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Sophie Anderson and Rebecca More, two pseudonymous pornographic actresses who had independently entered the ] via ] and ], met each other after being hired to act out a burglary scene and engage in sexual intercourse. After bonding over their shared looks and ], the pair began performing together in twice daily ] with paying customers.<ref name=":0" /> In October 2018, after finishing a £300 session at London's ]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-04 |title=Cock Destroyer: how Rebecca More went from meme to the UK's most… |url=https://theface.com/culture/cock-destroyer-how-rebecca-more-went-from-meme-to-the-uks-most-loved-adult-star |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> with several clients including ]s, doctors, and a ] and finding that they lacked clients for the following morning,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Conor |date=2019-12-11 |title=The Cock Destroyers Want to Make The World a Better Place |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/cock-destroyers-world-better-place |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> a scantily clad More and Anderson filmed a video<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Manavis |first=Sarah |date=2018-11-19 |title=The rise of the porn meme |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2018/11/rise-of-porn-meme-cock-destroyers-rebecca-more-sophie-anderson-instagram-twitter |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref> in their hotel room<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-21 |title=We Spoke to the 'Cock Destroyer', the Porn Star Who's Become a Gay Icon |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/we-spoke-to-the-cock-destroyer-the-porn-star-whos-become-a-gay-icon/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}</ref> calling out for clients. The video depicted the pair describing themselves as "cock destroyers" using heavy British accents and lewd gestures which, according to Conor Williams of ], lent the clip "a bombastic theatricality".<ref name=":0" /> This video was uploaded to More's Twitter account.<ref name=":0" /> Sophie Anderson and Rebecca More, two pseudonymous pornographic actresses who had independently entered the ] via ] and ], met each other after being hired to act out a burglary scene and engage in sexual intercourse. After bonding over their shared looks and ], the pair began performing together in twice daily ] with paying customers.<ref name=":0" /> In October 2018, after finishing a £300 session at London's ]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-04 |title=Cock Destroyer: how Rebecca More went from meme to the UK's most… |url=https://theface.com/culture/cock-destroyer-how-rebecca-more-went-from-meme-to-the-uks-most-loved-adult-star |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=The Face |language=en-gb}}</ref> with several clients including ]s, doctors, and a ] and finding that they lacked clients for the following morning,<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Conor |date=2019-12-11 |title=The Cock Destroyers Want to Make The World a Better Place |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/cock-destroyers-world-better-place |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> a scantily clad More and Anderson filmed a video<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Manavis |first=Sarah |date=2018-11-19 |title=The rise of the porn meme |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/2018/11/rise-of-porn-meme-cock-destroyers-rebecca-more-sophie-anderson-instagram-twitter |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=New Statesman |language=en-US}}</ref> in their hotel room<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-21 |title=We Spoke to the 'Cock Destroyer', the Porn Star Who's Become a Gay Icon |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/we-spoke-to-the-cock-destroyer-the-porn-star-whos-become-a-gay-icon/ |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}</ref> calling out for clients. The video depicted the pair describing themselves as "cock destroyers" using heavy British accents and lewd gestures which, according to Conor Williams of ], lent the clip "a bombastic theatricality".<ref name=":0" /> This video was uploaded to More's Twitter account.<ref name=":0" />


In early November,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-11-21 |title=Rebecca More: The straight porn star turned into a gay icon by the internet |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46290229 |access-date=2024-08-27 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> after being retreated by a ]-based ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=QX |date=2018-12-26 |title=QX Meets...Rebecca More |url=https://www.qxmagazine.com/2018/12/qx-meets-rebecca-more-the-cockdestroyer/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=QX Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> the video went viral on Twitter and became popular among that platform's gay community, from which More already had many followers. The video's popularity among that ] has been attributed to the pair's attitude to sex mirroring that of some queer men.<ref name=":0" /> The Cock Destroyers went viral during a period in which memes of pornography were popular, with clips of Cock Destroyers saying "I’m too expensive for you" and "it will be a small fee to pay, but I’m sure you won’t mind" going viral around the same time.<ref name=":1" /> In early November,<ref>{{Cite news |date=2018-11-21 |title=Rebecca More: The straight porn star turned into a gay icon by the internet |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-46290229 |access-date=2024-08-27 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref> after being retreated by a ]-based ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=QX |date=2018-12-26 |title=QX Meets...Rebecca More |url=https://www.qxmagazine.com/2018/12/qx-meets-rebecca-more-the-cockdestroyer/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=QX Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> the video went viral on Twitter and became popular among that platform's gay community, from which More already had many followers. The video's popularity among that ] has been attributed to the pair's attitude to sex mirroring that of some queer men.<ref name=":0" /> The Cock Destroyers went viral during a period in which memes of pornography were popular, with clips of Cock Destroyers saying "I’m too expensive for you" and "it will be a small fee to pay, but I’m sure you won’t mind" going viral around the same time.<ref name=":1" /> In March 2019, King Princess uploaded a track to ] named after and sampling the pair followed by a 48-second clip containing the track and several ]s, prompting the original video to go viral again.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The British 'Cock Destroyers' Have Officially Resurfaced |url=https://www.papermag.com/cock-destroyers-internet-explorer |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=]}}</ref> King Princess had originally crossed paths with the Cock Destroyers after she asked the pair to record a birthday message for her manager.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=El |date=2020-11-27 |title=King Princess: “When Harry Styles tweeted about me, it was a huge deal” |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/king-princess-cover-interview-2020-pain-cheap-queen-2826435 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>

