I discovered my dad was watching my OnlyFans - that's not even the worst part
"I felt dirty. I felt violated. I felt betrayed. And then he crossed the line even more," mum Elly Mae Baker tells Kidspot.
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When Aussie model and mum, Elly Mae Baker, started posting to OnlyFans, she had no idea that a close family member was one of her subscribers.
But after making the shocking discovery, even more sickening details came to light.
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"Tore me apart"
“It was my dad, although I hate calling him that now,” the 34-year-old tells Kidspot exclusively, “because what father would want to watch his daughter’s racy OnlyFans videos?”
Not only did her dad know about the account, he had been viewing her X-rated videos and even threatened to show her children.
Elly opened up about the distressing discovery, recalling, “I never got a chance to tell my dad personally that I joined the platform. He actually found out from another family member before I had a chance to tell him myself. When he started to distance himself, I thought it would be a good idea to reach out to him and explain my side. But after texting him, I heard nothing, just silence.”
Then one day a couple months ago, he sent Elly a nasty text message.
“He was dumping everything on me, putting me down, calling me these horrible names like gutter trash and a sl*t,” she says.
“But it wasn’t until I read the part where he described my content and the things I was doing to myself in those videos that rocked my world. It absolutely tore me apart.
“When he was describing the graphic details, I realised he had actually viewed multiple videos. There is no way he could know the intimate things I had done in those specific videos without seeing them.”
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“I suspect he either subscribed himself or someone else signed up and showed him. I could never pinpoint exactly which subscriber he was. But I believe he or another family member used a fake username, so I wouldn’t know if it was them.
“I felt so many emotions at once. I felt dirty. I felt violated. I felt betrayed. I have been struggling with it in so many different ways. An emotional wreck. It's so disturbing that they would watch their own family member’s sex videos. I don't think I will ever get over the fact that he personally watched me.”
The violation of her privacy spiraled to a whole new level when her dad threatened to expose what she did for work to her children.
“When I read his text message saying he will make sure he shows both my children what I get up to while they’re not around or sleeping, made feel physically ill. I was so angry that my own dad felt that he had the right to involve my children,” she says. “Not only tell them, but he said he would show them the videos too.”
“But I’m a good mum. I never film content when the kids are around and always make parenting and my time with them the main priority.
“It's crossing the line on so many levels and is absolutely disturbing. It’s disgusting how cruel he has turned out to be and the way he thinks it’s his duty to tell or show my kids what I do to make money to support us. As my kids’ mum, that’s my responsibility, not his.”
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"I am not a criminal for wanting to support my children"
While Elly was reluctant at first to join the adult subscription service, she was willing to do whatever it took to support her children after facing financial struggles.
“I signed up to OnlyFans as I had been watching on the sideline for a while and was looking for something to help support my family financially. I knew OnlyFans would give me the opportunity to be at home with the kids when needed, to be there for school drop-offs and pickups, and give me flexible hours to be more active in their lives,” she shares.
Elly initially hesitated to tell her family for fear of how they would react, but after a few months, she got the courage to tell her mum first, who was taken aback but then accepted it for what it was - “a way to make money.”
Given her dad's reaction, Elly says there is absolutely no way her relationship can ever be salvaged due to the way he cut off communication, the things he wrote to her, and the threats he made. Yet, she has a message for other people out there.
“If your adult relative is happy, safe, and healthy doing something to support themselves or their family, whether it be OnlyFans or something else, let them, support them. They aren't hurting anyone, and they aren't doing anything illegal. I am not a criminal for wanting to support my children.”
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