“I Can’t Find A Job”: 35-Year-Old ‘Black Alien’ Opens Up About The Judgement He Has To Face Every Day
After undergoing extreme body modifications, Anthony Loffredo has amassed 1.3 million followers on Instagram.
But the man, who is also known as the Black Alien, has said that people “judge” him and it makes his everyday life quite difficult.
Speaking on an episode of the Club 113 podcast, Loffredo said: “I can’t find a job, there’s lots of negative stuff. It could be positive because you feel better, but you have to know there’s also a dark side.”
35-year-old Anthony Loffredo has been transforming himself into a ‘black alien’
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He covered most of his body in dark tattoos, including his eyeballs
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Loffredo also had implants installed under the skin on his head and arms
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Loffredo added that, “This type of change, it’s not just a tattoo, it’s something bigger.”
“It’s a fight every day, because every day you find new people who don’t understand, who want to judge.”
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He even had two fingers, parts of his nose, and both ears amputated
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After getting his tongue modified so it is split down the middle to create a forked effect, Loffredo wanted to continue
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“It’s life, not everyone understands everything. Like me, I don’t understand lots of things about lots of people,” he continued.
“You can’t judge someone, no one knows what’s inside someone’s head, why they’re doing that, you need to talk with this person.”
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So he is now planning to have his penis split in half too
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Loffredo explained that people often have an “interesting” reaction to how he looks.
“I’m human,” the man who calls himself the Black Alien said. “There’s people who think I’m just crazy. There’s people, who when they see me, shout and run and many things.”
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Loffredo documents his transformation on Instagram and has amassed 1.3 million followers
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But he insisted that he doesn’t “like playing with people” and goes out of his way to try and make others feel comfortable around him.
“I think it’s dangerous to not try to do that,” Loffredo added.
“At night when I go past people in the street, I move to the other side.”
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However, everything has consequences
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The man admitted there’s a lot of negative reactions to his unique style
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And the judgement comes not only from people in the street, but also prospective employers
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Loffredo finds it very difficult to land a job
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“When I cross with people, like old people, I change sides in the street. Also with kids I’m careful. I know it can be a shock,” he added.
Loffredo highlighted that he just wants to be seen as a “normal” person, just like anyone else.
In the podcast, Loffredo said that he doesn’t like talking about his previous jobs but at the moment, the man does tattoos. However, he added that “it’s not enough.”
But people aren’t surprised
This man has obviously some mental health problems and instead of addressing them, they surface like this. Shame on all the tattoo artists and doctors who are not turning him away and making a quick buck of this situation.
Yes I agree. I thoght the same. He has some severe mental health issue. He had gone way too far with this "creative and unique" look.
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Tats sure, personal style choice? Maybe, depending on job position and image of the company. But severing your fingers will drastically impact the kind of work you are physically able to do and the extent of these modifications has definitely put his life at risk from infection at the very least. He is clearly willing to trade-off function (hearing, fingers) and maybe even health for this look. That would set-off alarm bells about his mental health to me as an employer. I'm normally against pathologizing people's aethetic choices (there are enough stupid example of this from the 90s!) but once it's affecting function? That's crossed a line
I came here to say this. No way his manual abilities have not been affected by cutting off fingers. In one corner shop near my uni there's (or was, I haven't been there in a month because of summer break) an employee with extensive body modifications, including so much black ink on his whole body that at first, from the distance, I thought he was a very dark skinned Black person rather than a heavily tatted Caucasian one. He was polite and professional and I was just happy for him, I mean - good for you dude, and good for the owner to not let prejudice rule them. However, none of the body modifications he has affected function
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Yeah, his actions do not match his words. A person that chooses to look like this does not want to be normal. Normal is basically the most common of society and our common society (of the human race) does not look like this. To him, maybe he is finding his real self but it is not normal until more then half of his society looks similar.
I can't believe a doctor would amputate body parts in an elective surgery.
Women can barely get access to elective tubal ligation, but apparently there are doctors who are willing to do...this.
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He's French, but he had his nose removed in Spain and his fingers removed in Mexico, so he's obviously earning enough to travel widely and pay for surgery. He had his upper lip removed and split, and his tongue has been split in two, and he has difficulty speaking clearly now. Like that couldn't have been predicted...
He seems so desperate for attention and validation. It's exceptionally sad. I imagine it would be exhausting to be around him.
There's no depth or reasoning in his words. I don't think he understands himself at all and why he feels he needs to go to such extremes. I mean, splitting his penis?! I hope some professional sees this and can offer him some insight - but he can only be helped if he wants to be. This is incredibly sad. What a lonely individual
Guy is as well a massive a**hole berrating the kids who dare stare at him. Not very much liked locally.
