Jessica Andrade recently opened up about her experiences with abuse and her decision to delete her OnlyFans account. The former UFC strawweight champion had joined the platform in June of last year following numerous requests from American fans.
OnlyFans, primarily known for its pornographic content, is not solely restricted to such material. However, for Jessica Andrade, being on the platform proved to be emotionally taxing, as it brought back memories of her childhood abuse, causing her immense distress.
In an appearance on the Cortes do Connect Cast Portuguese language podcast (H/T: MMA Mania), Andrade revealed how much she disliked having an OnlyFans account:
“I used to have [an OnlyFans account], I don’t anymore. I never liked doing that, can you believe it? That was really bad for me. Because I have childhood traumas, stuff like abuse, and everything. When I did that [OnlyFans], I felt the same way. I felt my hands were tied, I couldn’t react. Do you know when you freeze? It got very deep into my trauma. And I couldn’t say no.”
She further added that when her pictures got leaked, she only pretended to be fine with it but she was not:
“I hated it, hated it. I had never spoken [about childhood abuse]. Only the closest people knew. Now the whole world will know. But it’s part of it. It was something that really traumatized me and I didn’t know how to say ‘no.’ It referred to me [to what I had experienced in childhood]. When the first pictures leaked it was really bad. Because I had to pretend that I was fine, and I wasn’t fine.”
