Australia’s most well-known full-service sex worker Kayla Jade loves the trade — but has provided new insight into why an irritating text was all it took for her to realize she was ready to retire.

In her first media interview since calling it quits recently, the adult star has opened up about the highs and lows of the industry, including her favorite requests (eating food) and the ones she turns down.

Speaking after being named in a powerhouse list of Australia’s top 100 sexperts, she told this masthead she refused a number of requests from clients over the years – one from a man who wanted her to dress up as a family member.

“(I’ve had) men asking me to act out being their stepdaughter or something inter-family related (and) racial stuff … I’m not going to do that, no matter what the price,” she said.

She said that was why boundaries were so important in sex work.

“The more you push those boundaries or the more you make yourself feel uncomfortable, the less you’re going to enjoy it,” she said.

Kayla Jade said her decision to retire came after dealing with an irritating client.

“I was just sitting, going through my morning messages, and I was dealing with a client, and he was just being so annoying and messing me around,” she said.

“It just hit me, and I was like, ‘I feel like my time is up’.

“My patience with men was wearing thin, and that morning I decided I wasn’t going back.”

But the 32-year-old said she loved the work and would continue to advocate for it as she turns her full focus to family.

Kayla Jade, who has 2.4 million followers on TikTok alone, is featured in a new piece on ‘Top 100 Sexperts list’ for her candid accounts about the realities of being an escort while also breaking down taboos and destigmatising the industry.

The so-called ‘sexperts’ include an array of diverse Australians transforming how we initiate, enjoy and talk about sex.

“I think the more we talk about it, the more we show our lives and share the behind-the-scenes, the more people will see us as normal human beings,” she said.

She said her friends were still suffering because of its reputation.

“Every day someone’s (social media) account is getting taken down because of their job … they’ve worked so hard to build their business … it’s so disheartening,” she said.

Over the years, there were certain sessions that stood out most.

“I had a guy ask me to dress as Steve Irwin and twerk on an Australian flag,” she said.

“I turned it down because I wasn’t going to put disrespect on my boy, Steve.

“There was also another session where I had to act out doing the deed with an invisible man.”

But food requests were a big hit too.

“One guy asked me to drink a whole milkshake, and he wanted to hear my stomach as it shook inside my belly,” she said.

Kayla Jade – who revealed she was a mom of two last year – said it still annoyed her to see people speaking about her kids online.

“It does bother me still when I see people talking about my kids or my search bar on TikTok being ‘Kayla Jade picture with children’,” she said.

“Why do the kids have to be a part of it?”

But she said she was grateful for the flexibility sex work gave her.

“It means I can be there for the big moments, and I wouldn’t be able to do it without the kids’ dad … We’re so lucky to have such a great relationship still.

She said her top-paying clients were usually from overseas.

But she also got lots for “backdoor” (or anal) jobs.

“Overnight clients and backdoor clients are very big money … I would say they give $40k to $50k in a session,” she said, noting that this kind of money was not the norm for escorts.

She said her favourite clients were the ones who paid her to eat.

“I love it when they take me out to dinner or something,” she said.

“But then I do have to listen to them talk about themselves for like an hour, so obviously sometimes the sex is easier.”

Kayla Jade said life now revolved around spending time with family while still posting on social media.

“I get some money through that as well, and I’m just taking it day by day,” she said.

“I’m very lucky to have built such a platform where I’m able to take a step back and focus on social media and other things.”