Doesn't he have any family or friends that could have encouraged him to get help before he did all this? The fact he crosses the street not to scare people makes me sad. He must be pretty lonely. And the people that have done body modifications this extreme should be fined! I also don't think getting his penis split in half is gonna help with him finding a girlfriend!
Also, I've had tattoos, piercings and colored hair since I was a teen (I'm 42 now.) I've had to make sure my modifications worked with my jobs. At times, I've had to cover my tatts with clothing, cover my piercings with band-aids, and dye my hair a more normal (but still bright red) color. You can't expect people to hire you. He seems nice, and I hope he can find a job that is ok with it. But it's going to be a challenge.
Oh lord, this poor guy clearly has some serious mental health issues. Shame on anyone who encourages or even performs these modifications instead of trying to get him help.
If you want to be into body modification, he should have sought a job in it. He has a distinct look, and would have done well helping others to do that. Otherwise, it's going to be hard to find a job. It's more acceptable to go to a store and find people with piercings and tatts, but there is a limit.
He mangled his hearing, his hands, his lips and tongue, so he disabled himself from being able to function normally for this look and is surprised he can't get a job? Wait a few years till the post where he regrets it and has tried to reverse some of it. Sorry kiddo, there's a difference between mods and mangling. How do you eat or lift things or type? If you find someone to split your wee wee how are you going to use the bathroom? Really.
Many people desperately wish for a healthy and normally functioning body and still don't have it. This man intentionally wrecked his for cheap thrill. So not worth it.
So he has made decisions that have impacted his life, and we are supposed to feel sorry for him. Freak show is doing it to himself, and the whole world needs to adjust to his needs? Wrong. And no welfare entitlement for you either.
He looks that way and expects to get a job? What doctors agreed to cut off his nose and fingers?
Sorry with 1.3Million followers he has a job. Unfortunately they made employing circus freak illegal years ago. But if you do it for yourself it's OK. The only issue is that other people will see this as an easy way to make money. Does he have any marketable skills?
I mean, honestly, what did he think would happen once he did all these strange things to himself? It’s actually quite sad really that he was so unhappy as he was that he chose to do all of those “body modifications” to feel better about himself. Sorry but it looks awful. And some changes are permanent, as in forever. No doctor should have done some of those operations. It’s not moral. It’s unscrupulous. Poor guy. I hope he finds happiness somewhere. Hey, couldn’t he do online work? Like customer service support? Boring, I know. I worked in a call center for almost 5 years and it’s not the funnest job but sure doesn’t matter what you look like.
The man is an attention whore. "I just like to be looked at like a normal person." NO YOU F*CKING DON'T!! You didn't get a few tattoos that were meaningful to you. You turned yourself into a Halloween decoration & now you're whining b/c everyone's judging you. Of course we are!! What you've done to yourself goes beyond what any reasonable person who ever hopes to have any sort of normal life would ever do. What kind of job did you think would hire you looking like that? School districts? Wall Street? Normally I'm the first one to sympathize w/ someone suffering from mental illness, but I don't see mental illness here. All I see is someone who figured they could capitalize on looking like a freak while also playing the victim, and he's got both roles down Pat.
Instead of exploiting this obvious psychic patient with a non-article on boredpanda the media should just not pander to his attention seeking and maybe some day he will get the professional help he needs.
I'm assuming he's splitting his peepee because aliens have split peepees...? I'm really asking what's the reason (besides all the other reasons pointed out here).
This is a rather extreme version of how people can go when they are allowed to identify as something they are not...and im glad that people on here are recognising that it's clearly a mental health issue. The surgeons should be utterly ashamed and be banned from performing further procedures on anyone
With no disrespect, if nobody's willing to employ you, employ yourself. Open a startup. Be an entrepreneur. Nowadays you can make money through social media too. If you have that much money for modifications, you can have some to run a business as well.
I'm sorry but that's scary. Imagine going out shopping or getting a service from him it would scare people. It's his right but it's so intimidating and unnerving it's no wonder nobody will hire him.
To each their own, i mean i respected lizard man but he was a performer. Im having trouble understanding this? I mean i absolutely disagree with what this guy did but..his body i guess idk .im sorry too i don't wanna offend I just, don't understand? ^^"
Yeah, this is tough. Choices do have consequences, and that can be tough. I would think he would be able to find work with Jim Rose or a similar group, and I wonder if he's tried and if his personality or 'personal style' keep those groups from wanting to work with him. I've known several Jim Rose performers and they're always wanting to meet more brethren.
When still on earth, you need to look like an earthling. People may not like to employ an alien! Sound rude but its true!!
