Ex-Disney star Dan Benson contemplates ditching OnlyFans & now we’re all worked up
By Editors · 24 comments· Updated on November 21, 2023
The end of the Screen Actor’s Guild strike has former child star Dan Benson rethinking his OnlyFans career.
The 37-year-old initially rose to fame playing Zeke Beakerman on the Disney Channel series Wizards of Waverly Place from 2007 to 2013.
Audiences of a certain age remember him for starring alongside Selena Gomez, David Henrie, and Jake T. Austin on the fantasy teen sitcom. But in the years since the series went off the air, Benson transformed physically into quite the adult.
In 2022, Benson, who is straight, started making adult content exclusively for gay men on OnlyFans. He wears skimpy underwear, dabbles in bondage, uses toys, and bares it all. Fun fact: Benson’s Twitter/X account is a cornucopia of work-unfriendly content that you can peruse for free at your own risk.
While he initially made headlines for joining the online subscription-based platform, Benson has since spoken openly about being proud to create the content that he does. There’s no shame to his OF game and we support that.
Prior to becoming an adult entertainer, Benson’s last acting credit was in an independent comedy called “Killing Diaz” in 2018, per IMDB.
But the recent end of the actor’s strike appears to have Benson ready to re-launch his Hollywood dreams.
“I am coming out of retirement!! The actor strike is over!” Benson captioned a TikTok video. “Dan who played zeke on wizards of waverly place is making a massive comeback!”
Flashing his bulging biceps in a sleeveless t-shirt, Benson detailed his excitement about returning to mainstream fare.
“We have a new contract. That means I can get back to work! Creating characters! Going to auditions!” he said, before the reality of the day-to-day duties started to take hold. “Driving …in … LA traffic… every day.”
With his new plan in place, Benson then addressed the need to expunge his adult content past from everyone’s consciousness.
“So I need everyone to kinda forget that I did the whole go to adult entertainment thing. I need you to not Google me …ever again. So just don’t Google me and we’ll just forget about that stuff,” he added. “And we’ll get back to focusing on what’s important, not my pee-pee but my acting skills.”
However, it soon became apparent that the entire monologue was an acting exercise in itself, as Benson quickly changed course about ever wanting to resume having the life of a struggling actor.
“Because everyone knows it was my acting skills that catapulted me to,” he took a pause, before announcing, “I’m just kidding. I’m definitely not doing any of that. Love you though.”
I am coming out of retirement!! The actor strike is over! Dan who played zeke on wizards of waverly place is making a massive comeback! Wow! Amazing! #wizardsofwaverlyplace#disneychannel#actorstrike
Benson, who estimates that 99 percent of his subscribers are gay men, says he won’t have sex with men on camera.
It’s no wonder Benson isn’t looking to end his highly profitable income stream from OnlyFans.
Last week, the former Disney star shared a video where he disclosed how he made “next to nothing on residuals” from Wizards of Waverly Place and couldn’t afford to even buy medicated dog food for his pup.
His financial hardships turned him on to creating OnlyFans content and now makes “so much money that I’m scared to give an accurate amount. That’s how much I’m making right now.” Make it rain!
Despite having a gay male fanbase and performing for their delight, Benson previously disclosed he doesn’t plan on ever having sex with men.
“I’m not going to have sex with men on camera because everyone wants to see it,” he told Page Six. “I don’t want to look back in 10 years and go, ‘OK, I made all this money, I got all this fame because of this, but goddamn it, I was doing all these things that made me feel uncomfortable just for that.”
However, the frequently asked questions of his OnlyFans page seems to indicate it isn’t totally out of the question.
“Would you ever hook up with a guy? – Probably not.”
That’s not a downright no and we’ll take it!
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Another white “straight” man that we are supposed to care about…oh wait, he is “hot” so that is it…that’s the equation, formula and answer….also he is NOT “hot”
I find him very hot but I also find gay men hot. I dont care if straight or not if I am just looking. In no way do I think Im going to ever even meeting this guy. I am and always have been an out gay man. Never in the closet even as a teenager so if he was. a horrible bigot no I wouldn’t look at him but he doesnt seem horrible at all, just sexual which Im cool with
“His financial hardships turned him on to creating OnlyFans content and now makes ‘so much money that I’m scared to give an accurate amount. That’s how much I’m making right now.'”
