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\n\t\u201cThe Sopranos\u201d star Drea de Matteo recently told Jamie Kennedy on the \u201cHate to Break It To Ya\u201d podcast (via EW) that starting her OnlyFans page was a \u201cpolitical statement.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cIn some ways, the OnlyFans page was almost like a political statement on my part in a way\u2026It was like, \u2018Fuck you. I don\u2019t have to work,\u2019\u201d de Matteo said.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe went on to add that some critics think, because of her Emmy-winning turn as Adriana la Cerva on the HBO mob drama, that she is \u201cmade of fucking money.\u201d However, de Matteo explained that the whole reason she started her OnlyFans was because of financial problems.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cEveryone sees me coming, they\u2019re like, \u2018Here comes that rich bitch from The Sopranos,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s like, no, I\u2019m not at all. In fact, you know, I live a pretty fucking normal life. I had to do that [OnlyFans] page to get a lien off my house after foreclosure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tEarlier in the interview, de Matteo said that when she first launched her OnlyFans, it was to \u201cstart a podcast because I was afraid that I\u2019d be censored.\u201d But after getting encouragement from her kids, she shared a photo of herself in a bikini on her page, and \u201cwithin 75 minutes\u201d she made enough to pay the lien on her house.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a 2024 interview with Variety<\/em>, de Matteo shared how OnlyFans helped her financially during the pandemic while facing judgment from her family for not getting vaccinated. She recalled, \u201c[During the pandemic], my brother was like, \u2018You know, you\u2019re risking everyone in your home\u2019s life right now [by not being vaccinated].\u2019 And then years later, when I ended up having to open up an OnlyFans page just to save my home, because nobody would help me at that time because I didn\u2019t \u2018do the right thing,\u2019 he was like, \u2018Your body, your choice. I\u2019m with you all the way.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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