Bella Thorne issues apology to OnlyFans creators after controversy

Bella Thorne has issued an apology to OnlyFans creators after promising and failing to provide a nude photograph that prompted the site to change its policies.

The former Disney star, 22, made a reported $2 million in her first week on the website, per the Metro, and rumors then began to circulate that fans could pay $200 for a nude photograph of her.

While Thorne has denied that she was ever offering a nude photograph, she still appeared to be offering the service, and those who purchased it asked for a refund after feeling like they had been scammed.

News of the alleged scam soon made its way onto social media, and it wasn't long before OnlyFans, which has a full refund policy in the case of scams, changed its terms of service.

Now, content creators on the website can only charge a maximum of $50 per photograph and they are unable to tip more than $100 - despite neither being the case before Thorne joined the site.

The site has also removed its weekly payout option, meaning that content creators will have to wait a month to withdraw their earnings.

This has resulted in widespread backlash against Thorne from sex workers and their allies on social media.

One critic wrote: "if u dont understand how bella thorne overcharging on of completely f**ked up the income of other sex workers, it's probably bc u think jeff besos deserves all the money he has [sic]."

A second remarked: "People have bills to pay. Kids to feed. Many people, including content creators and sex workers, live paycheck to paycheck. How are they going to pay their bills this month? How are they going to feed themselves and their families? This is REAL HARM."

Thorne subsequently addressed the situation in a Twitter thread, writing: "PT1 Remove the stigma behind sex, sex work, and the negativity that surrounds the word SEX itself by bringing a mainstream face to it that's what I was trying to do, to help bring more faces to the site to create more revenue for content creators on the site."

She continued: "I wanted to bring attention to the site, the more people on the site the more likely of a chance to normalize the stigmas, And in trying to do this I hurt you. I have risked my career a few times to remove the stigma behind sex work, porn, and the natural hatred people spew…

"behind anything sex related. I wrote and directed a porn against the high brows of my peers and managers because I WANTED to help with the stigma behind sex."

The 22-year-old said that because she is a "mainstream face" she wanted to use her platform for the greater good, but admitted: "In this process I hurt you and for that I'm truly sorry."

Thorne said that she is now meeting with OnlyFans to question why they changed their policies after her alledged actions forced countless people to simultaneously ask for a refund, describing the changes as  "f**ked up".

In her final tweet, Thorne asked OnlyFans content creators to voice their grievances so that she could express them on their behalf and to send links to their content that she could promote.