00:00Why are actors and musicians pivoting to OnlyFans?
00:03In an acting industry reeling from high-profile lawsuits and allegations of exploitation,
00:08OnlyFans offers familiar faces in danger of slipping off the cultural radar control
00:12and a regular income on their own terms.
00:15Jessie Cave, who played Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter films,
00:18is the latest actor to turn to OnlyFans to supplement her income,
00:22following a string of unsuccessful auditions.
00:24Since joining in 2025, I've earned more easily than my entire acting career within one year,
00:31she recently told The Times.
00:32By posting non-explicit hair content, such as videos of her brushing and braiding her hair,
00:38sometimes dressed as an elf or a maid, Cave said she made £15,000 on her first day on the
00:43platform.
00:44It's not just actors feeling forced to take the OnlyFans path.
00:47Lily Allen's OnlyFans side gig in 2024, where subscribers paid £7 to view pictures of her feet,
00:54added to the long-running conversation around abysmal streaming payouts for musicians, said Vice.
00:59Allen told The Standard,
01:00Imagine being an artist and having nearly 8 million monthly listeners on Spotify,
01:04but earning more money from having a thousand people subscribe to pictures of your feet.
01:08She eventually stopped selling content on OnlyFans, saying it wasn't that fun.
01:12Singer-songwriter Kate Nash also used OnlyFans to fund the European leg of her 2024 tour
01:17in a campaign she called Butts for Tourbuses.
01:20Early this year, she told the Commons Culture Select Committee,
01:22the only reason it was possible for her to continue touring,
01:25is because I sell pictures of my bum on the internet.
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