When Fantasy Collides with Reality

Audible subscribers can binge all episodes of On Fantasy early and ad free Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app or by subscribing on Apple podcasts Oh it's definitely that house Wh which is funny because it's like All the houses around it are just regular ranchomes Last summer, our team flew out to Los Angeles, the home of the adult entertainment industry Look at that whoa. It's bl. That is not discreet And in this moment, we were pulling up to a huge house in the middle of an unassuming neighborhood in the valley To anyone not in the know, it might have looked like any regular old mansion, but to me, it was the modern playayboy mansion. Over here vis it? When we walked up to the house, we were greeted at the gate by a woman in California casual attire. Pink jean cutoffs, Doc Martins, and a Creator's Inc baseball cap. And don't forget the most important LA accessory of all, a dazzling perfect smile. Welcome to Creators Inc. I'm Kaylea Parcells, coounder and CEOO. And where are we We're at our content house here in Encino, California. Creators Inc is an agency that represents some of the most successful creators on Only fans And this was their content house Imagine a weework, except it's a mansion with photogenic lighting and a pool. A pool that no one was actually swimming in, by the way, which was telling, because more than anything, this place was a set desesigned so that every corner, every room could serve as an attractive backdrop for photos and videos We can kind of do anything in this space and just having it be that canvas for what our creators want to do and use their vision and ideas and we make that come to life for them We were here to get a glimpse of the day to day operations of elite creators and the teams of professionals who support their careers. We wanted to see how the business of Only fans was conducted I've never been one to covet the glamorous influencer life But in the weeks leading up to this trip, we've been reading about and talking to creators who are bringing in wheelbarrows of money each month And seeing those numbers made me hungry Not just to make money so I could pay the bills, but for real wealth Prosperity Because as an OF creator, it actually felt within reach for me for the first time in my life. So stepping into this house, I was like Eve looking at the apple. Which I guess made our girl Kayla the ultimate creator. I never do interviews. I amm strategically the person out of the picture. know I hide in the background. It's not about us, it's about our creators and letting them shine making sure we give them the best opportunity Kayla, a former gymnastics coach at MIT turned entrepreneur presided over the scene kind of like a benevolent RA She gave us the grand Tour of the place, where on any given day you can find young women from the Creator' Inc roster and a few men. Working out shooting videos and lounging This is our spa. So if you're into the cold plunge and the infrared sauna, this is your place The Cld plunge is a very popular spot, especially today when it's one hundred degrees. I couldn't help but notice Gracie's eyes light up every time Kayla showed us another amenity at the house A few feet from the cold plunge, there was a popu shop of Creatorss Inc Bikinis because apparently it was LA Swimwek. I thought you were coming sh for C I swimwear. I thought you were like someone from the' asking. you want to Since you're, we'd love to have you, but I really thought that's. If my coworkers weren't right here, I feel like so like do you guys want to go away for forty five minutes? No, but I'll be literally like, I'm here Oft so I'll hit you up. and also maybe youcess. Yeah. Okay, Gracy, be honest, how badly did you want to do this photos shoot when Kayla asked you? Oh my god, could you towel? Yes. I was I couldn't help it. I was so embarrassed how badly I wanted it because it was like one bikini away from being a creator's anchor girl. That's right Ten feet from stardom. Ten feet picks Stardom. Sorry Not to ask a question, but like do people film sex here too? Yeah. Okay Is that a rule? I prefer it that way. It was funny how awkward it felt to bring up sex, as if it wasn't at the center of the creator's Inc business model Honestly, walking around the house with its pastel color scheme and ample nooks, you wouldn't know porn had anything to do with it I mean, ample nooks sounds pretty poring to me To be clear, I don't think Kayla meant there was no nudity allowed in the house, just that actual sex on camera was frowned upon. They definitely keep the creators in couse clean on purpose Kayla told us she regularly invites family members of creators to come see the house so they can be reassured that their daughter or sister isn't being forced to work out of some shady brothel There is a dark, scary place that women can fall into and this is a really wonderful, safe supported. Fifth Wave feminism is what I like to call it. Yeah where we're kind of flipping that are making this something much more positive I'm gonna to be honest, this house wasn't really giving me Audrey Lord vibes. And much like those