An OnlyFans star is sounding the alarm about a new “creepy” trend that is sweeping the porn industry. Layla Kelly, a New Zealand creator, said that she is one of many creators that is being flooded with messages that seem to be from women but are actually from men posing as women.
Why are these men doing this? To try to gain intimate access to these OnlyFans stars in a way that would be off limits if they reached out as men.
It may sound like an unusual form of catfishing, that’s exactly what it is: someone posing as someone else to achieve something. In this case, it’s men using photos of unsuspecting women in their profiles and feminine names to try to get access to these stars.
“I personally don’t have a problem with people pretending to be someone else, if that’s their fetish then that’s okay,” Kelly said recently.
“Where it crosses the line is when someone, who hasn’t consented or given permission, is having their identity and photos used unknowingly, especially given that this is a very intimate platform. Often nude images are used too and these women have no idea. It’s so wrong.”
Former OnlyFans star Lucy Banks now runs a marketing agency for OnlyFans creators and said she’s seen this happening to creators as well — but that the men aren’t as smart as they think they are.
“There were several times where I would have subscribers be like, ‘Hey, I’m Mandy! I’m thinking about getting my boobs done. Can you send me a photo of your boobs? I want to see what they look like’,” Banks explained.
“Often the motivation is to try and get free content out of you. But what they don’t realize is that they are a dime a dozen. It happens all the time so we can see it a mile away.”
Yet other men seem to be doing it for a different reason.
“I used to have this subscriber that had some sort of medical kink, and he would always say, ‘Oh, I need to go for a pap smear, I need to have an internal, can you tell me what it’s like, I want to know what it feels like, how deep do they go, does it turn you on?’,” Banks said.
“He would go on and on and on about speculums and having pap smears and internal (examinations). And again, you can tell straight away. They’re not as smart as they think they are and you can tell straight away that it’s a guy.”
Kelly agreed with Banks, saying it was obvious when guys tried to do this: “I wish I could say this was a rare thing, but it happens all the time. It kind of makes me wonder what these men are getting out of it, and I think it’s the chase of ‘special attention’,” she said.
“They give themselves away by saying things like, ‘I’m such a dirty little s–t,’ like what? Most women do not describe themselves like that.”
While the trend is creepy, it seems that most creators can spot the culprits. So if any men are considering this trend, they should know that it’s more likely they will be blocked than get what they’re looking for.