With a headline like that, how do I crack this article open? Well, maybe we should start with a bit of history.
In November 2024, a British OnlyFans performer named Lily Phillips performed a stunt where she had sex with 37 men in a day. A month later, she upped the ante by having sex with 101 men in a day. Lily also filmed a YouTube-friendly 47-minute documentary, which was (appropriately) titled, "I Slept with 100 Men in One Day." This documentary is how most of the world found out about Lily's stunt.
During one particularly painful moment towards the end of the documentary (the 44-minute mark in the video below), Lily tears up as the gravity of what she has done appears to sink in. She also admits that she dissociated with her body roughly 30 men into the stunt. It's both a disturbing and profoundly sad reflection of a culture that rewards self-erasure, as long as it's algorithm-friendly and therefore monetizable. Here is Lily's documentary:
But it gets worse.
OnlyFans has democratized the adult world. There are no more gatekeepers or star-markers. As a result, to stand out, performers must generate attention in increasingly shocking ways.
So in January 2025, another British performer, Bonnie Blue, upped the ante to an absolutely horrendous level. Bonnie, who up to that point had been doing similar stunts as Lily, organized an event where she had sex 157 men. Oh wait. Did I say 157? I forgot a zero. Bonnie Blue had sex with 1,057 men. In 12 hours.
Bonnie Blue in Palm Springs, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)
According to a recent Financial Times profile of Bonnie (THAT IS A LITERAL THING THAT HAPPENED!!! What happened to you, FT???!!!), she earns $815,000 PER MONTH from OnlyFans. That's a little under $10 million per year. Even if those are gross figures… and they are indeed very gross… after OnlyFans takes a 20% cut, we're still talking about $8 million per year in profit. That's $7,568.59 per banged man on the 1,057 day.
On June 9th, OnlyFans banned Bonnie Blue from the platform entirely, citing violations of its terms for promoting extreme content. With an $8 billion company sale reportedly in the works, the platform apparently concluded that they couldn't risk Bonnie staining their reputation.
Meanwhile, 5,000 miles away, there's a 20-year-old American OnlyFans model named Sophie Rain. This is Sophie:
Sophie is, in many ways, Bonnie Blue's ideological opposite — a self-described virgin who's built her empire by selling the idea of sex, not the act itself. She doesn't do public stunts. She doesn't sleep with fans. She doesn't throw cake at people in public or fake pregnancies for views. What she does do, apparently, is make money. A staggering amount of it.
Sophie joined OnlyFans in November 2024, about a month after she turned 20. Fast forward to the present, a year and a half later, and Sophie just posted the following earnings screenshot to Twitter showing $76 million in lifetime OnlyFans earnings. She included a not-so-subtle jab at Bonnie:
"76M without banging 1000 men in a day 😌"
It was a direct hit, and the internet noticed. The post went viral, fueling a rivalry that's been bubbling beneath the surface for months. The two women have traded shade and subtweets before, but Sophie's $76 million flex elevated things to a new, headline-grabbing level.
The rivalry between Sophie Rain and Bonnie Blue isn't just personal — it's philosophical. It's about what success should look like in a world where attention is currency and boundaries are marketing tools.
The tension first boiled over earlier this year, when TMZ ran a viral "Who'd You Rather?" poll comparing the two stars. On the surface, it was just clickbait. Underneath, it became a referendum on two very different archetypes: Bonnie, the gleeful provocateur drowning in spectacle, and Sophie, the cold-eyed CEO of her own chastity.
Since then, Sophie has become increasingly vocal in her disdain for what she calls "clown show content." In a recent interview with The Blast, she unloaded on creators like Bonnie:
"It's no longer women empowerment. It's shock value. She's making a joke out of all of us. We built this space to take control of our bodies and make money on our terms — not to fake pregnancies, marriages, or throw cake at people in public."
Sophie's main argument is that performers like Bonnie aren't just embarrassing themselves — they're hurting the legitimacy of the entire creator economy.
"Brands don't take us seriously anymore. Media doesn't take us seriously. I'm tired of having to explain that not all of us are doing circus acts for clicks," she said.
It's a valid point. For all the talk of empowering women through direct-to-consumer platforms, OnlyFans — like every attention-based economy — eventually rewards those willing to torch their dignity for clicks. Bonnie didn't become famous in spite of the 1,057-man stunt. She became famous because of it. And even now, banned from the platform, her name is trending and her monthly earnings are being quoted in the Financial Times.
Sophie's approach is different. She built her empire with strategy, scarcity, and what she calls "self-respect." She claims to have never even met a fan in person. But her image — porcelain-skinned, always teased but never touched — is every bit as curated as Bonnie's.
In other words: same system, different packaging.
Wherever you fall on the Lily vs. Bonnie vs. Sophie debate, I think we can all agree on two things:
- One, society needs to plot a new course going forward that values things like purity and self-respect over attention and money.
- Two, we need to hug our daughters more.
Or maybe it's just time for the meteor. We had a good run, no? Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to create a net worth page for Bonnie Blue because – according to the Financial Times – her Wikipedia page is more popular than Beyoncé's. Think of all the pageviews, attention, and income we might be missing out on!