I Euphoria sæson 3 beslutter Sydney Sweeneys karakter Cassie sig for, at vise sin krop frem ved at blive en OnlyFans model. Det efterligner de valg, som nogle unge kvinder træffer i dag, når de søger at finde en indkomst uden for det traditionelle arbejdsmarked.
Det kan være et spejl af nogle menneskers liv, men rigtige OnlyFans modeller er ikke tilfredse med, hvordan deres 9-17 job bliver afbilledet i serien. Sydney Leathers, har været OnlyFans model siden 2017, og hun fortalte Variety, at hendes problemer med hvordan en OnlyFans model fremstilles er, at dele af det der vises, for eksempel er ulovligt på OnlyFans: "There's just a lot that's ridiculous and cartoonish about it. There's so much that they have her doing that is not even allowed on OnlyFans, and that alone is infuriating: the age-play stuff where she's dressed as a baby in a diaper, for example. Credit card processors have very strict rules that you have to abide by, and the rules are getting stricter all the time," forklarede hun.
Maitland Ward, en anden OnlyFans model delte et lignende synspunkt: "In the climate we're in, that they dressed her up as a baby to make pornographic OnlyFans content was beyond troubling and again serves to perpetuate stereotypes that sex workers have no moral compass and that they will do anything for money. And there's always this untrue stigma that somehow sex work is synonymous with sex trafficking and abuse. And they just said, let's make a joke of it. That is so funny. I'm not laughing."
OnlyFans tillader ikke fremstilling af "exploitation, abuse, or harm of individuals under the age of 18" på platformen, og de tillader heller ikke andet tabubelagt indhold. Det er ikke kun den type indhold, Sweeney laver, der vækker vrede hos virkelige OnlyFans modeller, men som Ali Lynx forklarer, kan det være skadeligt at skildre at Cassie får øjeblikkelig succes med hendes OnlyFans karriere:
"When Cassie goes to the influencer's house to get video, coming from a marketing background myself, I thought, 'OK, that's fuckin' smart. That's a great formula. On the other hand, it's portrayed that if you just dress up and do crazy shit, you'll instantly make money, or you just have to be hot and have big boobs and you'll instantly cash out, and it doesn't work like that. You have to really grow and nurture a fan base," sagde Lynx.