There is no denying the fact that viewers of TV shows love racy content. To appease the love of titillating content of their target group, showrunners pull out all stops to ensure that their shows are a hit for their audiences. If that were not the case, what good reason could be behind shows like 'Love is Blind', 'Too Hot To Handle', 'The Bachelor' and its various spin-offs, churning out multiple cozy moments and activities per episode, where contestants are required to be in close proximity of each other? For instance, the blindfolded touch test where 'Bachelorette' Clare Crawley felt up all of her suitors in order to identify who they were further prove this point. These shows thrive on steamy content that producers put in a lot of effort to dole out and the audiences lap it up in no time. The shows do benefit and reap all the gains in this scenario but the participants also get their fair share of popularity. Moreover, a lot of these reality TV show stars chose to cash in on the newfound recognition and decided to make the best of this opportunity by turning to adult entertainment and porn. Continue reading for a roundup of 5 reality TV personalities who turned to the adult industry.
Farrah Abraham
Farrah Abraham is one of the most controversial people in the world of entertainment. She's slammed day in and day out for the way she leads her life and how she chooses to raise her 11-year-old daughter Sophia. Her 'Teen Mom OG' days are what put her in the limelight and she got fired from the show for her involvement with an adult entertainment company, CamSoda. Speaking about how unfair it was to Perez Hilton in 2017, Abraham said, "I’m single. I’m allowed to be sexual. I’m not harming anyone; I’m not hurting anyone. And I’m also about sex-positivity. I don’t know why I’ve been outcasted, or like the one out of 100 that’s been treated this way." Speaking with Perez, she also said that she decided to turn to the adult entertainment industry not just for the money but also as her way to empower women.
"I’m around a lot of women all the time for my gentleman club appearances or night club appearances. And I’m seeing lots of ladies work hard and webcams have been brought up. The adult industry and porn has been brought up. And I felt like with my sex tape situation I really tried to handle it the best way that I could. And when I was given the opportunity for webcam and doing promotions and also kind of business forming that with other women, so they felt more not sex shamed, I think that’s why I felt OK with it. And I continue to work with manyvids.com and I think them empowering women and making a life for their own, however, they want to use their money, that is solely up to them, and they’re stars in their own right… Good looks, sexiness never hurts you. And just stay focused on your goals," she said.
Larissa Santos Lima
Larissa of '90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After' fame knows how to stay in the news. Apart from being known for her appearance on TLC's most-watched show, she also made headlines for spending close to $72K for multiple surgeries in order to look like Kylie Jenner which resulted in her puking blood. She too turned to CamSoda after her surgery and raked in close to $100K for an hour's worth of lingerie content, according to Daily Mail. Her network axed her from the show for her association with the adult industry.
Blac Chyna
Blac Chyna began her career as a stripper to pay off her school tuition. After realizing that she earned more money as a dancer coupled with exhaustion from working all nights and being at school all day, she decided to opt out of studying and dedicated herself to dancing. She then gained success as a model after an appearance as Nicki Minaj's stunt double on Kanye West's video 'Monster'. She then dated Tyga with who she had a son and moved on to Rob Kardashian with whom she has a daughter. Chyna is now on OnlyFans an adult portal, making the most of the internet's obsession with foot fetish and she charges more than $50 per video for patrons who are lured by the sneak peeks she posts on the Instagram stories of her soaking-wet feet stomping into grapes and videos of herself posing suggestively in kinky lingerie.
Trisha Paytas
If Paytas' online behavior is anything to go by, she's someone who never backs down from putting herself out there to garner eyebrow raises and eye rolls. She has resorted to posting a lot of nudity on her Instagram page and also films NSFW videos of herself that she aggressively promotes on her page as well. Before she got famous as a YouTuber, she used to appear on 'The Greg Behrendt Show' (2006–2007) and 'Who Wants to Be a Superhero?' (2007). In recent years after she gained fame, Paytas appeared on the British reality show 'Celebrity Big Brother' (2017) and earlier this year she announced that she would completely quit YouTube and focus on her career as an adult entertainer. "I’m quitting YouTube. I posted on my Patreon that I am quitting YouTube… YouTube is no longer my priority. This is the first time in my life I’ve ever said that. It’s for a multitude of reasons," she explained in a video. "I started to become more popular on TikTok and OnlyFans – two totally different things – and my podcast is really growing," Paytas continued. "I really, really, love doing all three of those things. YouTube was always my biggest passion, it motivated me… I’m just not getting really great feedback anymore on YouTube," she said.
Kiaya Elliott
The 'Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant' star seems to have followed in the footsteps of Abraham and has chosen to make a flourishing career on OnlyFans. She too posts sneak peeks of what fans could expect from her page on Instagram that are high on raciness and suggestive in nature.
Elliott was slammed by her fans after she posted a photo of herself on her Instagram. She faced backlash for the photo as fans noticed she was posing with skimpy clothing in a children's park.
