Quiche fondling and foot fetishes star in this documentary about a new sub-industry – the OnlyFans consultant, who helps people to market sexually explicit material
Late one evening, a large number of internet users are watching a live feed of a woman they know as “Aunty Val”. Sitting in an ordinary-looking British bedroom sporting a butterscotch wig, Deirdre Barlow glasses and a tight vest top that might give way at any second, Val gaily chastises her viewers for their lustfulness, while fondling a quiche.
This is the, let’s face it, intriguing opening scene of the documentary How to Make It on OnlyFans (Channel 4). Val is the creation of former glamour model Alex Sim-Wise, who makes a living not just from performing specialist domestic erotica herself via OnlyFans, but from consultancy work helping others to maximise their income. For those pretending not to know, OnlyFans is a website that allows anyone to set up a paywalled profile and upload photos and videos, in exchange for a monthly fee from followers. Most content is sexually explicit.
