Former Wizards of Waverly Place actor Dan Benson made his OnlyFans debut last summer to much fanfare. Since then, he’s made tons of fresh content, kept audiences satisfied, and even raised thousands for The Trevor Project along the way.
It wasn’t until he uploaded a new video to his TikTok account that fans got to hear how he ended up making this drastic, welcome career change.
It’s a story of betrayal, reclamation, and so, so many nudes:
@danleebenson I tripped and fell into adult entertainment. #disney #disneychannel #wizardsofwaverlyplace #adultenteratinment #accountant #zeke ♬ original sound – Dan Benson
“I thought I’d take just a minute and explain how I kind of tripped and fell into adult entertainment,” he starts.
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The actor explains how, at the height of his Waverly fame, he would sometimes sext with women who “turned out not to be who they said they were” and later find his private photos uploaded around the internet.
“Quickly, I learned that my nude photos and videos were all over the web,” he puts plainly.
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These people leaking his photos put him through an incredibly difficult time, causing him emotional turmoil and almost costing him his job even after retiring from acting.
“Eventually, I decided to stop fighting against it and instead go the other direction and completely lean into it,” he says. “Instead of letting these people sell my privacy, my… you know what I mean, I decided to say, ‘Alright, screw you. I’m going to sell it myself.'”
And sell he did!
Tens of thousands of dollars and subscribers later, Dan Benson is at a newfound popularity height — and this time, he’s the one calling the shots.
It’s no wonder he’s making bank off of such quality product:
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Rambeaux
Wow! I can see what he tripped on.
inbama
Cute, ripped and a two hander.
Darson
Boy be packin’
Donston
From what I can tell the only people he sexually engages with on his OnlyFans are trans women. Yet, he only hypes up and talks about cis female attractions on his social media’s and claims to only date cis women. He’s still “straight presenting”. And I’m not sure how much I buy into his story of photos getting leaked equating to him wanting to take ownership of his body and nudes. He honestly just seems like an exhibitionist who saw an opportunity to make some decent money off guys being into him and off the shock value of being a former “child star”, which is fine. But we don’t need the self-empowerment story.
I am getting tired of these guys (particularly “straight presenting” guys) who only really care about “queers” or want public gay attention when they’re looking for money and clout. But at least he’s not as much of an overt a-hole or scammer as a lot of these OnlyFans dudes.
Brian
You have no proof of any of this. The whole comment is creepy. Just let him be.
Donston
He’s had an OnlyFans for a year and other social media’s. Most of what I’m saying is based on those things.
The only clips he’s posted where he’s sexually engaging with people are with trans women and they seem to be hired prostitutes in cheap motels. Yet, looking over his social media’s, he only repost conventional hetero pornography and only talks about being into cis women. He claims he’s “straight”. He says he’s only dated cis women. It feels a bit leech-like to talk about being into trans chicks on your OnlyFans and only mess around with trans chicks on your OnlyFans. Yet, on your other social medias you present yourself a very, very hetero-leaning and only want to hype conventional heterosexuality. I don’t know the actual dimensions of his sexuality, his lifestyle, his preferences or where he is in the gender, sexual, affection, romantic, emotion, commitment spectrum. I’m just basing shit off his social media’s and OnlyFans and the stuff he himself has said. While claiming you started an OnlyFans mainly because one naked video of yours got “leaked” a few years ago is a bit difficult to believe.
It all ends up giving the vibe of someone a bit insecure about his queer dimensions and also someone who is mostly using queers for quick hook-ups, clout and money. I’m simply not interested in hyping up every decent looking dude with a drip-drop of fame who’s willing to get naked for some money like a lot of horny guys and a lot of queer media does nowadays. But it is his hustle. People are willing to pay. And as I said, at least he doesn’t come off as selfish, insecure, gay-panic-y, problematic as a lot of those OnlyFans dudes. So, no one is trying to stop him from doing his thing.
inbama
How absurd to expect veracity from pornstars when none is demanded of queer theorists, gender activists or puberty-blocker pushers.
Donston
Inbama, you really had to work to try to get what I said to fit into your constant bitterness towards modern queer-dom. And it still ended up making half sense.
I personally don’t have much issues with Dan and the way he makes his money and gets clout. I am however tired of queer media’s constant uplifting of sex work and constantly putting every decent looking dude who gets naked on a pedestal, while never calling out the social and mental repercussions of sex work or people’s problematic behaviors or privilege or hypocrisy or the using of queers (in particular guys who are into guys) and queer platforms for money or narcissistic reasons. So, in a way my criticism has a lot more to do with some of whatever you’re trying to talk about rather than it’s a criticism of Dan.
thisisnotreal
@donston
so ill admit i was subbed to his OF for a month or two and you are right about one thing, hes said before many times on it that his chosen label is heterosexual so yes technically hes another straight guy whos just using us gays to fuel his ego and wallet (that realization is what made me unsub from his page). however, i feel like you are going down a dangerous road with your line of thought on the transwomen part. you know how generations are these days and how they constantly say “trans women are women” (not gonna debate any of that im too old and too tired), so by todays standards, him being into trans women still qualifies him as being heterosexual since trans women are seen as real women by todays generations. idk if you meant something more specific that i didnt pick up on, but calling him “straight presenting” and talking about his “queer dimensions” makes it sound like you consider him to be queer or queer adjacent just because he hooks up with trans women, which in turn almost makes it sound like you are placing trans women in a different category than cis women, which im sure as you know, people these days wont take kindly to. just a thought…
inbama
@thisisnotreal
The technical term is Gynandromorphophilia (GAMP) – a sexual interest in gynandromorphs (GAMs) who possess a combination of male and female physical characteristics.
Rugby8
Well said Brian
ScottOnEarth
He really delivers on OF, too. Wow.
scotty
too much hair. and please eat something…anything ffs!
Karlis
I just love this big debate about all of the whys and the shows and the wherefores of how this guy went from being on a Disney show to playing with himself on the internet. To me to bottom line is this: Do I like seeing a photograph of this particular person naked and playing with himself? Yes. Yes, I do. I will never meet this particular person, so that is enough for me and I really don’t care whether in his spare time he dates CIS women or whatever. Why can’t everybody just take it for what it is?
scotty
also, not enough ink. that’s the ticket. less hair, more ink. and a steak dinner or four. steak for 4 at peter lugers was 500 dollars last time i was there. there appears to be steak for 7 in those shorts. yes, more shaving, less talking, more ink. ttfn
Godabed
Seems like my comments are being removed…
johncp56
I,m loven him, so my type love live for skinny slender men, he is a hottie, if diesny does not take care of ther actors after they are done dont shame anyone for trying to keep there heads above water,