This guy has some serious mental issues that need to be addressed. I am for being unique and individual, but this is literally thumbing your nose at all of humanity and distancing yourself. Colour yourself in as much as you like, but actively making yourself disabled is not a good sign. There's a medical term for this. Maybe he needs to do some training and get an office job somewhere. Once the rest of the employees got used to him, he'd be able to carry on. But I doubt front facing would work, other than in speciality work places, where the unusual is normal.
Doing such drastic body modifications to the point of altering physical abilities unfortunately means severely limiting his potential jobs pool.
You look like an absolute f*cking freak and you can't get a job? WOW. Who would have seen THAT coming. Seek therapy. For real dude, you're messed up.
This is disgusting. An extreme waste of money and life. I have no sympathy for him and no desire to stand next to him. I don't actually care about what people do to themselves, I think everybody deserves to own their own life and choices, but no way to work up any sympathy that he can't get a job. He was handsome and pleasant looking and now looks like a monster. Nobody wants to work having to see a monster in their everyday life. Blech.
Most companies have the weird notion that their employees are direct representatives of the business. Within that paradigm. … it should be understood thst they want the faces selling the product to not bring attention to anything not related to the goods and services being offered. I’m sure there are businesses out there who would love the attention the BAP would bring to them, although other than a body modification front … nothing else springs to my mind
This man has obviously some mental health problems and instead of addressing them, they surface like this. Shame on all the tattoo artists and doctors who are not turning him away and making a quick buck of this situation.
Yes I agree. I thoght the same. He has some severe mental health issue. He had gone way too far with this "creative and unique" look.
Load More Replies... Tats sure, personal style choice? Maybe, depending on job position and image of the company. But severing your fingers will drastically impact the kind of work you are physically able to do and the extent of these modifications has definitely put his life at risk from infection at the very least. He is clearly willing to trade-off function (hearing, fingers) and maybe even health for this look. That would set-off alarm bells about his mental health to me as an employer. I'm normally against pathologizing people's aethetic choices (there are enough stupid example of this from the 90s!) but once it's affecting function? That's crossed a line
I came here to say this. No way his manual abilities have not been affected by cutting off fingers. In one corner shop near my uni there's (or was, I haven't been there in a month because of summer break) an employee with extensive body modifications, including so much black ink on his whole body that at first, from the distance, I thought he was a very dark skinned Black person rather than a heavily tatted Caucasian one. He was polite and professional and I was just happy for him, I mean - good for you dude, and good for the owner to not let prejudice rule them. However, none of the body modifications he has affected function
Load More Replies... Yeah, his actions do not match his words. A person that chooses to look like this does not want to be normal. Normal is basically the most common of society and our common society (of the human race) does not look like this. To him, maybe he is finding his real self but it is not normal until more then half of his society looks similar.
I can't believe a doctor would amputate body parts in an elective surgery.
Women can barely get access to elective tubal ligation, but apparently there are doctors who are willing to do...this.
Load More Replies... He's French, but he had his nose removed in Spain and his fingers removed in Mexico, so he's obviously earning enough to travel widely and pay for surgery. He had his upper lip removed and split, and his tongue has been split in two, and he has difficulty speaking clearly now. Like that couldn't have been predicted...
He seems so desperate for attention and validation. It's exceptionally sad. I imagine it would be exhausting to be around him.
There's no depth or reasoning in his words. I don't think he understands himself at all and why he feels he needs to go to such extremes. I mean, splitting his penis?! I hope some professional sees this and can offer him some insight - but he can only be helped if he wants to be. This is incredibly sad. What a lonely individual
Guy is as well a massive a**hole berrating the kids who dare stare at him. Not very much liked locally.
Doesn't he have any family or friends that could have encouraged him to get help before he did all this? The fact he crosses the street not to scare people makes me sad. He must be pretty lonely. And the people that have done body modifications this extreme should be fined! I also don't think getting his penis split in half is gonna help with him finding a girlfriend!
Also, I've had tattoos, piercings and colored hair since I was a teen (I'm 42 now.) I've had to make sure my modifications worked with my jobs. At times, I've had to cover my tatts with clothing, cover my piercings with band-aids, and dye my hair a more normal (but still bright red) color. You can't expect people to hire you. He seems nice, and I hope he can find a job that is ok with it. But it's going to be a challenge.
Oh lord, this poor guy clearly has some serious mental health issues. Shame on anyone who encourages or even performs these modifications instead of trying to get him help.
If you want to be into body modification, he should have sought a job in it. He has a distinct look, and would have done well helping others to do that. Otherwise, it's going to be hard to find a job. It's more acceptable to go to a store and find people with piercings and tatts, but there is a limit.
He mangled his hearing, his hands, his lips and tongue, so he disabled himself from being able to function normally for this look and is surprised he can't get a job? Wait a few years till the post where he regrets it and has tried to reverse some of it. Sorry kiddo, there's a difference between mods and mangling. How do you eat or lift things or type? If you find someone to split your wee wee how are you going to use the bathroom? Really.
