Inside OnlyFans star and YouTuber Jackson O’Doherty’s wild life
He went from YouTube prankster to an OnlyFans multi-millionaire and now Jackson O’Doherty is enjoying his success — and he’s not done yet.
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He’s 28 years old but Jackson O’Doherty is already known as many things — OnlyFans star, comedian, prankster, YouTuber, influencer and party boy.
And with 6.5 million TikTok followers, 2.2m on Instagram, 2.69m YouTube subscribers and his multitudes of OnlyFans subscribers worldwide, O’Doherty — who was brought up on NSW and lives in Queensland — has made a name for himself as an adult entertainer and content creator on social media.
O’Doherty said he never planned to make X-rated content on OnlyFans but when his first video made close to half a million dollars, it set his path for further explicit content — earning him and his then-partner millions of dollars.
From the purchase and then sale of a multimillion-dollar ‘Playboy Mansion’ on the Gold Coast, to his expensive wild parties and vlogs on his everyday life, O’Doherty doesn’t shy away from edgy and controversial content — and it doesn’t look like he’s going to stop anytime soon.
Early life
He was raised by his mum Janine and dad Sean in Port Stephens, Nelson Bay in NSW along with his sister Isla.
To this day, they are a close-knit family who have been supportive of O’Doherty when he decided to become a social media content producer and later an OnlyFans star.
He worked two jobs when he was in his late teens — one in a pub and the other as an apprentice tiler with his dad.
But with the money he has made, O’Doherty has been able to support his parents and help his dad retire early from his job.
O’Doherty has said he didn’t grow up with lots of money but his family was hardworking and “never went without food or a roof over our head”.
“They did a great job,” he said of his parents in December 2021.
“It’s made me very appreciative and grateful for what I’ve got, so I want to give back.”
From prankster to OnlyFans star
From about the age of 15, O’Doherty began recording crazy pranks with his mates which he posted to Facebook — marking the beginning of his social media career.
O’Doherty spent years creating and producing social media content — blowing up online for doing pranks and comedy skits — and travelled as part of his job.
He spent four months in Los Angeles with his manager Lacclan Gottfried in 2019 and worked with big names like Logan Paul and Riley Reid.
That’s when he met adult entertainer Maddy Belle and they began a long-distance relationship.
But he really shot to stardom during Covid lockdown in 2020 when he and Belle decided to do OnlyFans ‘sex tapes’ — where he made between $4m to $5m after 12 months on the adult subscription platform.
He said they got up to 50,000 subscribers, who paid $10 each at the time, after their first video went live, and within the first two months, they had made $1m.
Belle was already on OnlyFans and they split the money they made, which saw them travel on private jets to exotic locations around the world, and spent lavish amounts of cash on cars and homes.
They broke up in early 2022. O’Doherty posted a video on his YouTube page talking about the split and how they couldn’t make the long-distance relationship work.
Properties
‘Jackson’s Playground’, also known as his version of the ‘Playboy’ mansion, was the scene of some of his wildest parties and has a swimming pool, tennis court and separate guesthouse on a 4232sq m block.
He bought the house without physically seeing it as he was in the United States at the time.
“I just got notified about this unique house in Helensvale which is the next suburb over from where I was living. I just saw the pool, the tennis court, the firepit, the gazebo, the bar outside. I sent it to Lacclan (Gottfried, his manager) and said even if the inside of this house is shite and sucks, we’re getting this,” he told News Corp Australia at the time.
But in August 2022, it was revealed he sold the Helensvale mansion for $3.1 million and made the decision to leave Australia to move overseas for an unknown amount of time.
In a video on his YouTube channel, O’Doherty said it was time to move on as his partying lifestyle was not sustainable.
“Don’t get me wrong, we’ve made some unforgettable, amazing memories at the house, but … I just got very caught up in a very unhealthy, dangerous cycle of going around drinking, doing a whole bunch of dumb sh*t every single week, ruining my health — my mental health, my physical health,” he said.
In the video, he also said he could be gone for months or “might be forever”, saying he wanted to train and fight in a boxing match in the UK by December.
He also owns another property on the Gold Coast in the Calmwater Shores gated community worth $1.25 million where he’s been experiencing some issues over alleged “unauthorised alterations” made to a patio at the Helensvale residence.
He was ordered to remove the renovation in May 2022 but by August, it is understood the removal had not been completed.
His manager Lacclan Gottfried said in an email around at time the construction of the two walls was to prevent rain from coming in.
O’Doherty also owns a property on Hope Island in Queensland.
Wild parties
His most notable party at his ‘Playboy Mansion Down Under’ was his house-warming bash, which also doubled as a Halloween party in 2021.
He spent $100,000 on the event which included jetpacks and jetskis in the pool, three bars, jumping castles, professional dancers, a contortionist and even DJs including the Stafford Brothers.
He also had a wild New Year’s Eve party where Shannon Noll performed and guests were entertained by acrobats and other circus acts, as well as being offered free tattoos.
A neighbour revealed to the Gold Coast Bulletin what it was like living near O’Doherty, saying the YouTuber “won’t be missed” but generally was a good neighbour.
O’Doherty also teamed up with Candyman 2.0 Troy Williams to throw an Australia Day party on a yacht off The Spit on the Gold Coast.
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