Former Disney actress Maitland Ward has revealed the staggering amount she now brings in from OnlyFans, and she compared it with what she earned during her time on Boy Meets World from 1998 to 2000.
Ward discussed her pay and the realities of being famous on a recent episode of Hollywood Demons, a series that examines the less glamorous side of celebrity life.
In the installment titled ‘Child Stars Gone Wild’, she reflected on being thrust into public attention at a young age and explained how her career evolved after leaving the sitcom in the early 2000s.
On Boy Meets World, Ward portrayed Rachel McGuire, the “attractive roommate” who quickly became a memorable presence on the show.
Years after the original series, Disney Channel expanded the franchise with the spin-off Girl Meets World in 2014, featuring Sabrina Carpenter and Rowan Blanchard.
Although she booked another mainstream acting role after departing the family TV world, Ward later made a major career shift, signing with an adult talent agency in 2019 and entering the adult entertainment industry.
She said the turning point came in 2020 during the pandemic, when OnlyFans surged in popularity and she realized the platform could be extremely lucrative.
On the show, the 49-year-old shared: “On Boy Meets World, I think I made $20,000 or $25,000 an episode.”
Even with that kind of paycheck, she explained that job security never felt guaranteed, and she worried she could be written out at any time.
“You don’t have all the guarantees out there,” Ward noted.
She said OnlyFans gives her more control over what she earns, explaining she can bring in ‘six figures a month’.
Ward added that her income isn’t limited to subscriptions, because she also profits from other parts of her adult work while continuing to develop her public brand.
She added: “There is also my adult film sales and I am creating this brand. I can make it go for as long as I want it to go.”
Ward has spoken publicly about the change before, including what she says it has done for her personally.
In a Fox News Digital interview last year, she suggested that p**n helped her feel more comfortable and self-assured in her own body.
The 49-year-old said: “Just to be naked by myself and be confident in my body and myself, I would never have been able to do that before.
“P**n has really given that to me, that empowerment, to be able to stand in my own skin, to be able to create projects that I want to create and be proud of.”
She continued: “When you succeed at it, it’s like you feel so much more confident, because you’ve done something like nobody else has done.”