It’s well known that people can earn thousands of dollars on the subscription-based platform OnlyFans, but an actress and comedian did just that by spoofing the platform recently. You might recognize Milana Vayntrub as “the AT&T girl”, as she starred in commercials for the phone company for years. Or perhaps you’ve seen her in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” or “Bad Shabbos.”
While she may not be a household name, she’s using her fame and comedic chops to support victims of the Los Angeles fires that swept through the city earlier this year. Vayntrub launched OnlyPhilanthropy as a spoof of the adult content platform OnlyFans. The actress shares “flirty” photos in exchange for donations.
She isn’t going full-frontal for this role, but she is sending flirty pictures for $69. Or you can get three “flirty pics” for $100, or get a special place in her heart and five pics for $1,000. They may not be nudes, but she does promise they are “more fun than anything I’d post online.” She also urges everyone to not share the photos once they receive them.
Vayntrub hopes to “use the male gaze to fight the blaze.” It does seem to be going farther than a GoFundMe, as she raised nearly $200,000 in only four days. 100% of the proceeds go to BIPOC families affected by the fires.
In an Instagram post, she shared a teaser of the kinds of photos donors can expect, along with a caption that read: “Gentlemen, you absolutely outdid yourselves—we raised 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 $𝟏𝟕𝟎𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 for a family whose lives will be forever changed. I can’t thank you enough.”
“Every OnlyPhilanthropy.com donation has been fulfilled, but if some tech hiccup kept you from receiving your flirty photos, just forward your donation receipt to onlyphilanthropy@gmail.com, and I’ll make it right. Until next time… I’ve never loved you more.”
When asked more about the project, Vayntrub shared: “I’m excited to take male attention and alchemize it into resources for women in need,” she said. “This is about more than one fundraiser; it’s about redefining who controls the financial power of online attention.”
A refugee escaping antisemitism at age two, Vayntrub has a better idea of what the fire victims are going through. She initially came up with this project earlier this month and raised over $100,000 in just one day for a single mom who lost everything in the fires. The mom was struggling to move forward and find housing for herself, her two teenage daughters, and her five-year-old with cerebral palsy. The money she raised went directly to the family who were planning to buy a car and secure a permanent home that could accommodate her five-year-old’s needs.
The potential of this type of fundraising is exciting for Vayntrub. She wants to eventually have other celebrities, influencers and activists join her “purpose-driven experiment.” It’s likely only a matter of time before someone takes her up on that idea.