Lily Philips has admitted that the controversial OnlyFans challenge which saw her sleeping with a hundred men in a day resulted in her family losing some of their friends.
The 24-year-old adult content star, from Derbyshire, appeared in an episode of the Should I Delete That podcast, hosted by Emily Clarkson and Alex Light.
The influencer, who makes ‘millions’ from sharing her X-rated content, shared that her loved ones struggling with the scrutiny they faced following her extreme pornography acts.
‘It was quite hard for them. You’ll see in the documentary, them talking about their struggles throughout’ she said.
‘That really hurt them and they lost some friends throughout it,’ she said.
Lily’s admission comes after her parents appeared on an episode of Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, in which they broke down in tears while discussing their daughter’s adult career.Â
Lily Philips, 24, told podcast hosts Emily Clarkson and Alex Light that her family ‘lost some friends’ after her extreme pornography stunt
The OnlyFans star made the admission following an episode of Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, in which her parents broke down in tears over her career
The BBC journalist guided the family through a brutally honest conversation about Lily’s job, prompting a flood of emotions and painful admissions from Lily’s parents.
In the candid chat, Lily’s father Lindsay, 59, admitted: ‘We’ve known for years she’s done OnlyFans and I thought it was just posing in swimwear and lingerie.’
Her mother Emma added: ‘When she said she was doing OnlyFans, we stood back because we want to continue our relationship with our daughter. We were pretty open with it, but when it went to the next step, we were like “no, no”.’
Lily, clearly overwhelmed, tried to hold her composure, but the pain on her parents’ faces as they opened up about their feelings proved too much as she sobbed.
Her father added: ‘If there’s anything we could do to change her profession, we’d do it overnight… It’s the “degradingness” of it and making sure that she’s safe.
‘Sometimes we think have we done anything wrong with her upbringing, well as far as I’m concerned we’ve had nothing but nice times and love… Is it money? Because if it was money, we’d sell our house. You could have everything you want Lily if you gave it all up now.’
In the latest episode of Should I Delete That?, hosts Emily and Alex also discussed how the public talks about female sex workers such as Lily, suggesting that they are sometimes ‘infantilised’.
‘I personally feel quite uncomfortable that your parents are brought up as much as they are, I think that if you were a man we wouldn’t be doing this,’ Emily, whose father is Jeremy Clarkson, said.
Fans of the Should I Delete That? podcast were divided over Lily’s interview, with some upset at Emily and Alex for giving her a ‘platform’ while others were more open to the conversation
‘We say, “Oh it’s someone’s daughter”… It’s actually, like, you’re an adult, this isn’t hugely relevant. It’s not relevant at all actually, and no one’s ever asked Hugh Hefner’s parents how they felt about him starting Playboy.’
Lily agreed wholeheartedly with them and added: ‘If a male porn star was sitting here, we wouldn’t be asking them the same thing.’
She also said that if there wasn’t demand for her type of content, she would be less likely to make it.
‘I put myself out there and I don’t mind that I get this kind of reaction,’ she continued. ‘I definitely see the difference between how many people talk about me and how many people talk about the men that show up.
‘People make out that there are so many of us women these days who are being really promiscuous and it’s like, there’s only one of me and there’s hundreds of these guys doing this.’
Commenting on a social media post shared by Emily on her Instagram about the podcast episode, fans were divided over Lily’s interview.
Some people were upset that the hosts decided to have her on as a guest, while others were more open to hearing about her perspective.
‘Sorry. No. Really disappointed you gave this woman a platform. I find what she is about utterly depressing and therefore I most certainly [am] not listening to what she has to say,’ one person wrote.
Another commented: ‘I still think this sort of thing is seriously damaging for our daughters as boys growing up with it get a warped view on sex and the expectation on young girls. I worry for both my young son and daughter growing up with this.’
Elsewhere, a third said bluntly: ‘I liked your content up until this point. Unfollowed.’
However, others were interested in hearing what Lily had to say and encouraged the podcast hosts to have more conversations like it.
‘The world needs more open, compassionate, real conversations without the shame,’ one person declared.
‘It’s quite literally a gateway to self expression, honesty, healing and empathy, and progress. Good on you both for being able to hold this kind of conversation, it’s admirable.’
A second wrote: ‘What I like about this particular interview is that you don’t need to agree, but it’s a very valuable lesson in the art of listening and seeing another person’s perspective.’