“Despite having a gay male fanbase and performing for their delight, Benson previously disclosed he doesn’t plan on ever having sex with men. I’m not going to have sex with men on camera because everyone wants to see it. I don’t want to look back in 10 years and go, ‘OK, I made all this money, I got all this fame because of this, but goddamn it, I was doing all these things that made me feel uncomfortable just for that.”
And you wonder why society doesn’t take gay men seriously. Well, it’s because they’ve figured out that the vast majority of us are shallow and led around by our c*cks. They’ve figured out that they can milk us bone dry and we’ll just keep coming back for more. Because at the end of the day, we’re not about quality, self-control and substance – we’re just decadent junkies addicted to the next 3 second long orgasmic squirt.
Speak for yourself. What I will never support is a gay man who only wants a straight man. That is what makes us appear weak, when WE OURSELVES denigrate other gay men buy insinuating. gay men arent mass enough for us. I like gay men and I like them because they are smart and funny and not trying to stick to an unreasonable standard of manliness where being kind or actually equally involved in the sex is a show of weakness. Give me a guy who is confident in their sexuality that they dont have to pretend
@barryaksarben: “That is what makes us appear weak, when WE OURSELVES denigrate other gay men buy insinuating. gay men arent mass enough for us.”
And I give you exhibit A: Dan Benson’s enormously popular Only Fans account. A straight man that admittedly gets turned off by sex with gay men, but who also admittedly uses said gay men to line his coffers. According to Ben himself, he makes so much money from his OF account, that he’s embarrassed to name the figure and has no intention to return to acting on account of the amount of money he makes by withholding from gay men what they’ll NEVER EVER get from him.
Now who’s denigrating whom? Who’s proving that gay men aren’t good enough for other gay men? Thanks for proving my point in such a SPECTACULAR manner. I couldn’t have done it better myself!
An arrogant gay-hating has-been who now takes his clothes off for money.
There is a name for that. Rhymes with “looker”.
You are 37, sweetie. Not too many more years and you will be “Insta-gone”.
cant wait to see your OF page so your beautiful face can back up your incredible body. lol I find him very hot and I love his face. but to each his own
and we STILL are waiting to see your incrediblyy beautiful face. lol you are as ugly in as you are out. lets see your pic My husband who has the incredible body of a lifelong weightlifter has a higher voice but it doesnt stop anyone from coming up trying to get with him. stereotypes are. wrong ALOT but in your case an ugly bigot is an ugly bigot
I do not understand why people feel the need to comment negatively. He doesn’t effect your life unless you get off in being his conscience. Unless he is harming OUR community why do you care? It’s his life.
Well said. Unfortunately those who make negative comments are probably the ugliest ones on the site. He’s not my type but he does have a nice body. I thought he was a lot cuter when he was younger. But who am I to comment.
Isn’t part of being an actor (an important part, in fact) doing things that are perhaps “uncomfotable” for you to do? If he wants to earn more $$, he’d better learn how to suck c*ck pretty quickly. Many, many self-identified straight men do it in the adult entertainment industry every single day.
He’s a millionaire. Why do you care about his choice to keep being a whore on the Internet, or not?
On the other hand rather than whining about his ‘decision’ – and making even more money off ridiculous suckers for his whining and preening – he could complete a degree in nursing or some other helpful career and use the rest of the life helping others in true need.
Sorry, edwardnvirginia, but pornography, especially the yummy FREE fare I can get on my smart phone, keeps a lot of us “off the street” so to speak. And during Covid, kept me, and a lot of people like me, outta a mental hospital, just sayin’
OnlyFans isn’t a long-term gig if you have other options. Sex work (and yes, OnlyFans is sex work) isn’t a long-term gig if you have other options. In fact, it’s kinda depressing seeing some people lean into sex work for a decade or longer. Also, folks are gonna get bored of watching you wank-off and suck trans dick. Eventually, a larger percentage are gonna stop paying. And despite how he tried to claim he started doing this because of “freedom” or “expression” or whatever, the primarily goal was of course to make money.
