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riversedge

(73,490 posts)
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 07:58 PM Sep 2023

'Sopranos' Actress Says She Joined OnlyFans After Losing Work Due to [anti] Vax Stance

I have no sympathy for her--I do not want to be around folks who are not vaccinated against Covid.


‘Sopranos’ Actress Says She Joined OnlyFans After Losing Work Due to Vax Stance

https://www.thedailybeast.com/sopranos-actress-drea-de-matteo-joined-onlyfans-after-losing-work-due-to-vax-stance


Published Sep. 14, 2023 5:15PM EDT
Drea de Matteo attends a panel for the NBC series "Shades of Blue."
Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

The Sopranos actress Drea de Matteo, 51, said she joined OnlyFans last month after almost going broke because she refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “My own industry thinks I’m, you know, a savage,” she told Fox News Digital on Thursday, in reference to the backlash she received for speaking out against vaccine mandates. De Matteo’s agent abandoned her due to the controversy, leaving her out of work and nearly homeless, she said. “I know some people have said some nasty things about me having joined OnlyFans. But, you know, the way we see it in this house is mommy’s a warrior, not accepting defeat,” she told Fox. De Matteo said that he boyfriend, Robby Staebler from the band All Them Witches, and her children, who she shares with ex Shooter Jennings, support her OnlyFans work. De Matteo regularly appeared on the HBO mob drama, The Sopranos, for its first five seasons and won an Emmy for supporting actress in a drama series for her portrayal of Adriana La Cerva.
Read it at Fox News

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'Sopranos' Actress Says She Joined OnlyFans After Losing Work Due to [anti] Vax Stance (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2023 OP
She let one good part in an amazing ensemble go to her head. marble falls Sep 2023 #1
+1 musette_sf Sep 2023 #12
FAFO Botany Sep 2023 #2
This should be our 2024 election slogan. Arthur_Frain Sep 2023 #26
Have a heart! She may not be qualified ... dchill Sep 2023 #3
She'll probably do well. Some people are into a lot of weird shit on the internet. TheBlackAdder Sep 2023 #21
My employer required the COVID vaccine for two years. yardwork Sep 2023 #4
sounds like a "you" problem, lady Recycle_Guru Sep 2023 #5
Why? edisdead Sep 2023 #13
can't use the "youth and indiscretion" excuse and it is performing porn Recycle_Guru Sep 2023 #14
Why does one need an excuse? edisdead Sep 2023 #30
Very strange take on a women's decision ... MyNameIsKhan Sep 2023 #33
She must really suck at money RussBLib Sep 2023 #6
promoting lies that result in people getting killed is kinda frowned upon. Takket Sep 2023 #7
She also had a big part on Sons Of Anarchy JohnnyRingo Sep 2023 #8
She also had a somewhat major part in NBC's TV show that starred 4lbs Sep 2023 #9
Serves her right. William769 Sep 2023 #10
Silvio took care of that rat! tritsofme Sep 2023 #11
She took a stand and other people took a stand. Why is she whining over it? Solly Mack Sep 2023 #15
Am I supposed to feel pity for this privileged plonker? ExWhoDoesntCare Sep 2023 #16
And she goes on fox to Whine. says a Lot. Cha Sep 2023 #17
Murdoch must have a stake... Hugin Sep 2023 #18
Good grief. lol TY Cha Sep 2023 #19
That's what happens when your agent dumps you, I guess. Hugin Sep 2023 #22
When I read that.. I thought.. Cha Sep 2023 #24
It's always someone else's fault. n/t Hugin Sep 2023 #25
Right.. she's Text book 101 Cha Sep 2023 #27
I think... Hugin Sep 2023 #32
Mahalo Hugin 😊🌊🦋💙🐬 Cha Sep 2023 #38
Savage? No, the industry thinks that she doesn't care about the health and welfare of others. TheBlackAdder Sep 2023 #20
She torpedoed her career over a measly little covid shot? Iggo Sep 2023 #23
mCdONALD'S IS ALWAYS HIRING. ZonkerHarris Sep 2023 #28
Selfish and self centered Pachamama Sep 2023 #29
She must have heard about the microchip we're putting in the vaccine. Emile Sep 2023 #31
"Mommy's a warrior." Aristus Sep 2023 #34
You're right. Mommy's a vector. Iggo Sep 2023 #36
Tom Cruise blew up when he found cast and crew not wearing masks. Swede Sep 2023 #35
For once, Scientology works for the greater good. Aristus Sep 2023 #37
UPDATE: Welp, from the Sopranos Only Fans Full On MAGAt Montauk6 Nov 1 #39

Botany

(72,717 posts)
2. FAFO
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:02 PM
Sep 2023

BTW much of this anti vax and vaccine side effect problems is from Russian disinformation
via the internet.

dchill

(40,821 posts)
3. Have a heart! She may not be qualified ...
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:03 PM
Sep 2023

...to do anything else. I personally never heard of her.

yardwork

(64,830 posts)
4. My employer required the COVID vaccine for two years.
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:03 PM
Sep 2023

If employees didn't get it and weren't given an exemption for good reasons, they were fired. An annual flu vaccine is also a requirement of my employment. Has been for years.

I doubt my employer is the only one. I appreciate it I don't want to have to work with unvaccinated people.

edisdead

(3,359 posts)
13. Why?
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:39 PM
Sep 2023

Don’t get me wrong I don’t support any of her positions but what is sad about a 50+ OF model?

MyNameIsKhan

(2,205 posts)
33. Very strange take on a women's decision ...
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 10:06 AM
Sep 2023

She is adult and can model on onlyfans, her decision !!!

