OnlyFans is good money but I get death threats & had to pull my son from school – I regret it & can’t get a ‘normal’ job
AN OnlyFans creator who makes £12,000-a-month on the platform revealed that she's been left unemployable.
She shared a warning to other single mums that content creation is "not all it's cracked up to be".
Tyler Wilson, who posts under the name Bluu, turned to making explicit solo content after a car accident in 2019 left her unable to return to her nine-to-five as an estate agent.
Within the first month, the 26-year-old was able to take her son, aged 10, to Disney World.
This was thanks to her growing fanbase who collectively paid £100 a day for her explicit photos.
But she quickly found out about the "ugly" side of her career when a clip of her speaking on a podcast went viral on TikTok and she was "bombarded" by death threats.
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She revealed trolls even called the police and recalled the "judgement at the school gates".
Now, Tyler says she's unable to go back to normal life after being left with "constant anxiety" - and still lives on her income from OnlyFans as she believes it's her "only choice".
"Within one week of my video going viral, I had the police called to my house multiple times, I had to take my son out of school, and someone smashed up my car," the mum-of-one said.
"I was very fragile and vulnerable [on the podcast] - I literally went on, thinking it would make me an extra £1,000.
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"It was a heated debate with someone who was against OnlyFans - I was reacting to him with a lot of emotion and trauma."
She recalled the effect her career choice has had on her life.
"As soon as my account blew up, my entire family knew - and all the mums at the school gates had seen it," Tyler said.
"It's technically left me unemployable - I could end up losing my job if an employer discovered my content.
"I'm stuck in a rut where every time I need an income boost, I'd have to go viral again, or do a collaboration with another creator - I don't want to do that."
In July 2019, Tyler's estate agent job came to an abrupt end after a car accident left her with a broken collarbone, spine and ribs.
She recovered in hospital for a month - but continued to need surgeries on her broken bones until May 2022.
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Despite initially trying to go back to the office, Tyler found it "painful" - and switched to online-only work in estate agent management, earning £800-a-month.
"I was so worried about having to leave my job - I was just in a position where I couldn't really work," Tyler said.
"I couldn't keep coming to work in a neck brace - it was crazy.
"It was like being stuck in limbo, the online job was OK money - but I needed additional income."
Tyler says she didn't know much about OnlyFans when she made the decision to sign up in August 2022.
She explained she thought it was like Facebook, where she'd be able to solicit business by messaging people's accounts.
But she claims she didn't realise she had to share her link for fans to find her - so created alternate, anonymous social media accounts to promote her content.
She quickly went from making £800-a-month to £700-a-week.
"It was never extreme stuff, just explicit solo content," Tyler said.
"I earned my first £10,000 really quickly, which I spent on taking my son to Disney World, Florida, for two weeks.
"I also bought myself a £27,000 brand new Audi TT in cash."
However in February 2023, Tyler was hit with an influx of trolling comments after her viral podcast appearance.
Some people even accused her of "ruining her son's life".
The police were called to my house so many times in just one week, following reports of 'child abuse' - it was a joke.
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"The impact hit straight away - I spent ages replying to comments, when I should've ignored them," she said.
"My son's old school called me up pretty quickly to say they'd seen it - and I should probably avoid peak pick-up times in case any of the mums at the school gates kicked off.
"The police were called to my house so many times in just one week, following reports of 'child abuse' - it was a joke.
"I decided to stop actively posting on OnlyFans - but what's on there is on there forever.
"And I'm still making an income from it - around £3,000 to £4,000 a week."
The backlash generated from the viral clip kept going for three weeks but Tyler says she still feels the impact of the content being "inerasable" from the internet.
It's an active worry for me that when he reaches a certain age, my son or his friends will stumble across my content.
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She and her son have since moved house to prevent trolls from finding her address - and she enrolled him at a new school.
"It's an active worry for me that when he reaches a certain age, my son or his friends will stumble across my content," she said.
"We have a good relationship and I'd never lie to him if he asked me about it - but I really don't want him to go looking for it.
"High school is looking like another hurdle - but I know I'm in a position to homeschool if it comes to it."
Tyler wants to warn other single mums not to be "tempted" by making extra income on OnlyFans despite still earning enough to live on it full-time.
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"It is better than what I earned from my nine-to-five, but it's more than passive income," she said.
"In a moment of needing money, think about how the videos will likely stay online forever, it isn't worth the anxiety."
