In case you missed it, OnlyFans is a subscription service where people — "fans" — can subscribe to certain creators for various forms of exclusive content. It can range anywhere from fitness to cooking, but it's particularly popular among sex workers.
Well, in the past couple months, celebs and influencers have flocked to the app, with various promises and varying degrees of success. The most prominent celebrity to do this as of late is none other than Bella Thorne.
This week, Bella earned over $2 million, which, you know, is a lot.
If that were the whole story, this would be a very short article. But alas, it is not. As recently as yesterday, Bella has come under fire for alleged false advertising — people on Twitter are claiming that she charged $200 a POP for nude photos of her...
...but she also tweeted this:
Also nooooo I’m not doing nudity!!! ❤️ https://t.co/vJECHqF4uW
According to various Twitter users, people have been demanding refunds from OnlyFans. Users and contributors on the platform are drawing a direct correlation between Bella Thorne's posts, the user complaints, and possible new restrictions, like a cap on the amount contributors can charge for their subscriptions, as well as the amount a specific user can tip a creator.
According to OnlyFans content creators, these new rules and caps on payment have cut the income of those who are reliant on the site, and they are rightfully upset:
Hi fuck Bella Thorne
Due to Bella Thorne scamming her fans in a $200 PPV message onlyfans has now introduced these changes to all creators rather than restricting her account: 30 day payout $100 max tip $50 max post price Why we can’t have nice things.
Onlyfans girls waking up today to find out they ain’t getting paid till October cuz of Bella Thorne
1. Bella Thorne is trash for scamming and ruining OnlyFans 2. OnlyFans is trash for changing policies for everyone instead of banning her 3. Her subscribers are stupid and y’all should have just subscribed to actual sex workers and you wouldn’t get scammed
i still can’t believe bella thorne singlehandedly ruined the livelihoods of god knows how many sex workers just bc she was bored and wanted to increase her net worth by a million dollars or whatever celebrity culture is a disease
my hate for rich people using poor peoples modes of income to make themselves richer (youtube, onlyfans, patreon) grows so much each day https://t.co/GjOfIzxxP4
BuzzFeed has reached out to Bella Thorne's team, but did not receive an immediate response.
UPDATE:
This post was updated to add a statement from an OnlyFans representative.