Many people desperately wish for a healthy and normally functioning body and still don't have it. This man intentionally wrecked his for cheap thrill. So not worth it.
So he has made decisions that have impacted his life, and we are supposed to feel sorry for him. Freak show is doing it to himself, and the whole world needs to adjust to his needs? Wrong. And no welfare entitlement for you either.
He looks that way and expects to get a job? What doctors agreed to cut off his nose and fingers?
Sorry with 1.3Million followers he has a job. Unfortunately they made employing circus freak illegal years ago. But if you do it for yourself it's OK. The only issue is that other people will see this as an easy way to make money. Does he have any marketable skills?
I mean, honestly, what did he think would happen once he did all these strange things to himself? It’s actually quite sad really that he was so unhappy as he was that he chose to do all of those “body modifications” to feel better about himself. Sorry but it looks awful. And some changes are permanent, as in forever. No doctor should have done some of those operations. It’s not moral. It’s unscrupulous. Poor guy. I hope he finds happiness somewhere. Hey, couldn’t he do online work? Like customer service support? Boring, I know. I worked in a call center for almost 5 years and it’s not the funnest job but sure doesn’t matter what you look like.
The man is an attention whore. "I just like to be looked at like a normal person." NO YOU F*CKING DON'T!! You didn't get a few tattoos that were meaningful to you. You turned yourself into a Halloween decoration & now you're whining b/c everyone's judging you. Of course we are!! What you've done to yourself goes beyond what any reasonable person who ever hopes to have any sort of normal life would ever do. What kind of job did you think would hire you looking like that? School districts? Wall Street? Normally I'm the first one to sympathize w/ someone suffering from mental illness, but I don't see mental illness here. All I see is someone who figured they could capitalize on looking like a freak while also playing the victim, and he's got both roles down Pat.
Instead of exploiting this obvious psychic patient with a non-article on boredpanda the media should just not pander to his attention seeking and maybe some day he will get the professional help he needs.
I'm assuming he's splitting his peepee because aliens have split peepees...? I'm really asking what's the reason (besides all the other reasons pointed out here).
This is a rather extreme version of how people can go when they are allowed to identify as something they are not...and im glad that people on here are recognising that it's clearly a mental health issue. The surgeons should be utterly ashamed and be banned from performing further procedures on anyone
With no disrespect, if nobody's willing to employ you, employ yourself. Open a startup. Be an entrepreneur. Nowadays you can make money through social media too. If you have that much money for modifications, you can have some to run a business as well.
I'm sorry but that's scary. Imagine going out shopping or getting a service from him it would scare people. It's his right but it's so intimidating and unnerving it's no wonder nobody will hire him.
To each their own, i mean i respected lizard man but he was a performer. Im having trouble understanding this? I mean i absolutely disagree with what this guy did but..his body i guess idk .im sorry too i don't wanna offend I just, don't understand? ^^"
Yeah, this is tough. Choices do have consequences, and that can be tough. I would think he would be able to find work with Jim Rose or a similar group, and I wonder if he's tried and if his personality or 'personal style' keep those groups from wanting to work with him. I've known several Jim Rose performers and they're always wanting to meet more brethren.
When still on earth, you need to look like an earthling. People may not like to employ an alien! Sound rude but its true!!
This guy has some serious mental issues that need to be addressed. I am for being unique and individual, but this is literally thumbing your nose at all of humanity and distancing yourself. Colour yourself in as much as you like, but actively making yourself disabled is not a good sign. There's a medical term for this. Maybe he needs to do some training and get an office job somewhere. Once the rest of the employees got used to him, he'd be able to carry on. But I doubt front facing would work, other than in speciality work places, where the unusual is normal.
Doing such drastic body modifications to the point of altering physical abilities unfortunately means severely limiting his potential jobs pool.
You look like an absolute f*cking freak and you can't get a job? WOW. Who would have seen THAT coming. Seek therapy. For real dude, you're messed up.
This is disgusting. An extreme waste of money and life. I have no sympathy for him and no desire to stand next to him. I don't actually care about what people do to themselves, I think everybody deserves to own their own life and choices, but no way to work up any sympathy that he can't get a job. He was handsome and pleasant looking and now looks like a monster. Nobody wants to work having to see a monster in their everyday life. Blech.
Most companies have the weird notion that their employees are direct representatives of the business. Within that paradigm. … it should be understood thst they want the faces selling the product to not bring attention to anything not related to the goods and services being offered. I’m sure there are businesses out there who would love the attention the BAP would bring to them, although other than a body modification front … nothing else springs to my mind
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