It is weird how this site (and by extension a percentage of queers) resents people growing up and moving on. It’s like y’all want people to stay sex workers and/or promote hyper-sexuality forever. Just like y’all want to keep promoting that we need to worship every decent looking “gay friendly”, straight-presenting dude. It’s also apparent that Dan has some issues when it comes to traumas, insecurities, the dimensions of his sexuality, his place in the gender, sexual, affection, romantic, emotion, commitment spectrum. It’s probably best to move on now than to continue to exploit “gays” and trans women for the sake of getting attention and his bank account.
It is HIGHLY entertaining to read the comments. Seems like an awful lot of snowflakes commenting. Here is the great thing about OF, don’t like it? Don’t subscribe. Don’t like straight guys taking your money? Don’t subscribe. Don’t find him hot? Don’t subscribe. Think an OF creator is exploiting gays, and trans? Don’t subscribe. I am perfectly able to decide for myself who, if anyone, I want to subscribe to, and IF I decide I want to subscribe to a straight man who turns me on, that is my choice to spend MY money on his page and all you Karen Snowflakes can go back under your troll bridges.
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KissBananaPeels
Another white “straight” man that we are supposed to care about…oh wait, he is “hot” so that is it…that’s the equation, formula and answer….also he is NOT “hot”
barryaksarben
I find him very hot but I also find gay men hot. I dont care if straight or not if I am just looking. In no way do I think Im going to ever even meeting this guy. I am and always have been an out gay man. Never in the closet even as a teenager so if he was. a horrible bigot no I wouldn’t look at him but he doesnt seem horrible at all, just sexual which Im cool with
DarkZephyr
You hate white guys and straight guys? Boohoo for you I guess. While he’s cashing big OF checks. Have fun hating people though I guess.
GlobeTrotter
“His financial hardships turned him on to creating OnlyFans content and now makes ‘so much money that I’m scared to give an accurate amount. That’s how much I’m making right now.'”
“Despite having a gay male fanbase and performing for their delight, Benson previously disclosed he doesn’t plan on ever having sex with men. I’m not going to have sex with men on camera because everyone wants to see it. I don’t want to look back in 10 years and go, ‘OK, I made all this money, I got all this fame because of this, but goddamn it, I was doing all these things that made me feel uncomfortable just for that.”
And you wonder why society doesn’t take gay men seriously. Well, it’s because they’ve figured out that the vast majority of us are shallow and led around by our c*cks. They’ve figured out that they can milk us bone dry and we’ll just keep coming back for more. Because at the end of the day, we’re not about quality, self-control and substance – we’re just decadent junkies addicted to the next 3 second long orgasmic squirt.
barryaksarben
Speak for yourself. What I will never support is a gay man who only wants a straight man. That is what makes us appear weak, when WE OURSELVES denigrate other gay men buy insinuating. gay men arent mass enough for us. I like gay men and I like them because they are smart and funny and not trying to stick to an unreasonable standard of manliness where being kind or actually equally involved in the sex is a show of weakness. Give me a guy who is confident in their sexuality that they dont have to pretend
GlobeTrotter
@barryaksarben: “That is what makes us appear weak, when WE OURSELVES denigrate other gay men buy insinuating. gay men arent mass enough for us.”
And I give you exhibit A: Dan Benson’s enormously popular Only Fans account. A straight man that admittedly gets turned off by sex with gay men, but who also admittedly uses said gay men to line his coffers. According to Ben himself, he makes so much money from his OF account, that he’s embarrassed to name the figure and has no intention to return to acting on account of the amount of money he makes by withholding from gay men what they’ll NEVER EVER get from him.
Now who’s denigrating whom? Who’s proving that gay men aren’t good enough for other gay men? Thanks for proving my point in such a SPECTACULAR manner. I couldn’t have done it better myself!
Rambeaux
An arrogant gay-hating has-been who now takes his clothes off for money.
There is a name for that. Rhymes with “looker”.