parents Kayla mentioned bringing to the house, We were definitely getting the shiny rosy version of Oly Fans But still, I believed Kayla when she said she wants more for her clients than just being famous as only fans creators She told us Creators Inc has helped women launch skincare lines and fashion brands. She even introduced us to one woman who had used her only fans' income to start a trucking company back home in Texas The way Kayla sees it, OF is simply the best way for these women to bankroll their ambitions, whatever they may be This is the new Hollywood. and basically, you know, if you're going to set yourself up for the rest of your life, like this is your opportunity. Hollywood felt like the opposite of what I thought O only fans was supposed to be Instead of focusing on building one on one genuine connections between creators and subscribers Here was a factory churning out hyper curated and highly produced images of so called authentic living Of course, that didn't mean Kayla was wrong. It just made me think only fans Stardom was more complicated than I'd realized It was right around this time that Kayla spotted a young woman sitting on a couch and scrolling through her phone Prob, what are some of the best parts of being a creater with reader I literally love that everyone's accepted and like when I was a small creator with no followers, like they just treated me like I was like the biggest creator ever and I just love all of the girls here and also the guys like they're all so respectful and it just feels like a big family. Chloe Yummy, as she calls herself online, had long platinum blonde hair and was dressed in pink leggings and a matching bra which there's no other way to say this, made it almost impossible for me to not look at her giant boobs Weird, I didn't notice this. Uhhuh. Talking to Chloe Yummy made me feel old more than anything. And if I'm being honest, Judgmental Here was a woman girl really, she was definitely younger than my little sister whose appearance and affect and persona had all been surgically optimized for attracting male attention Jack Dortty, I was just on a yacht with him and like it was really fun. That was like one of the best days. I could see Leon's little judgment cogs turning. But I personally found myself kind of in awe of Chloe We couldn't have been more different, obviously, but I respected the potency of and I hate this word, but it's inevitable in this business, her brand Here I was playing professional girlfriend making my six K a month and standing in front of a nineteen year old with over a million followers on social media. And Lord knows how many subscribers on only fans forking over their cash Thinking back on my twenty three year old self, terrified about my student loan debt. Koe seemed powerful feminist icon or not So when you come to the house what you' usually here to do U Well today I'm doing snapchat all day. so just taking a bunch of pictures like we just went to get matcha and like I did like a work out on Snapchat Here the house is so beautiful that's like everywhere' great backgrounds for OF and then also collabing with the girls. It really, really helps you grow on only fans Yeah, I want to fo like Yeah I you too. I. While Gracie and Chloe exchanged socials. You're so cute. Thank you.. I turn back to Kayla. I was suddenly cognizant of her position not just as a denmother, but as a gatekeeper to a realm of fortune and fame that just didn't used to exist Somewhere along the line, only fans millionaire became a thing that a young person could try to become Try being the operative word here The vast majority of the four million creators on On Fans aren't in that realm. Only Fans isn't particularly transparent with data, but based on a crowdsource chart shared with us by a creator, it appears that roughly seventy five percent of creators on the platform make less than three hundred dollars hundred a month doesn't stop them from dreaming Especially when young women see news stories about creators making millions overnight and TikTok videos of them partying with famous musicians and athletes whichich is why I think Kayla had called it the New Hollywood The difference is, this time, the stars really are just like us. Jen, why do people want to talk to folks online? Why they want to interact with a fan base or a celebrity? It's a friendship, right? It's a pen pal. And yeah, I think this is the modern day fan mail. Yeah I mean, why did people go follow Elvis Presley, right? to get a signed autograph in the front row?ike whyy do I follow somebody on Instagram? It's the same thing. I want to be inspired and get to know the creator themselves and feel like I'm having that exclusive insight that behind the scenes all access fast. That's why it's called On Fans Elvis' comparison didn't seem right to me at first. The whole thing about Elvis was that he was larger than life, a force of nature that people could never really get close to O only fans, that closeness is the whole point It's supposed to make men feel like the women they're following and chatting with are attainable They are, if not quite the girl next door and at least the girl at the bar who would normally never talk to them But it's true that a lot of these girls next door want to be Elvis They want to blow up and become rich and famous off the exact kind of parasocial devotion that we typically associate with megawatt mainstream stars And I hate to admit this, but I get it What I wanted to know was what does it take to get to that level And what does it cost And if the product you're selling on onlyn fans is one on one attention What happens when you try to mass produce it Is it really possible to scale intimacy? 