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'Euphoria' Creator Sam Levinson Defends Sydney Sweeney's OnlyFans Storyline After Backlash
Kayla Jade is feeling less than euphoric about Euphoria.
The influencer and sex worker shared her thoughts on Sydney Sweeney’s OnlyFans arc on season three of the HBO series, which sees Sweeney’s character Cassie use the platform to help pay off debts for husband Nate (Jacob Elordi).
“I would never understand the love hate relationship that people have towards SW [sex work] on shows like Euphoria,” Jade began in a recent TikTok. “Like, it's great having them represented in TV when they're shown as a real person who just happens to be a worker.”
However, the Call Girl Confidential author took issue with Euphoria’s depiction of Cassie on the show, adding, “When you're showing them have zero boundaries and will do anything for a bit of money, it just reinforces those negative views towards SW.”
In one episode, Sweeney’s character was seen dressed up like a dog for a photoshoot, following that up with another shoot wearing a see-through babydoll dress and sucking on a pacifier. But as Jade noted, she and other sex workers would never “encourage that type of behavior.”
“The vast majority would tell that guy to f off and probably report him,” the TikToker explained. “If anything, it's just made us more aware, and we can clock a creep pretty quickly.”
Plus, building a business as a sex worker like Jade has done is no easy feat, with her saying there were times she had to rebuild her profiles after they were taken down.
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“But these big production companies can profit off the most toxic, exploitative version of it, with none of the risks that real life SWs have to deal with,” she continued. “It just sucks that that show is kind of obsessed with S workers, but only in a way that dehumanizes them.”
And Jade wasn’t alone in her criticism of the series: OnlyFans creator Sydney Leathers also took issue with Cassie’s storyline—particularly her dressing up as a baby.
“There’s just a lot that’s ridiculous and cartoonish about it,” she told Variety in an interview published May 10. “There’s so much that they have her doing that is not even allowed on OnlyFans, and that alone is infuriating: the age-play stuff where she’s dressed as a baby in a diaper, for example. Credit card processors have very strict rules that you have to abide by, and the rules are getting stricter all the time.”
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As for Sweeney, while the 28-year-old hasn’t addressed the criticism of her character, she has appreciated some of the acting challenges she’s gotten to take on while playing Cassie, most recently as “Cassie-zilla." During a particularly explicit scene on the May 10 episode, Sweeney’s character became a giant, Godzilla-sized woman, stomping through a version of Los Angeles made through miniatures.
“The ‘Cassie-zilla’ sequence was probably the coolest thing I’ve done,” Sweeney said in a behind-the-scenes video shared to X May 12. “The details were unbelievable. There were trees and cars and the buildings were my size.”
While Sweeney might have a fictional OnlyFans account as Cassie, keep reading to see which stars have joined the platform in real life.
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Elle Fanning
The actress created an OnlyFans account to research her role for Margo’s Got Money Troubles, which centers around a colege dropout who turns to the platform to support herself and her newborn baby.
"We did create an account for the writer’s room," she confirmed to People in March 2026, "so I could check out how the website is.”
Amanda Bynes
Amanda Bynes
Bring out the dancing lobsters. The former Nickelodeon star joined OnlyFans in 2025—with one big catch.
"Disclaimer: I'm doing onlyfans to chat with my fans through dm's," she noted on Instagram Stories at the time. "I won't be posting any sleazy content."
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Shannon Elizabeth
Upon launching her account in April 2026, the American Pie actress "grossed seven figures in her first week on the platform," according to Creators Inc. CEO Andy Bachman.
But money wasn't the reason why Shannon joined OnlyFans.
"I've spent my entire career working in Hollywood, where other people controlled the narrative and the outcome of my career," she told People. "This new chapter is about changing that, showing off a more sexy side no one has seen, and being closer to my fans."
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Jessie Cave
The Harry Potter alum announced in March 2025 she had joined the platform to focus on very niche and non-sexual content.
