Topics: Euphoria, Sydney Sweeney, OnlyFans, Entertainment, TV And Film, Celebrity, Sex and Relationships
Euphoria actress and former adult film star Chloe Cherry has weighed in on Cassie's controversial OnlyFans storyline.
For those who haven't had the chance to watch the show yet, Sydney Sweeney's character takes up posting and selling X-rated pictures and videos online in order to make some extra cash.
With her wedding to Nate (Jacob Elordi) looming, and him seemingly having money troubles, she turned to the NSFW platform to make sure she could afford her dream big day.
Eyebrow-raising scenes show Cassie dressing up as a puppy to make content, as well, even more disturbingly, as a baby, wearing her hair in pigtails and sucking a dummy with her breasts visible in a sheer top.
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Other moments see her fully topless as she lets an ice cream melt down her body, before stripping down into just a backwards baseball cap, shin pads, and shoes, while covering her modesty with her fingers.
The show's depiction of sex workers has garnered mixed opinions, with one OnlyFans model calling the baby scene specifically 'disgusting' and 'inaccurate'.
And now, Sweeney's co-star Chloe Cherry has also weighed in on Cassie's storyline, calling it 'crazy as f***' and discussing how sex work has become more 'normalised' due to 'capitalism'.
Cherry, 28, who plays Faye Valentine on the HBO TV show, began her career strictly as an adult film star before stepping into the role and transitioning into a Hollywood actress.
She starred in over 200 X-rated films, including a parody of Euphoria, which is what caught the attention of creator Sam Levinson.
In an interview with Refinery 29, she admitted: "For me, it just feels crazy as f*** to see someone living like Cassie turn to sex work.
"Like, holy sh**, that's where we're at in society? OnlyFans and sex work has become more normalised but it's literally only because of capitalism and the economy getting worse."
She added, "It has nothing to do with empowerment or power. The economy is horrible, that's why people are turning to it.
"I really think that OnlyFans is like a crazy, weird phenomenon of the 2020s that we'll look back on and be very confused by."
Praising her in the comments of the interview clip on TikTok, one fan penned: "She lived that life so I would say she knows what she’s saying and what she has seen. Perfect messenger."
While a second agreed: "Whoa, this is especially so valid and poignant coming from Chloe."
Levinson also previously spoke out on Cassie's storyline himself, explaining that he wanted to 'break the wall' between the show and its viewers.
He told The Daily Beast that Cassie has 'got her dog house and her little dog ears and the nose, and that has its own humor, but what makes the scene is the fact that her housekeeper is the one filming it'.
The creator added: “What we wanted to always find is the other layer of absurdity that we’re able to tie into it so that we’re not too inside of her fantasy or illusion - the gag is to jump out, to break the wall."