In March 2019, King Princess uploaded a track to ] named after and sampling the pair followed by a 48-second clip containing the track and several ]s, prompting the original video to go viral again.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The British 'Cock Destroyers' Have Officially Resurfaced |url=https://www.papermag.com/cock-destroyers-internet-explorer |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=]}}</ref> King Princess had originally crossed paths with the Cock Destroyers after she asked the pair to record a birthday message for her manager.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hunt |first=El |date=2020-11-27 |title=King Princess: “When Harry Styles tweeted about me, it was a huge deal” |url=https://www.nme.com/big-reads/king-princess-cover-interview-2020-pain-cheap-queen-2826435 |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref> On 18 October 2019, the pair played a pair of rival ] in ''A Tale of Two Cock Destroyers'', produced for Men.com and ].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Cock Destroyers Are Finally Starring in a Gay Porn |url=https://www.out.com/film/2019/10/08/cock-destroyers-finally-starring-gay-porn |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=www.out.com |language=en}}</ref> Recorded in a suburban manor estate,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=I Went Behind the Scenes of the Cock Destroyers' Gay Porn |url=https://www.out.com/sex/2019/10/14/i-went-behind-scenes-cock-destroyers-gay-porn |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=www.out.com |language=en}}</ref> the video was their first venture into that genre and also featured that genre's ], JJ Knight, ], Joey Mills, Leander, and Jonas Jackson.<ref name=":2" /> Rose Dommu of ] described the film's vibe as "], but with more ]".<ref name=":3" />


=== Later works === === Later works ===
On 31 October 2019, that year's ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' contestants The Vivienne, Divina de Campo, and Baga Chipz formed the Frock Destroyers,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Curto |first=Justin |date=2019-10-31 |title=RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: The X-Factor |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-1-episode-5-recap-girl-groups.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> who took their name from Anderson and More's outfit; their single "]" became the first UK Top 40 single by a drag girl band that November, peaking at number 35.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Charting queens: How drag finally punctured pop |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/drag-pop-album-frock-destroyers-b1769880.html |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=]}}</ref> In March 2020, the pair rebranded themselves as "sex education destroyers" for a one-off video for ] released to promote their series ]. The episode saw the pair walk through several facets of sex including ], ], ], consent, vaginal pleasure, anal sex, and ], all while using ] language. Nick Duffy of '']'' described the video as "gloriously queer" and wrote that it "left us hoping for a full Cock Destroyers series".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duffy |first=Nick |date=2020-03-12 |title=The C**k Destroyers are teaching inclusive sex education for Netflix and they’re doing a better job than most schools |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/03/12/cock-destroyers-lgbt-inclusive-sex-educaiton-netflix-rebecca-more-sophie-anderson/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=PinkNews {{!}} Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news {{!}} LGBTQ+ news |language=en-US}}</ref> On 18 October 2019, the pair played a pair of rival ] in ''A Tale of Two Cock Destroyers'', produced for Men.com and ].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=The Cock Destroyers Are Finally Starring in a Gay Porn |url=https://www.out.com/film/2019/10/08/cock-destroyers-finally-starring-gay-porn |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=www.out.com |language=en}}</ref> Recorded in a suburban manor estate,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=I Went Behind the Scenes of the Cock Destroyers' Gay Porn |url=https://www.out.com/sex/2019/10/14/i-went-behind-scenes-cock-destroyers-gay-porn |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=www.out.com |language=en}}</ref> the video was their first venture into that genre and also featured that genre's ], JJ Knight, ], Joey Mills, Leander, and Jonas Jackson.<ref name=":2" /> Rose Dommu of ] described the film's vibe as "], but with more ]".<ref name=":3" /> In March 2020, the pair rebranded themselves as "sex education destroyers" for a one-off ] sex education video for ] released to promote their series ]. The episode saw the pair walk through several facets of sex including ], ], ], consent, vaginal pleasure, anal sex, and ], all while using ] language. Nick Duffy of '']'' described the video as "gloriously queer" and wrote that it "left us hoping for a full Cock Destroyers series".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Duffy |first=Nick |date=2020-03-12 |title=The C**k Destroyers are teaching inclusive sex education for Netflix and they’re doing a better job than most schools |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/03/12/cock-destroyers-lgbt-inclusive-sex-educaiton-netflix-rebecca-more-sophie-anderson/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=PinkNews {{!}} Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news {{!}} LGBTQ+ news |language=en-US}}</ref>


