It sounds like his time in porn/escorting was very traumatic for him, particularly in the case of his addiction, so I can't imagine he'd look back on it completely fondly.
But as far as the comment about being forced to do anything, he does not literally mean he had a gun to his head (or did he? who knows). Addiction is a very complex topic, and depending on the substance, addiction can compel people to do things they otherwise would not do. Ultimately, he had the agency to choose to stop, and with that, everything he associated with his addiction, including porn and escorting.
It kind of bums me out because I too used to find him so hot/handsome (he still is, tbh), but it's hard to watch his scenes knowing what a personal hell he was in.