Drea de Matteo opens up about her journey to OnlyFans
“The Sopranos” actress talks about how OnlyFans saved her from a financial crisis, and why she is selling “sexy” - but not sex.
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Remember: selling sex in exchange for money is prostitution in the real world. Selling sex in exchange for tips on the internet is entrepreneurship.
Selling intercourse is illegal. Not showing your body for a buck!!
@@galaxyglitterlatte4664 People do f*ck for money on OnlyFans. Just thought you ought to know.
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Abc out here promoting only fans with a large youth audience is kinda weird
Disney doesn't do anything wrong. I don't know who this woman is.
Average age of ABC viewers is low-mid 60s
Please only promote only fans to your hot daughters, too many average to uglies girls thinking it's a get rich quick scheme and make bad content.
@@peterdarker1 I'm 52 male ain't nobody gonna pay to look at me. Thank Goodness.
only promote it to your good looking daughters. too many ugly and fat ones think they can make it but they can't.
Hello people, not one person ever watched Sons of Anarchy? That show was on way after Sopranos. Shes an awesome actress
Yeah and she's 52!
Tried, but I'm not into cheesy.
yea but her role in SOA was small in comparison to Sopranos.
Why is everyone doing only fans? Good god. This is not feminism
It's prostitution, sanitized.
its korn... its been around since 1960s -- after popular demand and is now a 10 billion+ dollar industry.. what planet are you from?
If ghouls wanna pay for it 😂😂😂
It actually is! Women making their own money, on their on schedule. As someone already pointed out, porn has been around way longer, but the work environment in porn was often unfair, sexist and even dangerous for women. They were treated unfairly and with the rise of OF, women who want to work in this industry can be their own boss.
Oldest profession = sex work
Society is doomed.
This is sad. She shouldn’t have to resort to this. She is an amazing actress.
I know and I'm really surprised she didn't make the money she should have made on the Soprano's.... very unfair.
Who cares how she makes her money and Drea is more than surviving, she's thriving! Wishing her the best .
She is too old to be selling herself on Only Fans! Men do not want to pay to see old ladies. I wouldn't visit her page even if it was free. Some women really don't know when it's time to retire the sex kitten phase. Does Madonna have an Only Fans account. 😆😆😆
Isn't she 52! News flash 50 isn't the new 20. She may be fit but she's as dry as the Sahara Desert.
If I looked like her, I'd be on only fans! Make bank.
She’s brutally honest. So much respect for Drea❤
Her kids are beautiful. Love her. She can still act.
Not rich but she is sitting in a fancy livingroom in a mansion on the hollywood hills....😒
She probably already paid for it with Sopranos money duh.
@@NinjaBooKitty There are exorbitant property taxes on mansions in places like that and upkeep of the property. Even if it is paid off, she's got bills.
@@alabaster193 Oh I'm sure but at least the house is paid for.
while Hollywood and downtown LA are basically dead . I would never pay a cent to these people
52!!! Wow!!
Drea from the Sopranos 🎉
Can you imagine the spin she puts on everyday life
Shades of blue was one of the best series on TV with her Ray Liotta n JLo. Loved that show. She is an amazing actress n has been in a lot of roles that fit her so much as an actress she is just very talented.
She has a nice desk
Nice racks.
Loved her character and she is such a cool person, wishing her the best
Why can’t an actress get a normal job like the rest of us when bills need to be paid? Acting like she had no other choice is her worst performance yet. 💀
This would be none of your business if you hadn’t clicked on it! Hungry much?
Because they have no skills and are used to a high standard of living. Why do you think so many of them get plastic surgery? To keep their careers going for as long as possible.
Why not celebrate women's successes and beauty rather than critical? She's empowered.
If you had hundreds of thousands of fans willing to pay you $100K a month to see pics of you in a bathing suit...wouldn't you take it?
@@spacenerd9499 not really...she is just "selling herself as an object" as many women have done over the centuries...as long as she has a nice body...she will have fans...even when she is 75, there will be people with old lady fetishes willing to pay to see some granny parts.
The things people will do to avoid a 9-5 job.😂😂😂
If you watch the video, she says she did it during Covid lockdown to pay the bills and keep her house. There weren't many work options and most Americans don't have 2 years worth of savings or investment stock money.
I was a tv actor from 17 until the age of 34 then couldn't get work, who do you think is hiring an out of work tv actor with zero 9-5 experience in any area of work, i couldn't even get work as a dishwasher because they wanted someone with experience…so in some cases its not avoiding work.