From November 2020, the pair co-presented the ] four-part ] series ''Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer'' alongside ],<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Matthew Camp, Cock Destroyers To Host 'Slag Wars' TV Show |url=https://www.out.com/sex/2020/11/13/matthew-camp-cock-destroyers-host-slag-wars-tv-show#rebelltitem17 |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.out.com |language=en}}</ref> with whom More had commandeered the queer brand Daddy Couture a year earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Camp and a Cock Destroyer Have Taken Over This Queer Brand |url=https://www.out.com/fashion/2019/9/23/matthew-camp-and-cock-destroyer-have-taken-over-queer-brand |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.out.com |language=en}}</ref> Narrated by ],<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Smoke |first=Ben Charlie |date=2020-11-17 |title=Inside The Cock Destroyers’ New Reality TV Show |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/inside-the-cock-destroyers-new-reality-tv-show/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}</ref> the show was shot during the ]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Forster |first=Tim |date=2020-12-11 |title=Please Let Slag Wars Be Queer Reality TV’s Future |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/slag-wars-the-next-destroyer-reality-competition-series-lgbtq-stories.html |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> in four days at the countryside house of a friend of More's after she offered it for a shoot<ref name=":6" /> and was streamed on Men.com and the purpose-built safe for work domain SlagWars.com.<ref name=":5" /> Won by Tyreece Nye,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Reiss |date=2020-12-18 |title=The C**k Destroyers’ Slag Wars reached its big climax – and the winner is ready to make the world a more inclusive place |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/12/18/cock-destroyers-slag-wars-winner-tyreece-nye/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=PinkNews {{!}} Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news {{!}} LGBTQ+ news |language=en-US}}</ref> the series sought to find a third Cock Destroyer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Reiss |date=2020-11-27 |title=Slag Wars: Meet the 7 queer, trans and non-binary icons competing to be the next C**k Destroyer |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/11/27/slag-wars-contestants-cast-cock-destroyers/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=PinkNews {{!}} Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news {{!}} LGBTQ+ news |language=en-US}}</ref> among seven sex workers and ] creators,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2020-12-22 |title=Slag Wars is the future of queer reality TV |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/51498/1/slag-wars-queer-reality-tv-sophie-anderson-rebecca-more-cock-destroyers |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> who were described on the programme as Slags in an effort to ] the word as sex-positive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tabberer |first=Jamie |date=2020-11-12 |title=Slag Wars: Meet the LGBTQ+ stars competing in Men.com's first SFW reality TV show |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/slag-wars-meet-the-lgbtq-stars-competing-in-men-coms-first-sfw-reality-tv-show-301972/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> In May 2021, following speculation caused by More tweeting about a "viscous email"{{Sic}} she had received, Anderson tweeted that the pair had split.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tabberer |first=Jamie |date=2021-05-07 |title=The C**k Destroyers 'parting ways', Sophie Anderson confirms |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-ck-destroyers-parting-ways-sophie-anderson-confirms-302849/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> More announced Anderson's death in December 2023, by which time she had retired.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2023-12-05 |title=Sophie Anderson will always be more than a meme |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/61511/1/sophie-anderson-dead-the-cock-destroyers-obituary |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> From November 2020, the pair co-presented the ] four-part ] series ''Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer'' alongside ],<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Matthew Camp, Cock Destroyers To Host 'Slag Wars' TV Show |url=https://www.out.com/sex/2020/11/13/matthew-camp-cock-destroyers-host-slag-wars-tv-show#rebelltitem17 |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.out.com |language=en}}</ref> with whom More had commandeered the queer brand Daddy Couture a year earlier.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Matthew Camp and a Cock Destroyer Have Taken Over This Queer Brand |url=https://www.out.com/fashion/2019/9/23/matthew-camp-and-cock-destroyer-have-taken-over-queer-brand |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=www.out.com |language=en}}</ref> Narrated by ],<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Smoke |first=Ben Charlie |date=2020-11-17 |title=Inside The Cock Destroyers’ New Reality TV Show |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/inside-the-cock-destroyers-new-reality-tv-show/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=VICE |language=en-US}}</ref> the show was shot during the ]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Forster |first=Tim |date=2020-12-11 |title=Please Let Slag Wars Be Queer Reality TV’s Future |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/slag-wars-the-next-destroyer-reality-competition-series-lgbtq-stories.html |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> in four days at the countryside house of a friend of More's after she offered it for a shoot<ref name=":6" /> and was streamed on Men.com and the purpose-built safe for work domain SlagWars.com.<ref name=":5" /> Won by Tyreece Nye,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Reiss |date=2020-12-18 |title=The C**k Destroyers’ Slag Wars reached its big climax – and the winner is ready to make the world a more inclusive place |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/12/18/cock-destroyers-slag-wars-winner-tyreece-nye/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=PinkNews {{!}} Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news {{!}} LGBTQ+ news |language=en-US}}</ref> the series sought to find a third Cock Destroyer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Reiss |date=2020-11-27 |title=Slag Wars: Meet the 7 queer, trans and non-binary icons competing to be the next C**k Destroyer |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2020/11/27/slag-wars-contestants-cast-cock-destroyers/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=PinkNews {{!}} Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news {{!}} LGBTQ+ news |language=en-US}}</ref> among seven sex workers and ] creators,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2020-12-22 |title=Slag Wars is the future of queer reality TV |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/51498/1/slag-wars-queer-reality-tv-sophie-anderson-rebecca-more-cock-destroyers |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref> who were described on the programme as Slags in an effort to ] the word as sex-positive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tabberer |first=Jamie |date=2020-11-12 |title=Slag Wars: Meet the LGBTQ+ stars competing in Men.com's first SFW reality TV show |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/slag-wars-meet-the-lgbtq-stars-competing-in-men-coms-first-sfw-reality-tv-show-301972/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> In May 2021, following speculation caused by More tweeting about a "viscous email"{{Sic}} she had received, Anderson tweeted that the pair had split.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tabberer |first=Jamie |date=2021-05-07 |title=The C**k Destroyers 'parting ways', Sophie Anderson confirms |url=https://www.attitude.co.uk/culture/film-tv/the-ck-destroyers-parting-ways-sophie-anderson-confirms-302849/ |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Attitude |language=en-GB}}</ref> More announced Anderson's death in December 2023, by which time she had retired.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=2023-12-05 |title=Sophie Anderson will always be more than a meme |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/61511/1/sophie-anderson-dead-the-cock-destroyers-obituary |access-date=2024-08-27 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref>