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Not to typecast all redheads, but she reminds me a little bit of Joan from Madmen If in the O fans' business landscape, creators Inc was comparable to a tech giant, then Bell Grace would be more of a mom and pop shop She was exactly how I pictured the typical On Fans creator before I'd started my own page a regular girl who'd stumbled into it and built it from the ground up When Belle Grace first got on On fans at the beginning of twenty twenty, she was twenty five, working in England as a healthcare aid and engaged to the man she would eventually marry. I've been with him now for twelve years So Yeah, I think everything that I've learned, we've learnnt together probably Belle and her husband actually started on only fans together She says they did it just for fun. They weren't desperate for cash, but they liked to travel and figured if nothing else, maybe they'd make a little extra money to spend on trips. So they posted a sex tape and a few pictures. We literally just didn't really have a name. We were just down as like, I think it was like I don't know, somethingomet really cringy like horny couple or something, I don't know. something really random about that. And we were just filming really amateur stuff. We had no professional equipment. It wasn't even really thought about. Does this look God Is it okay to post? It was just like, let's just do what we normally do I stand It wasn't long before Belle Grace found herself receiving all kinds of attention she hadn't bargained for. I would say I've always been like a sexual person, but when I started only fans, I found out that I was also very unaware of . a lot of sexual etious thought I knew a lot and it turned out I absolutely knew nothing. So when I first started and I didn't know what Bareback was. then I had subs coming in and asking me to make videos such as JOIs I was not prepared and I didn't realize I wasn't prepared. Leon, I want to salute you for stopping the interview at this point and asking what a JOI was. Very brave of you. I salute Belle Grace for indulging me Okay, so JI stands for jerk off instructions. so that could be going fast, going slow not touching himself giving account down when to come or just not letting him come at all Yeah, absolutely anything, it's all in my control Belle could also control what kind of content was on the menu for her subs, her subscribers And there were certain boundaries she wouldn't cross when it came to special requests In my bio I put open to fetishers and I quickly removed it because I was getting I was then getting people that wanted me to. iss and shit and I was like, is this even a thing? Like is this a thing So I quickly remove that from my bio After a few months, Belle and her husband were only making two or three hundred dollars a month Part of the issue was they never had enough time to film content because he worked twelve hour shifts at a warehouse job So they decided it was time for Bell to go solo that was when she came up with her stage name and started a new account Was it was that like um Painful Was it a painful separation? Obviously, you stayed married, but did you guys have to like was it kind of a fight to be like, actually, I'm going my own way? No, I think he knew if we wanted to continue doing our own fans I'd have to go solo with it when when I did go so low. And he really he didn't really much to do with it, like messages or anything because he worked a lot and it was Hly ever own When he did check messages and he seen how I was speaking to like these other men, it was like I don't like this And I get and I got it. and that was very difficult for him the chatting specifically Were you doing much chatting when it was a couple page? Yeah, we were doing chatting, but I think because he was a part of that It was okay, but when he's done a twelve hour shift at work and then he's found out that I've made this guy come online, It's a bit like, whoa, you know The timing of Bell getting on On Fans as a solo performer couldn't have been better. It was the beginning of COVID. Terrible for the world. Incredible for Belgrrace's bank account for those guys that did get furladed and they was at home by themselves. They was lonely and obviously people wasn't allowed out and weren't allowed to anyone. So in COVID times, it were probably the busiest time for O fans and the people peopleeople spend their money. Unsurprisingly, data shows that there was a sharp spike in feelings of loneliness during the pandemic And in the years since, you've probably heard a lot about how men in particular are