Bella Thorne’s OnlyFans stunt cost some creators a lot of money.
Bella Thorne has been on a mission as of late to make sex less of a taboo topic while also normalizing sex work. However, the way she has gone about this has led to a lot of criticism, especially this past week when she decided to launch her very own OnlyFans account. The account quickly made $2 million in just a couple of days, however, most of this was because she baited people with a photo that you needed to purchase in order to be able to see. Fans thought it would be a nude image but instead, she was simply in lingerie.
Due to this supposed scam, fans demanded chargebacks from OnlyFans which led to a brand new policy that hurts all creators by delaying their money for close to a month. Sex workers have been lambasting Thorne on Twitter and last night, she decided to apologize with a series of tweets explaining how she wanted to be supportive.
PT1 Remove the stigma behind sex, sex work, and the negativity that surrounds the word SEX itself by bringing a mainstream face to it that’s what I was trying to do, to help bring more faces to the site to create more revenue for content creators on the site.
— BITCHIMBELLATHORNE (@bellathorne) August 29, 2020
I wanted to bring attention to the site, the more people on the site the more likely of a chance to normalize the stigmas, And in trying to do this I hurt you. I have risked my career a few times to remove the stigma behind sex work, porn, and the natural hatred people spew…
— BITCHIMBELLATHORNE (@bellathorne) August 29, 2020
behind anything sex related. I wrote and directed a porn against the high brows of my peers and managers because I WANTED to help with the stigma behind sex.
— BITCHIMBELLATHORNE (@bellathorne) August 29, 2020
…I am a mainstream face and when you have a voice, a platform, you try to use you in helping others and advocate for something bigger than yourself. Again in this process I hurt you and for that I’m truly sorry.
— BITCHIMBELLATHORNE (@bellathorne) August 29, 2020
Ps. I’m meeting with only fans about the new restrictions to find out why!!! This is fucked up and I’m sorry comment any ideas or concerns you want brought up to OF!! and send me your links and a pic so I can promote you guys
— BITCHIMBELLATHORNE (@bellathorne) August 29, 2020
Thorne has explained that she hopes to make a documentary on the world of OnlyFans and that she even wants to reach out to the company to understand why they changed their policy so abruptly and drastically.
Despite the apology, many are still upset with Thorne and it’s easy to see why. With this in mind, this controversy won’t be going away anytime soon.
