A sex worker has criticized the OnlyFans plotline involving Sydney Sweeney’s Euphoria character, labeling it toxic. She shared the response publicly this week, and it has since sparked discussion among viewers and advocates about media representation. The concerns focus on how the show presents the realities of online sex work.
Sydney Sweeney called out for her OnlyFans arc in Euphoria by sex worker
Sydney Sweeney’s Euphoria storyline involving an OnlyFans account has drawn public criticism from a sex worker. In Season 3 of HBO’s Euphoria, Sweeney’s character Cassie uses OnlyFans to help pay off her husband Nate’s debts, a storyline that influencer and sex worker Kayla Jade spoke out about.
“I would never understand the love-hate relationship that people have towards SW [sex work] on shows like Euphoria,” Jade shared in a recent TikTok. “Like, it’s great having them represented in TV when they’re shown as a real person who just happens to be a worker.”
However, the Call Girl Confidential author criticized Euphoria’s portrayal of Cassie on the show. She argued that portraying sex workers as boundaryless and driven only by money perpetuates negative stereotypes.
For more context, one episode of the teen drama series shows Sweeney’s character in a dog costume for a photoshoot, followed by another shoot in a sheer babydoll dress while using a pacifier. But Jade explained that she and other sex workers would never endorse such behavior.
“The vast majority would tell that guy to f off and probably report him,” she added. “If anything, it’s just made us more aware, and we can clock a creep pretty quickly.”
Kayla Jade wasn’t alone in her critique. OnlyFans creator Sydney Leathers also challenged Cassie’s arc, focusing on her portrayal dressed as a baby.
“There’s just a lot that’s ridiculous and cartoonish about it,” Leather said in a Variety interview published on May 10.
She called the inaccurate portrayal infuriating, noting that the character is shown doing many things not permitted on OnlyFans. She further added that credit card processors require creators to follow strict, increasingly tightened rules.
Originally reported by Sibanee Gogoi on Mandatory.
