Naked Men Talking: Tom Storm
We talk awards, intensity, and how living in Spain has changed him.
One of the big winners of the Grabby Awards Europe 2026 was Tom Storm.
For our podcast, Naked Men Talking, I caught up with Tom - we talk awards, intensity, and how living in Spain has changed him.
Congratulations on your success at the Grabby Awards Europe. You picked up trophies for Newcomer of the Year, Jock of the Year, and also Scene of the Year. How does it feel to have your work recognised in this way?
Honestly, it still feels a little bit unreal. I'm very happy and very proud about these awards. It was an emotional night for me and it's given me a lot of motivation to keep growing.
Calk you a little bit about the emotions that you were feeling on the night?
I had been working a lot in the days leading up to the awards. When I got to the ceremony, I started to type out some things that I would want to say if I won something. But it all happened so fast - before I had a chance to prepare anything, my name was being announced for Best Newcomer - I was speechless.
After coming off the stage, I was surrounded by all my friends and I took them to the bar to buy drinks. As I was buying the drinks, I heard my name announced again - for Best Jock. I couldn't believe it.
Then, by the third one - for Scene of the Year - I was overwhelmed.
The scene that you were recognised for was with Sir Peter and Alex Palmieri. It's from the production Spain in the Ass 2 by Naked Sword. Naked Sword was really where you got your start in the world of adult entertainment?
Yes, Naked Sword has been a very important part of my journey in the adult industry. It was my first serious production.
That scene with Sir Peter and Alex Palmieri was really powerful. They are both very professional performers and we had really strong chemistry - it felt natural, it felt physical, it felt alive.
Also, I want to say thank you to Alter Sin - his vision is very important. I admire his work - it's just great.
What makes a scene such as this stand out?
The chemistry. But also the circumstances of the shoot - it was the day of the big blackout in Spain.
That was about a year ago? Wasn't it just after the Grabbys last year that the blackout happened?
Exactly. It was a beautiful day - we just kept filming.
In terms of the Grabby Awards this year, obviously winning three awards was the highlight, but what else was your experience of the awards like? Did you have a good time in Torremolinos?
It was a crazy week. I had a lot of fun but I was also very busy with work. It was difficult to process everything that was going on.
For people who aren't familiar with your story, you grew up in Russia and moved to Spain. Can you talk about how you realised that you wanted to leave Russia and that you wanted to build a different life? Can you talk a little bit about that decision?
I always felt that I needed more freedom. Growing up in Russia, especially as a gay man, you learn quite early how to hide some parts of you and how to control your desires.
It's quite homophobic where I was born and raised - it's in the far east of Russia. You become careful with your body, with your words, with your desires.
At some point, I realised that I didn't want to build my whole life around fear or limitation. I decided to move to Spain. Spain gave me this space, and this freedom - this freedom to breathe. Once I moved to Spain, my Russian mentality started to change a little bit.
How did your Russian mentality change?
For example, on the naturist beaches in Barcelona - the first time I saw people nude I was shocked and told myself that I would never do that. One year later, there I was, naked on the beach.
I became more open, more free.
Had you been to Spain before you moved there? Why was Spain your choice?
I'd visited Spain in 2018, on vacation.
When I decided to leave Russia, I was choosing between Germany and Spain.
I chose Spain because of the climate and it just felt like the right place for me.
You've said that it was meeting Justin Jett on the beach in Barcelona that led to the introduction to Naked Sword. But you already had an OnlyFans account, you were posting photos. How did it feel when, having arrived in Spain, you started posting photos and getting a positive response?
I started an OnlyFans around three years ago, but I wasn't ready. I still had a lot of blocks in my head because of my background, so I shut it down after a couple of months.
Two years later, I'd opened it back up again - just before I met Justin.
What had changed?
Spain had changed me. I wanted to be more open, more sexual, maybe a little bit more explicit.
When you're performing on camera, there's an intensity to your performance. Is that intensity something that happens in your personal life as well, or is that just something for the camera?
Tom Storm is not fake. It's something that already lives in me - maybe a little bit stronger, a little more cinematic, but he's a version of me.
In real life, I'm intense and physical and passionate.
It's important to me that people can feel my intensity.
But do people in real life find that a little intimidating?
Some of my friends joke that the first time that they met me for a collab, they were a bit afraid of me. But I can also be calm and chill - it depends on the chemistry.
Is this the life that you always dreamed of? What would your younger-self think if they saw you now and realised the direction that your life had taken you?
In many ways, this is the life I dreamed about when I was a child.
Maybe not exactly in this form, because my younger-self didn't know about adult entertainment, but I dreamt of being an actor or a singer or being on the stage. I also dreamt about living in Spain.
I always wanted this freedom. I wanted to live honestly. I wanted to live a life where I didn't have to hide.
Dreams don't always come true in the exact way you dream it but they can still come true in a form that makes sense for who you are and who we become.
The lesson is, keep dreaming because life can surprise you. Keep dreaming.
In terms of the future, you've won awards for the work that you've already done. What next for Tom Storm? What does the future hold?
I want to keep growing but in a more international way - with more international collabs. I have a lot of travel coming up - Gran Canaria, Portugal, Indonesia, and Mexico are some of the destinations I'll be visiting.
I also want to do it better - in terms of my own productions on my fan-subscription channels. Better production, better lighting, better ideas.
These awards have given me a sense of responsibility and new ambitions.
If everything goes to plan and we get to next year's Grabby Awards in Torremolinos, what trophy would you like to win next year?
Maybe the award for Best Versatile? Also, I would like to win Best Jock again. Plus I would love to get another Scene of the Year - maybe in a group?
Anything is possible!
Tom Storm serves fashion
As well as winning awards at Grabbys Europe 2026, Tom Storm also hit the runway for the fashion show.
Gareth Johnson