suffering from a loneliness epidemic According to a Pew research survey conducted in twenty twenty four, men and women are actually experiencing loneliness at the same rates The difference seems to be in how they deal with it PU survey found that women are more likely than men to seek emotional support from their friends, family members or mental health professionals Though the same number of men and women report having at least one close friend, Women tend to communicate with those friends more often, whether that's talking over Faceetime, texting, or interacting with each other on social media Of the roughly six thousand people surveyed by Pew, four percent of the male respondents admitted to turning to online platforms or communities for emotional support That doesn't sound like a lot, but four percent of the adult male population in the United States is actually over five million men guess back in twenty twenty, some of them were talking to people like Bell who, at the time, was still working her day job as a healthcare aide And I was picking up so many work hours. I was sleeping at work. And then when I was home from work I was working on only fans So I was just wking constantly all the time, but I was kind of like chasing The money, nothing was open. I couldn't go anywhere I couldn't do anything sociable So when I wasn't at work, like healthcare work, I was chasing what I could on only fundans. Like I got addicted to it Despite the surging demand, success on Only fans wasn't automatic For creators like Bell, the real challenge wasn't making content, it was getting people to see it An important thing to note about Oly Fans here is that unlike other social media platforms like Instagram or TikTok, OF has no algorithmic feed that suggests content for its users to look at I was kind of shocked when I realized this. L, people don't go on only fans to look around and stumble upon someone they think is hot or interesting They go in with a link or a name they've already found somewhere else So if you're a subscriber who's into, say, busty Rdheads, typing busty Redheads into the OF search bar wouldn't lead you to Bell Grace's page. The way to do it would be to go on Reddit, X, or Instagram, look for busty Redhead creators, and then follow the breadcrumbs in hopes of finding their OF And sprinkling those breadcrumbs where people can find them is arguably the most challenging part of the only Fans' hustle. The hardest thing about On Fans, what people don't realise is actually just promoting yourself. So you have to be on Instagram TikTok, Twitter And you have to do all that without getting banned several times and starting again. And that is the hardest part of promoting yourself Relentlessly posting free content on all those platforms to drive people to your only fans page is a grind Belle Grace was obsessive about it, and it paid off Eventually, her page was generating enough income that she could leave her day job. And then in December of twenty twenty, One of her TikTok videos went viral I remember it was New Year's Eve And I'd had a bit of a stressful day I can't remember I. And I was like, let's just get in the hot tub, let's have a couple of drinks and let's just go and chill and signigned on Silly f And these subs kept coming in and coming in and coming in and it must have lasted it lasted f. ra ages and I was just like, o my God, this is like absolutely like life changing. it couldn't have happened at a better time of me like leaving work and then going viral, it would just like kind of like topped it all off. I always believe that things are just meant to be And I just think that was just meant to be. According to Bell, the video got fifty eight million views which translated into a massive jump in profit on Om fans Yeah, so I can actually pull up my sts just give me a second So September added three thousand two hundred dollars In October, four thousand nine hundred dollars. In November I did eight thousand two hundred dollars In December I did fourteen thousand three hundred dollars And then are you ready for this one This was my biggest jump. In january twenty twenty one, I did thirty eight thousand nine hundred and forty five. Yeah As words spread about the potential windfall that could come your way on O fans More and more regular folks were signing up in hopes of striking gold Then celebrities started getting in the mix Former child star Bella Thorne joined the platform and made a million dollars on her first day and two million dollars in her first week The platform exploded Only Fans creators earned three point nine billion dollars in twenty twenty one, an increase of one hundred and fifteen percent from the record setting year before The number of users, meanwhile, swelled to one hundred eighty eight million. And they weren't just coming to only fans to see your garden variety TNA. The site quickly revealed itself to be a destination for people with all kinds of kinks and fetishes I post os I know it's a niche, it's a niche market Honestly, this is the one time I wish this were a video podcast because that burp is even more amazing when you see who it's coming out of But the point is