"It's very much geared toward people who have an interest or fetish with hair,” Jessie said on her Before We Break Up Again podcast. “I really am choosing to think of this as an empowering moment for me because I have been this very straight, prim actress for a lot of my career and this is very much a way of me saying, 'Okay, I'm doing something that is not normal. This is weird and me and a bit kinky. And why not?’"
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Denise Richards
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum joined OnlyFans in 2022 after her daughter Sami Sheen—who she shares with ex-husband Charlie Sheen—started her own account on the subscription-based platform known for hosting NSFW content.
"My daughter got a lot of backlash for opening the account," she told KTLA at the time. "I had heard of OnlyFans but I wasn't educated on what OnlyFans was and once I started to learn about it, I really think that the creators of the site really took the best of every platform of social media and put it into one site. You own your content. The other sites, they can sell your content."
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Tyler Posey
The Teen Wolf star launched an OnlyFans account in late September 2020. However, he told E! News the following year that he found his career on the website "mentally draining."
"You really feel like an object on OnlyFans," he shared. "I'm trying my hardest to be artistic as possible with the content I put out 'cause I don't want it to just be porn, you know? That's not what I do and I don't want to take it away from the people that are doing that. I just want to be artistic and stay in touch with my fans."
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Blac Chyna
Though the Rob & Chyna alum was one of the first celebs to join OnlyFans in 2020, she quit producing content on the website three years later after getting baptized and embracing religion.
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Jaime Pressly
The My Name Is Earl alum launched her account in May 2026.
"I’ve always believed in evolving with the times,” she told Variety in a statement. “This is another way for me to connect directly with my audience, on my own terms, with creativity and intention."
"I’ve loved meeting fans at various Comic Cons," she continued, "and the excitement of having those real face to face moments made me want to seek options like OnlyFans."
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Amber Rose
The model announced her decision to join and produce private content on the site in 2020. According to the description on Amber's OnlyFans page, her account is "your chance to experience something."
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Bella Thorne
The former Disney Channel star launched her OnlyFans account in August 2020 to "remove the stigma behind sex, sex work, and the negativity that surrounds the word SEX itself by bringing a mainstream face to it."
"I wanted to bring attention to the site," she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "The more people on the site the more likely of a chance to normalize the stigmas."
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Trisha Paytas
Before marrying husband Moses Hacmon in 2021, the YouTuber had a lucrative career on OnlyFans.
"OnlyFans did great in 2020, so I was like 'I’m only doing OnlyFans this whole year,'" she told Polyester magazine. "I kind of followed the money."
Trisha continued, "It was fun. I had a summer of it and I made a ton of money and I loved it. I probably would have continued longer but I met Moses and I was like, “OK, I’ll stop now.'"
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Jordyn Woods
The Life of Kylie alum joined the subscription-based platform in 2020. In an interview with Complex at the time, she expressed her excitement to participate on a site where everyone can be their most "authentic" selves.
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Cardi B
The rapper launched her OnlyFans account in August 2020 amid the release of her smash hit "WAP." The account featured exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the single's music video, as well as some content from her daily life.
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Dorinda Medley
The Real Housewives of New York alum joined website in 2020 as a surprise to some of her fans, though she has since deactivated her page.
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Sonja Morgan
In solidarity with her Real Housewives of New York costar, Morgan announced her OnlyFans account in July 2020. Upon the launch, she offered an exclusive free membership for fans that subscribed in the first week.
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Tana Mongeau
The Youtuber subscribed to the OnlyFans life in 2020, writing on X, "TANA UNCENSORED IS FINALLY HERE AND THAT’S ALL IMA SAY."
Lily Allen
The "Smile" singer launched an OnlyFans account for her feet in 2024.
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Austin Mahone
The "Say You're Just a Friend" singer joined OnlyFans in 2020, writing in the description of his page, "Message me if you wanna see the real good stuff."
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Tyga
The "Rack City" rapper started an OnlyFans account in 2020, though he later deactivated it to launch Myystar, another subscription-based platform for content creators.
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