for the next one or two years. **You're going full digital nomad?** Yes, from December. South America, then back to Europe for the summer, then Africa. Let's see how many months I can last. - [Follow Ray Mannix on Twitter](https://x.com/Raymannixlife?ref=gtv.blue) - [Follow Ray Mannix on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/raymannixlife/?hl=en&ref=gtv.blue) - [Follow Ray Mannix on SoundCloud](https://soundcloud.com/raymannix?ref=gtv.blue) ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/e8/3f/e83f7e76-af4a-4e9f-a171-931e3df7b588/content/images/2026/02/Ray-Mannix---Cover-BE-YOU-Calendar.jpg) ## Sign up for full access to G-TV Immerse yourself in the world of gay men. Subscribe Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup. Free to join. Unsubscribe anytime. 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