the platform truly had something for everyone It also proved hospitable to people traditionally left out of sex work, like this disabled creator I like corn Eating corn with my disciplled hands is l hardot. But I love corn. If you like at disabled bodies Give me a follow To clarify, cororn is a code word for, you guessed it, porn. It's a fun euphemism that people use to sidestep the social media police The creator landscape was so vast that there was even a family with three generations of women, all with only fans accounts, whichich sounds like the coolest Thanksgiving ever Impressively, there were even some septtogenarians Wh which means people in their seventies I had to look that word up I hope someone will volunteer to come and fuck me. This is getting ridiculous I'll show you a good time Promise We have a new lonert Pretty soon, there was no denying that only fans had grown into a powerful economic force and men in suits started to notice We're talking, you know creators m anywhere from a hundred to five hundred thousand dollars a month That's what caused my jaw to drop. I was shocked because, you know, it's the modern equivalent of the American dream Youo there. 'is I, Queen Mortuana of the Night realm, AKA Kate McKinn. 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This is Michael Isisman Back in twenty twenty one, he was in between jobs after working in the legal weed industry and the considerably less glamorous world of manufacturing I saw this ad for a company that was looking for an operations manager. They said that they were in social media marketing And so I went out for it to see what was what. And I got there. they told me what I was interviewing for. My eyes you know, bugged out of my head and my jaw dropped. but then I ended up getting roped in and I've loved every minute of it since Michael is currently the COO of an LA based agency called Echelon, where he and his team provide various services to onlyn fans creators in exchange for a percentage of their revenue That can be anywhere from ten to twenty five percent, depending on the client Echelon is a boutique agency, but Michael's first foray into the worldld of Only fans started at a much bigger agency called Unruly At time, there were only a handful of other companies like it, including Creators Inc whose value proposition to only fans creators was that they could grow their audience and help them make more money from the content they were making anyway. People are tired of getting a cookie cutter approach to the media that they consume. They want something that feels authentic and real And I think that Only Fans is a symptom of that desire Michael said he wasn't necessarily thrilled with the fact that only fans had become such an attractive option for young people trying to make a living. But with the job market being what it is, he said, there's no avoiding that reality Wealth and income inequality is at an all time high You know, if you're an eighteen year old right now saying, hey, I could become a doctor, but I'll go into debt by a quarter of a million dollars. and then grind in difficult conditions with constantly shifting landscapes You know, whether it be medical regulation or budget cuts or whatever It doesn't sound nearly as appealing as I can make some viral videos and show my dick online and boom, now I made more money in a month than I would have made as a doctor in a year As we've learned, when done right OF is an effective shortcut But for all the glitz and glam that we'd seen at the creator's ink house, I still didn't know what exactly an onlyly Fans agency would do for someone like me. I mean, in some ways, these companies are the same as any other type of talent agency, right? Where the company books a gig for its client and then takes a portion of the fee The difference is that with only fans agencies, the goal isn't one off bookings, it's about bringing in consistent revenue from subscribers. Right. And the more subscribers on a creator's page, the more money rolls in, and the closer you get to buying your disapproving mother a house. So yeah, I understood the basic proposition, but I needed data Details. Fs So naturally, I was excited to ask a man to explain it to me We use special software that monitors the account twenty four hours a day, seven days a week records exactly when every single sale takes place, and then that gives us that data in order to optimize sales That's another example of yeah, this is what agencies are able to provide that like clearly. They're not going to be able to get this doing it individually So now instead of me or Bell Grace sitting in our bedrooms figuring out what our subscribers want through trial and error and anecdotal evidence, someone like Michael can tell us with actual analytics how to optimize our page and make a bigger profit. for us and the agency. What are some of the thingsings you've learned from the data Mornings from say about five AM till about nine AM are some of the busiest times on the platform becausecause that is when most men's testosterone spikes Im listening. That's the reason why most men wake up with morning Wood And so they're the most