{"id":394549,"date":"2026-04-16T03:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/394549\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T03:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:20:10","slug":"shannon-elizabeth-joins-onlyfans-after-american-pie-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/394549\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Elizabeth Joins OnlyFans After &#8216;American Pie&#8217; Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/shannon-elizabeth\/\" id=\"auto-tag_shannon-elizabeth\" data-tag=\"shannon-elizabeth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shannon Elizabeth<\/a>, who was one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest sex symbols in the early 2000s thanks to her roles in the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/american-pie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_american-pie\" data-tag=\"american-pie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">American Pie<\/a>\u201d film franchise and the original \u201cScary Movie,\u201d is joining <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/onlyfans\/\" id=\"auto-tag_onlyfans\" data-tag=\"onlyfans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OnlyFans<\/a>, with her account officially going live on the platform starting Thursday, April 16. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve spent my entire career working in Hollywood, where other people controlled the narrative and the outcome of my career. This new chapter is about changing that, showing off a more sexy side no one has seen, and being closer to my fans,\u201d Elizabeth <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/shannon-elizabeth-launches-onlyfans-account-exclusive-11950914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">told People magazine <\/a>about her decision to join the adult-content creator platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m choosing OnlyFans because it allows me to connect directly with my audience, create on my own terms, and just be free. I really do think this is the future,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tElizabeth\u2019s manager, Andy Bachman, celebrated her leap to OnlyFans in a statement to Variety, saying: \u201cShannon has always been someone who genuinely enjoys connecting with and giving back to her fans, and this allows her to do that in a more direct, meaningful way than ever before. It\u2019s a powerful model, and right now, there\u2019s nothing more effective at facilitating that connection than OnlyFans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cReconnecting with my fans through appearances has reminded me just how much their support has meant to me throughout my career \u2014 and how much I\u2019ve missed that energy,\u201d Elizabeth added in a statement to Variety. \u201cOnlyFans gives me the opportunity to offer something more \u2014 a behind the scenes, unfiltered look at my life and a genuine connection that no other platform allows. This is also where I\u2019ll be sharing exclusive content that you simply won\u2019t find anywhere else. This isn\u2019t just content to watch from a distance. This is for the people who have always shown up for me, and I want them to feel that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tElizabeth stressed to her fans that she is still based in South Africa and focused on her charity work, which \u201cremains incredibly close to my heart. But this feels like the perfect moment to open up my world to the fans who have been with me throughout this journey. I\u2019m so excited for this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tElizabeth joins a growing list of high-profile creators on OnlyFans that includes Carmen Electra, Bhad Bhabie, Mia Khalifa,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/features\/sopranos-star-drea-de-matteo-trump-support-onlyfans-1236190789\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u201cThe Sopranos\u201d star Drea de Matteo<\/a>\u00a0and Sophia Rain. The platform has embarked on an effort to recruit non-porn creators,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2022\/digital\/news\/whitney-cummings-joins-onlyfans-comedy-roast-no-nudity-1235421120\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">including comedian Whitney Cummings<\/a>, and in 2021 launched\u00a0OFTV, a safe-for-work free streaming service with original content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDe Matteo launched an OnlyFans account in August 2025 and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/tv\/news\/drea-de-matteo-saved-home-foreclosure-onlyfans-money-1235925315\/\">went viral fo<\/a>r disclosing that the profits she made from it in just one month allowed her to save her home from going into foreclosure. The Emmy winner was struggling financially as Hollywood roles dried up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cOnlyFans saved my life, 100%. I can\u2019t believe I\u2019m saying that, but it really did save us,\u201d she<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-13105057\/drea-matteo-onlyfans-paid-debts-new-business.html\">\u00a0told DailyMail.com\u00a0<\/a>at the time. \u201cAnybody that wants to condemn me and put me down, go for it. I just hope you never find yourself in the position I was in to take care of two little kids. It saved my home of many years that was very important to us. And beyond all that, it has given me enough money to start up and finance Ultrafree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tUltrafree is a streetwear brand that de Matteo started and owns. She said that prior to launching her OnlyFans account, she only had around $10 in her bank account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shannon Elizabeth, who was one of Hollywood\u2019s biggest sex symbols in the early 2000s thanks to her roles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[137403,146,85,46,25631,187533],"class_list":{"0":"post-394549","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-american-pie","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-onlyfans","13":"tag-shannon-elizabeth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}