You are 37, sweetie. Not too many more years and you will be “Insta-gone”.
barryaksarben
never has he said he hates gay men. NEVER so that is on you. judging sex workers is so. last century
Bengali
Nice body but if you don’t have the face to back it up (he clearly doesn’t) then keep thy mouth and body away from me.
barryaksarben
cant wait to see your OF page so your beautiful face can back up your incredible body. lol I find him very hot and I love his face. but to each his own
Mr.Gavin Elster
Honey, have you seen him naked? Who’s lookin’ at the face, or the body for that matter. Wink, wink!
inbama
With the voice of a transman just starting T and only looking good if you throw a bag over his head, his career choices are limited.
barryaksarben
and we STILL are waiting to see your incrediblyy beautiful face. lol you are as ugly in as you are out. lets see your pic My husband who has the incredible body of a lifelong weightlifter has a higher voice but it doesnt stop anyone from coming up trying to get with him. stereotypes are. wrong ALOT but in your case an ugly bigot is an ugly bigot
inbama
As I’m not on OnlyFans selling myself, my looks are irrelevant.
And as far as your musclebound boyfriend with the munchkin voice, sounds like the old gay saying, “He was hot until he opened his mouth.”
Mister Dawson
I do not understand why people feel the need to comment negatively. He doesn’t effect your life unless you get off in being his conscience. Unless he is harming OUR community why do you care? It’s his life.
Mack
Well said. Unfortunately those who make negative comments are probably the ugliest ones on the site. He’s not my type but he does have a nice body. I thought he was a lot cuter when he was younger. But who am I to comment.
Mr.Gavin Elster
I’m sure Walt Disney is spinning-in his cryogenic chamber, somewhere. I heard it’s under the tea-cup ride at Disneyland.
BrokebackBob
A hard pass that’s harder than a diamond
mateo
Isn’t part of being an actor (an important part, in fact) doing things that are perhaps “uncomfotable” for you to do? If he wants to earn more $$, he’d better learn how to suck c*ck pretty quickly. Many, many self-identified straight men do it in the adult entertainment industry every single day.
edwardnvirginia
He’s a millionaire. Why do you care about his choice to keep being a whore on the Internet, or not?
On the other hand rather than whining about his ‘decision’ – and making even more money off ridiculous suckers for his whining and preening – he could complete a degree in nursing or some other helpful career and use the rest of the life helping others in true need.
NO ONE is is in true need of pornography.
Mr.Gavin Elster
Sorry, edwardnvirginia, but pornography, especially the yummy FREE fare I can get on my smart phone, keeps a lot of us “off the street” so to speak. And during Covid, kept me, and a lot of people like me, outta a mental hospital, just sayin’
Donston
OnlyFans isn’t a long-term gig if you have other options. Sex work (and yes, OnlyFans is sex work) isn’t a long-term gig if you have other options. In fact, it’s kinda depressing seeing some people lean into sex work for a decade or longer. Also, folks are gonna get bored of watching you wank-off and suck trans dick. Eventually, a larger percentage are gonna stop paying. And despite how he tried to claim he started doing this because of “freedom” or “expression” or whatever, the primarily goal was of course to make money.
It is weird how this site (and by extension a percentage of queers) resents people growing up and moving on. It’s like y’all want people to stay sex workers and/or promote hyper-sexuality forever. Just like y’all want to keep promoting that we need to worship every decent looking “gay friendly”, straight-presenting dude. It’s also apparent that Dan has some issues when it comes to traumas, insecurities, the dimensions of his sexuality, his place in the gender, sexual, affection, romantic, emotion, commitment spectrum. It’s probably best to move on now than to continue to exploit “gays” and trans women for the sake of getting attention and his bank account.
mikhailmaui
It is HIGHLY entertaining to read the comments. Seems like an awful lot of snowflakes commenting. Here is the great thing about OF, don’t like it? Don’t subscribe. Don’t like straight guys taking your money? Don’t subscribe. Don’t find him hot? Don’t subscribe. Think an OF creator is exploiting gays, and trans? Don’t subscribe. I am perfectly able to decide for myself who, if anyone, I want to subscribe to, and IF I decide I want to subscribe to a straight man who turns me on, that is my choice to spend MY money on his page and all you Karen Snowflakes can go back under your troll bridges.
LumpyPillows
He is my type, except for the straight part.