sexually driven at that time and they're more likely to come to the platform looking for spicy content And then we find that in the evening and afternoon hours is when we get a lot more of the conversational stuff. And that's equally important Like just because they're not there to necessarily buy spicy content, maintaining those relationships with that person then means that the next morning when they wake up They're going to buy something because they have a relationship with you and now they're horny and they want to do something about it Michael told us that in the years since he got into the business, the number of agencies and management companies operating in the United States has exploded. It's impossible to say how effective these agencies are in the aggregate But there's no question that the best of them can take a creator from a relatively modest four or five figures a month to a strong six So life changing money Which is why five years out from the Oly fans gold rush, getting signed to an agency and essentially going pro can seem like the only way to truly make it on the platform And yet, I get messages every single day from agencies, but I never reply Here again is Belle Grace. I just completely ignore them I've had DMs before saying, No, we'll fly you out to LA and we'll do this and we'll do that hundred percent know that I do not want anyone running my page One side effect of Bell's early success after going viral was that it forced her to triage the demands on her time and make strategic decisions about how much attention to devote to which subscribers But as an independent creator Bell didn't have the data that would help her maximize her revenue So we wanted to know why after all this time, was she still doing it on her own? How had she resisted the Eves' apple of agency representation and all the riches that come with it Part of it, Belle said, was that she wasn't trying to cut anyone into her money But surely, if so many others had decided it was worth it, the math must work out, right? It seems like the argument that agencies would make, right is that we can increase your revenues so much. we can scale you up so much that these percentages are not even going to matter. It just worries me because I think How are you going to do that? Because I know how to do that and I know that I need to get myself out there on social media and potentially go viral in order to do that. So how are you going to do that without me And that's what don't line up to me. it doesn't it just doesn't quite make sense. and Also I generally just don't believe that's what only Fans should be about. likeike someone signs up to an onlyly Fans page because they want to get to know the person. they don't want to speak to an agency I mean, that's the same reason for me and also There's a small part of me that's like, u, would I sort of sell out to potentially quadruple my savings. Yeah, I get that, but also you got to think that the if it doesn't work out with the agency, potentially they've ruined your whole page Yeah It's your company. It's your baby That's your name. That's your name on there and There's no going back I got what Bel Grace was saying. I've learned over time, especially as my subscriber count has gone up that keeping up with your page on your own can be difficult You have to make time to chat and get to know all your subscribers Belle says she has at least two thousand at any given time How many subscribers would you say you talk to on a regular basis, like once a week or more I've got a handful of Fams that out to everyday. because I do answer my messages every day but I always get like five or six that are there every day and asking how I am and Geral, general chitchart mostla The few people that Belle talks to almost every day are people that truly seem to understand that she's more than just a pretty face on a website For them to stand out, they talk to me like I'm a person So They know I've got feelings. They know I've got a life And I'm not just some kind of ing behind a computer screen or behind their phone screen what they can have a wank over and just disappear Obviously I know they're there for sexual needs and that's what Or fans is, but they're not constantly asking me for sexual stuff. They know I'm a person and You know, some people just don't even realize that I eat food because They just don't think with the brains. And that's what makes them stand out They treat me like a person Among this select group of bell subscribers is a man we'll call Simon When you first subscribed it was very quiet. it didn't actually speak much. just used to ask me for aspects. It didn't really ask for much. It was quite u Eily p' just a few aspects and it was u He was he was happy. He literally said that he got obsessed with my ass and that's how he jined he joined my only fans and Then that's litry side For a while, Simon was just another ass man who subscribed to Bell's page and tipped well for torking videos He didn't seem to be much for Chitchat It took him probably about six months to actually u have conversations with me properly and it was just general chit chat every day Like What have I