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By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Monday, January 05, 2026<\/span>Lily Phillips attends the 2025 Adult Video News Awards at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas on January 25, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. <\/span> | Ethan Miller\/Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n

Porn star Lily Phillips says she has been rebaptized and is re-embracing the Christian faith, prompting a debate about whether the development is sincere or merely a publicity stunt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Phillips, 24, best known for claiming to have slept with over 1,000 men in 12 hours, shared a video on Instagram last week documenting her rebaptism. The video showed the OnlyFans star standing in a shallow baptismal pool alongside a minister who completely submerged her in the water. The words on the screen stated \u201ca day to remember forever,\u201d and the song \u201cGod Is\u201d by Kanye West played in the background.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Phillips did not specify which church she was rebaptized at, but she opened up about her faith journey in an interview with US Weekly published Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think for a while I\u2019d kind of deviated from religion, and I think I was kind of in denial for a lot of it,\u201d she said. \u201cQuite a big thing happened more in my personal life, where I kind of felt the need to start speaking to God again. I hadn\u2019t really practiced faith for a while. I just wanted to get rebaptized to kind of reinstate my relationship with God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Phillips insisted that \u201cthere are a lot of Christian girls who are in this industry,\u201d adding \u201cpeople might not know it and they might not feel comfortable talking about it because of the judgment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acknowledging that many people will probably not think she is a \u201cgood Christian\u201d because of her career choice, Phillips asserted, \u201cThat\u2019s totally fine,\u201d and said she has no intention of changing her positions at odds with traditional Christian teaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m definitely not claiming to be a traditional Christian at all. Obviously, I\u2019m not against gay marriage. I am also pro-choice. So I definitely don\u2019t have, necessarily, traditional values. But that doesn\u2019t mean to say that I can\u2019t be Christian. I would just hope that the Christian community welcomes me, because I guess everyone\u2019s relationship with God is bespoke to them,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Phillips outlined her plans to make religion \u201cmore of a priority\u201d in her life.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to take more of a back seat in work and stuff like that just to really prioritize this. Even though I travel so much \u2014 and this is my issue \u2014 I don\u2019t necessarily go to church a lot because I\u2019m traveling,” she said. “But it doesn\u2019t mean to say I can\u2019t pray and I can\u2019t practice my religion outside of church, so I\u2019d definitely be doing that and taking that forward.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Discussing her religious upbringing, said he family has “always been religious.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t practice that much or anything like that,” she added. \u201cWe were always quite close to God growing up and stuff like that. They were delighted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reactions to Phillips\u2019 baptism in the Christian community were mixed.<\/p>\n

Russell Brand, an actor and comedian facing sexual assault allegations from his younger years, who has embraced the Christian faith in recent years and was baptized in 2024, reacted to Phillips\u2019 rebaptism by sharing the video of it in an X post on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

His caption reads, \u201cThank God.\u201d Brand had previously told Phillips in an interview last year that she was \u201ca child of God,\u201d assuring her, \u201cYou are special and you are sacred.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou deserve to be cherished and treasured in every aspect of your life,” he told Phillips. Encouraging her to recognize her \u201cprecious soul and spirit,” Brand attempted to coax the adult film star out of the industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a path and a light for you,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

Phillips described herself to Brand as \u201cobsessed with sex\u201d and \u201cnot religious or anything like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Christian social media commentator Jon Root published an X post on Thursday, suggesting that Phillips\u2019 baptism was nothing more than a publicity stunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, I don\u2019t see the fruit of saving faith in Jesus Christ,\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In addition to noting her positions on abortion and gay marriage, Root listed the fact that she \u201cstill sells pornographic material,\u201d \u201cdoesn\u2019t mention Jesus Christ in her reasoning to be baptized,\u201d and \u201cstill has immodest content on her social channels.\u201d<\/p>\n

Proclaiming that \u201cGod can save anyone,\u201d Root reiterated, \u201cI don\u2019t see any evidence of good fruit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cChristianity has become a grift for many to elevate their brand a lot lately,” Root concluded. “I don\u2019t think this is anything more than lip service, especially after reading her explanation for baptism to US Weekly. If she was real, she\u2019d leave her old life of debauchery, not justify her sin, while claiming to follow God.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other former porn stars have completely left the industry behind as they committed to faith in Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

Brittni De La Mora, a former porn star who starred in hundreds of films and made millions of dollars in the industry, is the most prominent example. After her conversion, De La Mora and her husband took over XXXChurch, a ministry devoted to helping adult film stars leave the industry.<\/p>\n

In November, 51-year-old Jenna Jameson, who is known as the former “Queen of Porn,” said she was baptized and is now using her platform to help others \u201cfind Jesus.\u201d In an Instagram video, Jameson said she was “switching sides” after “decades of being known for my body and sin.”<\/p>\n

Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com<\/p>\n