== In popular culture ==
On 31 October 2019, that year's ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' contestants The Vivienne, Divina de Campo, and Baga Chipz formed the Frock Destroyers,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Curto |first=Justin |date=2019-10-31 |title=RuPaul’s Drag Race U.K. Recap: The X-Factor |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/10/rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-1-episode-5-recap-girl-groups.html |access-date=2024-08-25 |website=Vulture |language=en}}</ref> who took their name from Anderson and More's outfit.<ref name=":4" /> They had formed the band as part of a challenge to write, record, and perform verses to "]" and beat Filth Harmony,<ref name=":7" /> whose name riffed on ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-07 |title=When Will RuPaul's Drag Race UK Episode 6 Premiere? |url=https://decider.com/2019/11/07/rupauls-drag-race-uk-season-1-episode-6-wow-presents-logo/ |access-date=2024-08-28 |language=en-US}}</ref> Upon release, the Frock Destroyers' version became the first UK Top 40 single by a drag girl band that November, peaking at number 35.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Charting queens: How drag finally punctured pop |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/drag-pop-album-frock-destroyers-b1769880.html |access-date=24 August 2024 |website=]}}</ref> In December 2020, Emma Garland of ] likened the ] alumnus ] to a tamer Cock Destroyer,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garland |first=Emma |last2=Casas |first2=Clara |date=2020-12-16 |title=There's Only One Megan Barton-Hanson |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgqjdy/theres-only-one-megan-barton-hanson |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=Vice |language=en}}</ref> while in February 2023, ] stated in an episode of ] that he found the pair "terrifying".<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwhy6Vyh1kM |title=The Adam Friedland Show Ep. P05 {{!}} Matty Healy |date=2023-02-09 |last=Creamium Town Archive |access-date=2024-08-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref>


== References == == References ==

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Cock Destroyers
Top: Anderson during an interview for the Anything Goes with James English podcast in July 2022. Bottom: Rebecca More in 2019.
Background information
OriginEngland
Past members