got on today? What is he doing? his work okay? U Just very, very general normal stuff how you'd have for a conversation with a friend And obviously, obviously tipping for cheeky aspics and joining my live show was in between all that. so it wasn't like he's been subscribed a week. Like it took a while for this to build up and him talking every day and opened up over time. As Belle got to know more and more about Simon, she started to feel a genuine bond with him He's got good humour, is funny He likes what I like, film wise for example, is a similar age to me. So like I feel like we're on the same level of Just a lot of things in life Daily chats between Bell and Simon turned into monthly video calls, which Simon paid extra for And it was during one of these video calls that Bell noticed something unusual about Simon's naked anatomy One of his testicles was a lot bigger than the other You couldn't miss it. It was like one really wasn't there. I didn't know if you actually had one Oh no You thought maybe you just had just the one because you couldn't because it I didn't know. And you could see it because sorry to be whatever literal here, but like you could see it because Because a lot of times he just put the camera where his dick was and that's all I could see. Okay. So That was very much filling on mus. Belle continued to notice Simon's enlarge testicle on their video chats. It wasn't really any of her business, but as a former healthcare worker, she felt a nagging urge to say something Joe and, you just get this feeling. that you're just not quite sure of You know, where you just have these like s little conversations with yourself and I'm like, should should just asking about it. Shall I say something And then like after one at video calls then like finished and he's coming, you know, he's satisfied. We' better fight naked at this point U I can't wa, you know, what else you got plan for today kind of thing and which just had a little couple of minutes like chit chat And I was like, you know, Can I canan I ask you something? Like we're good friends, like I feel like we know each other Have you got one ball you know bigger than the other and he was like, ye, yeah, I do. And I was like Is that normal? Like has it always been like that? like, yeah, it's not a problem I might ye Yeah, but have you ever hadad it looked at? And for me to say that he must have known that maybe should have got looked at or you must have known that something wentt right because He was like Well, maybe I should get it looked at and I was like, yeah You really need to do that then like go and see a doctor Belle said she had to push Simon a couple of times before he finally made the appointment and went to see a doctor He messaged me after his doctor's appointment and said Doctorors out of feel And the doctor doesn't I think something's quite right And the doctor wasn't happy about the little one. Oh Yeah. And that's a twist Yeah, so Yeah, so we sent me the message to say, you know, it's confirmed That's cancerous. And I was like, you know, how are you feeling? like I'm so sorry, like how you feel? And he was like You know, I don't think it's kicked in yet, like I don't feel like it's real. So I feel like he was very much in shock L like I've never met this person in real life I just speak to him every single day on the internet. So of course I've got like the connection there of like being worried for him Because of course I want him to be okay Becauseuse the worrying thing was was that it was the aggressive form of cancer that can spread So is just so lucky That it didn't leave it any longer. because it could have spread Within two weeks, the doctor had removed Simon's problematic testicle and was able to prevent the cancer from spreading. D didid you feel like you'd save his life He says I did. but I don't want to be that extreme about it. I'm not that big headed Would you be willing to say like roughly how much you think he has spent on you over the years I can open it up. Data. Give me a second. I think when I click on it, it gives me what onlynly fan has already taken. so U It's not actually how much he has spent So you'd need to add twenty percent onto it So I can see that he It started on december thirty first, twenty twenty, which is like I said, when I went viral A An has spen forty three thousand nine hundred and fifteen. thousandousand dollars at twenty percent Is here your number one O other people would have been a lot more. He's your never one. Yeah is Mable one And After his diagnosis and the surgery, you guys just kept alking, right Yeah, we talk every day. every day So he's a friend. He's someone who is like part of your life Oh yeah, definitely yeah. I would definitely class him as a friend, yeah but not a Not an online boyfriend No I mean, he's married you know, which we might not have expected, but is your husband feel away about you having this like consistent daily interaction with him And No, he's fine with it. Like like with that clothes I'll send him Christm presents and I've seent him birthday presents for the last few years. Like that's what I mean by like the kind of friendship as well. like U