Exactly,.......when women are working they say "don't objectify me" but when they are out of work and irresponsible with their money, anything goes, even washed up geriatrics. If you experienced hardship during covid financially, YOU have POOR life choice problems and are probably one of those who has to beg the government for a hand out. Ironically these are the people who say they HATE government any other time, but are not ashamed to beg for cash. At the end of the day lots of people are just cheap, ignorant, fools who talk big until it's time to have an adult conversation.......you can see some in this comment stream
God bless ABC & OF for empowering a new & old generation of 304s.
Hell yea! Especially when 9-5 jobs are overrated, underpaid and overworked.
The fact she dresses suggestively without taking her clothes off, I have no issues
@0:10 “I can see why a lot of people are coming on your site”…..Haha🤣😆🤣 she knew what she was saying
"Drea de Matteo 'opens up' about her journey to OnlyFans"
So she is living way beyond her means and her only choice is only fans?? 🤦🏻♀️ If she can’t afford her mansion maybe moving to a more affordable place would be another option 🤷🏻♀️
Wasn't she on Desperate housewives?
Yes. For one season.
Didn't you watch the video? They covered that.
My boring life can be in the app?
Owning your home nowadays means you are rich. Even a way smaller place and in a regular neighborhood. But she made a decision and she wants to provide for her family and I think she understands the pros and the many cons. She could not live off of her past work, and was facing losing her property. I don't think OF is all bad. It is shocking though how much men need this and basically how lonely millions of men are.
Blacklisted for not taking the vax.. I support whatever decision she makes. It's her life.
I didn't know that, that changes quite a bit about how I look at her.. Thank you and I agree with you and her 😊
Proud of her. What her daughters think of her is the MOST important ⭐️👍🏼
I see alot of comments judging her! She is modeling and not doing porn on OnlyFans! She pivoted and was smart to do that. Instead of being a victim, she charged ahead. How many would have the balls to do what she did? Good for you Drea! I hope it leads to more acting work too!
Yes, you are loved around the world Drea
From Grammys to only fans ….there is a huge difference
Get that money Drea!!!
Who? Why? WHO CARES? Some has-been from ages ago uses a controversial site? BIG DEAL, and NO STORY.
$50,000 in tips. People really pay for this. Lol.
not me f no
😂😂 I pronounced it "christahfuh" when I say out loud. Randomly.
She is real and just advertised her only fans and so she is a genius too
Should have done this 20 years ago. It’s like the Playboy of the 2000s. All actresses in their 40s.
Christopha!
That's very rude to ask someone about their personal finances.
So happy for her. ABC is giving Only fans a big boost. How much did they pay for the advertisement?
Seems like a beautiful and down to earth lady. Good for her.
She was awesome in Sons of Anarchy too!
!!!! Omg it’s Wendy ❤
I totally still say 'Christophuh!"
She did fabulous in S.O.A also♥️
Gorgeous !
I have not seen her acting in anything since The Sopranos. Maybe she has acted since The Sopranos, but I haven't come across anything she has done. I'm glad she has been saved from financial ruin. What happened to the money that she made on The Sopranos (and any other acting jobs she may have done)?!
It’s been years between bills mortgages I’m sure she ran through her savings
The interviewer asked her that.
She was in Shades of Blue... I loved her as detective Tess. But it kinda still felt like she was Andrea, kinda
You never saw Sons of Anarchy?
Sons of Anarchy!!!
You still got it so rock it while you can girl. Awesome.
She s so lovely❤
She roles out a pretty professional and tasty page. Good for her.
She's a fvcking rockstar 👏🤘
Love her!!!
So proud of her for taking care of her babies
yea 😂 right
Drea found a way to save herself and loved ones, during a difficult time. She’s a smart lady! God bless!💯
she messes up getting her kids 'fully vaccinated'
I can’t believe it either! Went through all that financial loss just to poison her kids.
Good for her !!
Good for her!
"I like the butt shot. That's nice."
Well with all the photoshops, of course anyone can look this sexy....at any age. 🙄not sure why people fool themselves thinking that's the real them. So weird. She's alright tho. I just think her ego does not fit.
get the money, honestly, who cares if you sell sex. just don't be a home wrecker, be a good person.
wow what great advice 😂
@@arturoalmazan5262 what? It’s good money. I suppose RELIGION says it’s a bad thing but it isn’t wrong to do.
