Lil Tay, the newly turned 18-year-old OnlyFans star who made $15 million on the subscription-based platform in just two weeks, has made headlines for claiming that women who work 9 to 5 jobs are “failures.” She claims that she was just trying to “motivate” these women to make more money, but people didn’t take it as a motivating statement.
“I get to make more money than most people ever f–king touch in their life,” she explained in a recent interview.
“Second of all, like, I want to do what I want to do with myself and my body. … Every woman should be empowered and every woman should do whatever the hell they want to do.”
While everyone assumed Lil Tay had made a fortune as a child due to her massive social media following, she insists that she was “broke” growing up and her parents kept all the money.
“That’s exactly why I had to get my money up. And that’s exactly why I can flex on you now and motivate you to get your money up,” she explained.
The 18-year-old has more than 5.7 million followers on Instagram, and has been very public about the conditions that she grew up in, particularly the troubled relationship with her father.
“I was given, like, rotten food for lunch and s–t like that, but I moved on,” she explained about how life was like with her father, Christopher Hope. While he has denied his daughter’s claims, the two have never got along, including a 2023 death hoax that she blames her father for.
As for her choice of words, she insists that it is due to her childhood and the importance money has had in her life.
“People say that money doesn’t buy happiness, but it does,” Lil Tay said.
Yet that money does come with some drawbacks, including some older men that she called “creepy” as many of the men who immediately signed up for her OnlyFans account are the same men who have looked at her pictures since she was 15. And Lil Tay decided that it was better to make money off the creepers.
There is one fan in particular that Lil Tay has identified as a top spender who has asked her to simulate Sean “Diddy” Combs-style “Freak-Off” with bottles of baby oil. While Lil Tay doesn’t mind requests like that—after all, it’s how she made $15 million in just two weeks—there was a recent circumstance that has her concerned.
“A couple of days ago, there was somebody in my bushes trying to take photos of me, and I was like, ‘Is that TMZ? I can’t tell what this is, but there are people try to get into my backyard,’” she shared in an interview.
“There’s people taking photos of me at the beach,” she continued. “It might jeopardize my safety.”
She’s right to be concerned, as many OnlyFans stars have had to move after their home addresses were leaked online. But with the millions she’s made, Lil Tay can always afford to move. After all, she claims she’s in full control of her money these days and “looking at a couple of Bugattis.”