The Cock Destroyers were a pornographic double act comprising Sophie Anderson and Rebecca More. After meeting after being hired to engage in a burglary scene and sexual intercourse, the pair filmed a video in October 2018 requesting clientele for group sex, which went viral a few weeks later and then again in March 2019 after being sampled in a King Princess track. They went on to feature in A Tale of Two Cock Destroyers and Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer for Men.com and present sex education for Netflix. More and Anderson split up in 2021, with the latter dying in late 2023. In October 2019, The Vivienne, Divina de Campo, and Baga Chipz of that year's series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK named their drag girl band the Frock Destroyers after the pair; the trio became the first such band to enter the UK Top 40.

Career

Formation and virality

Sophie Anderson and Rebecca More, two pseudonymous pornographic actresses who had independently entered the sex industry via escorting and webcamming, met each other after being hired to act out a burglary scene and engage in sexual intercourse. After bonding over their shared looks and libido, the pair began performing together in twice daily group sex with paying customers. In October 2018, after finishing a £300 session at London's St James's Hotel and Club with several clients including chief executive officers, doctors, and a police officer and finding that they lacked clients for the following morning, a scantily clad More and Anderson filmed a video in their hotel room calling out for clients. The video depicted the pair describing themselves as "cock destroyers" using heavy British accents and lewd gestures which, according to Conor Williams of Interview, lent the clip "a bombastic theatricality". This video was uploaded to More's Twitter account.

In early November, after being retreated by a Chicago-based drag queen, the video went viral on Twitter and became popular among that platform's gay community, from which More already had many followers. The video's popularity among that market segment has been attributed to the pair's attitude to sex mirroring that of some queer men. The Cock Destroyers went viral during a period in which memes of pornography were popular, with clips of Cock Destroyers saying "I’m too expensive for you" and "it will be a small fee to pay, but I’m sure you won’t mind" going viral around the same time. In March 2019, King Princess uploaded a track to SoundCloud named after and sampling the pair followed by a 48-second clip containing the track and several cocks, prompting the original video to go viral again. King Princess had originally crossed paths with the Cock Destroyers after she asked the pair to record a birthday message for her manager.

Later works

On 18 October 2019, the pair played a pair of rival brothel madams in A Tale of Two Cock Destroyers, produced for Men.com and TLAGay. Recorded in a suburban manor estate, the video was their first venture into that genre and also featured that genre's Ty Mitchell, JJ Knight, Johnny Rapid, Joey Mills, Leander, and Jonas Jackson. Rose Dommu of Out.com described the film's vibe as "The Favourite, but with more anal". In March 2020, the pair rebranded themselves as "sex education destroyers" for a one-off trans inclusive sex education video for Netflix released to promote their series Sex Education. The episode saw the pair walk through several facets of sex including HIV, pre-exposure prophylaxis, post-exposure prophylaxis, consent, vaginal pleasure, anal sex, and douching, all while using trans inclusive language. Nick Duffy of PinkNews described the video as "gloriously queer" and wrote that it "left us hoping for a full Cock Destroyers series".

From November 2020, the pair co-presented the safe for work four-part reality television series Slag Wars: The Next Destroyer alongside Matthew Camp, with whom More had commandeered the queer brand Daddy Couture a year earlier. Narrated by Chase Icon, the show was shot during the COVID-19 pandemic in four days at the countryside house of a friend of More's after she offered it for a shoot and was streamed on Men.com and the purpose-built safe for work domain SlagWars.com. Won by Tyreece Nye, the series sought to find a third Cock Destroyer among seven sex workers and OnlyFans creators, who were described on the programme as Slags in an effort to reclaim the word as sex-positive. In May 2021, following speculation caused by More tweeting about a "viscous email" [sic] she had received, Anderson tweeted that the pair had split. More announced Anderson's death in December 2023, by which time she had retired.

In popular culture

On 31 October 2019, that year's RuPaul's Drag Race UK contestants The Vivienne, Divina de Campo, and Baga Chipz formed the Frock Destroyers, who took their name from Anderson and More's outfit. They had formed the band as part of a challenge to write, record, and perform verses to "Break Up (Bye Bye)" and beat Filth Harmony, whose name riffed on Fifth Harmony. Upon release, the Frock Destroyers' version became the first UK Top 40 single by a drag girl band that November, peaking at number 35. In December 2020, Emma Garland of Vice likened the Love Island alumnus Megan Barton-Hanson to a tamer Cock Destroyer, while in February 2023, Matty Healy stated in an episode of The Adam Friedland Show that he found the pair "terrifying".

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