@puppylove422 I would not let a woman do that onlyfans crap if she had children and I was married to one but to each his own I guess
@@arturoalmazan5262 yea, perhaps if you are married it may be less appropriate for her to share her body with the world. That could be a part of our as human beings. 😀 you could be right but I’m not sure right now.
Doing what she’s got to do. Not mad about it
Good for her!!!!!! A lot of us have thought of doing this and we just don't due to maybe not enough confidence!!!! She rocks it!!!
Word
Although my friends suggest do my feet. Lot of people get off on feet
10 min long only fans commercial
Well she's doing her best at supporting Thomas and Abel so we can't judge her for that, being the former old lady of samcro president Jax Teller so who are we to judge
Super proud of her for not giving into the vaccine mandate for herself.
She's 52 😮😮😮
She was a Hooah
Most importantly in sons of anarchy
It's just a bunch of bikini shots from what I heard...
I want to know what her definition of “barely getting paid” is….
She's52!?!?!?! I'm56 and it don't look like that!!! If it did...I'd be making money for sure!
Unreal ,right? She hasn't changed since the sopranos. Considering 2 kids and probably went through menopause. She still stunning! Get that money drea!
You do it wrong
Christopfah was right
She's got the gift to make it worth it.
She looks like Portia De Rossi - if Portia had plastic surgery and it was a bad surgeon!
I truly thought it was her, I don’t own a tv so know them from internet only. Bizar
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Good for her.
dude wtfffffff this is sad
If people pay keep doing it. Who cares. Wish I could but people would only pay me to keep my clothes on 💔
0:48 👀 🙄
This is hilarious
She would have made a great cat woman!
Homegirl from Sopranos..😣
She’s not rich and this isn’t porn oh ok Took the suggestion of her teenage daughters friend as an adult lol this poor woman lost her integrity everything that really matters in life sad for her family but yeah this world is just messed up
I'm thinking of starting an account. What do all ya think?
Use a fake name a wig if you need your day job or don’t show your face! I don’t judge anyone if they think it’s going to improve their lives times are hard but if you have an every day life you want to maintain, I’ve seen from people online to be discrete don’t look like yourself.
So ritch people figure out how much taxes cost for your house and put that money away? But she doesn't believe in vacations (even though you cant send your kid to school without doing some of them) still cant believe she didnt pocket some money in a retirement fund that is weirder then her vacine stand.
Tragic
Deuces Wild
Lmao she vaxxed herself
Whaaaaaaattt!😮
What?! 😮👀
The goddess of mob wives❤
👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿
Are any washed up actresses watching this?
Lol
FOX “News” and only fans appreciates u I guess. 🙄
She need's to clean that pool!
ONLY FANS, WHERE ACTORS COME TO DIE. ITS PATHETIC. VOGUE YEAH RIGHT. MORE LIKE GRANNY PLAYBOY
FIRST
YUCK!!!
It just shows how much money actors actually make on a regular basis. I remember seeing an interview with Kai Penn, and what he said were residuals from Harold & Kumar go to Whitecastle. Most actors can't afford to get insurance, let alone make a living at it. BTW, onlyfans was started AS a fan interactive site and moved into the adult space. There was even a push a couple of years ago for it to remove adult content. Didn't happen of course but to even think about a move towards that shows there's a large amount of monetized non adult content out there.
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I have zero sympathy for anyone that choses to put their own "rights" over the health of others. She CHOSE not to work. I'm glad her kids won't have to suffer for her choices. She got lucky. A lot of dead Americans didn't.
"A lot of dead Americans didn't." That hit like a ton of bricks.
can't get a desirable job so gotta start the onlyfans.....
Did you even watch any of the video?
@@peterdarker1 i skimmed it. but i stand by what i said even tho i didn’t fully watch it
@@nikeprojock Serious question: Are you mentaIIy chaIIenged?
@@nikeprojockcrazy how he knew you hadn’t watched it huh? 😂 You gave yourself away. Think about that? You expressed an opinion about something you didn’t even watch. Absurd. To your point, Onlyfans is actually desirable for some people. Don’t judge others because you can’t start one.
@@RichardKhalil oh please you are a negative person i don’t need to watch something to already have an opinion i don’t care who it is i don’t believe in onlyfans and people will literally only do it because they don’t want to get a real job. they would rather sell sex because it is easier. you must be an onlyfanner. i literally don’t care. that person is a stalker they wrote that on everyone who commented about opening an onlyfans so they don’t have to get a job. she makes excuses just to say it was the only way she could make money. she is a liar and only cares about making money by selling her body. she is going against Allah
Someone had no father