4lbs

(7,395 posts)
9. She also had a somewhat major part in NBC's TV show that starred
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:23 PM
Sep 2023

J. Lo. I believe the name was "Shades of Blue".

It ended in 2018 though.

I think everything she has done since has also 'ended'.

She was also in about 8 episodes of ABC's "A Million Little Things", but that show also ended earlier this year.









Solly Mack

(93,241 posts)
15. She took a stand and other people took a stand. Why is she whining over it?
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 08:56 PM
Sep 2023

Why do right-wingers think taking a stand is going to be consequence free?

It's not as if she merely voiced an opinion on vaccines. She actively sought to not take her well-being or the well-being of others into consideration.

They, in turn, actively took a stand to protect themselves from her.

Making movies/TV shows cost money.

She was a threat to production as well as to all other actors.

What exactly did she think would happen?






 

ExWhoDoesntCare

(4,741 posts)
16. Am I supposed to feel pity for this privileged plonker?
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 10:06 PM
Sep 2023
De Matteo’s agent abandoned her due to the controversy, leaving her out of work and nearly homeless


And yet--not homeless.

Don't hear about her having to pawn her wedding rings or sell her car to make the rent payment, either, do you? So she's just whining about nobody wanting to work with her for being a pestilential traitor thug.

Even if she really she went broke, I still wouldn't feel sorry for her. You have your 20s and 30s to make your best money in acting as a woman. So if you're not saving and investing over half of what you bring home during those years to set you up for the rest of your life--which you can do if you're in a hit show like the Sopranos, then don't come crying to us when Hollywood has no more use for you.

Get back to us when you sell the silverware to pay the electric bill, cupcake. Until then, you're just an unjustly privileged wanker who got a mild lesson in how she's imminently replaceable.

Cha

(305,910 posts)
17. And she goes on fox to Whine. says a Lot.
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 10:16 PM
Sep 2023

Never heard of Onlyfans.. looked it up. still don't know why it's relevant.

Hugin

(34,825 posts)
18. Murdoch must have a stake...
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 10:42 PM
Sep 2023

Since you looked it up, I had to and wasn't disappointed. OnlyFans is like the modern equivalent of coin operated peep show booth.

Hugin

(34,825 posts)
22. That's what happens when your agent dumps you, I guess.
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 10:56 PM
Sep 2023

Which is a feat in itself. I doubt it all had to do with her anti-VAXX stance.

Cha

(305,910 posts)
27. Right.. she's Text book 101
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 11:14 PM
Sep 2023

Whine, Blame everyone else, Take No responsibility for her own self imposed ostracization.

And apparently join Onlyfans.. Oh I get it now I think. Only fans can post on there. lol

Hugin

(34,825 posts)
32. I think...
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 09:05 AM
Sep 2023

It’s adorable that you were so slow on the uptake.

Please, stay that way. There’s already too many cynics in this world.

Cha

(305,910 posts)
38. Mahalo Hugin 😊🌊🦋💙🐬
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 04:59 PM
Sep 2023

Don’t think there’s much chance of changing now. That’s sweet and made my day!

TheBlackAdder

(29,069 posts)
20. Savage? No, the industry thinks that she doesn't care about the health and welfare of others.
Thu Sep 14, 2023, 10:45 PM
Sep 2023

Pachamama

(17,044 posts)
29. Selfish and self centered
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 12:50 AM
Sep 2023

She has the right to make the decision for herself - but not the right to endanger others.

Her whining and pity party is really pathetic and just further demonstrates that in addition to being selfish and self-centered that she is entitled.

Good riddance Drea

Aristus

(68,706 posts)
34. "Mommy's a warrior."
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 10:16 AM
Sep 2023

Yes. I like to kill people by being a vector for an easily transmissible virus against which I refuse to get vaccinated.

I wish anti-vaxxers would stop portraying themselves as heroes instead of the zeroes that they are.

Swede

(34,923 posts)
35. Tom Cruise blew up when he found cast and crew not wearing masks.
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 11:08 AM
Sep 2023

Covid would shut down shoots, which would cost millions in lost time.

Aristus

(68,706 posts)
37. For once, Scientology works for the greater good.
Fri Sep 15, 2023, 12:41 PM
Sep 2023

Oh well; a broken clock, and all that...

Montauk6

(8,782 posts)
39. UPDATE: Welp, from the Sopranos Only Fans Full On MAGAt
Fri Nov 1, 2024, 11:14 PM
Nov 1
Drea de Matteo compares Kamala Harris to a 'Nazi' and predicts 'civil war' if Donald Trump loses
By Nola Ojomu For Dailymail.Com

Published: 16:04 EDT, 1 November 2024 | Updated: 18:34 EDT, 1 November 2024




Sopranos star Drea de Matteo has boldly claimed that there are more parallels between Kamala Harris and the Nazis than there are with Donald Trump - after the former president was accused of praising Adolf Hitler as a man who 'did some good things.'

The actress-turned-OnlyFans star, 52, launched a blistering attack on the Democrats during an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com in which she warned of impending civil war, accused President Joe Biden's government of making an 'aberration' of abortion and gay rights, and claimed Americans want 'politically incorrect fun again.'

The Emmy-winning actress argued that it was the Left and Harris' campaign who are exhibiting Nazi party traits, just hours after announcing she had voted for Trump.

'I feel like what [the Democrats] are doing is very dangerous where they're pushing this narrative of continuous racism and the whole Nazi agenda,' she said.

'I hate to say this, but they've been pushing it so hard... and we all know that this is a case of inverted politics where the playbook is accuse your opponent of all of the things you're actually doing.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-14026031/drea-matteo-kamala-harris-nazi-civil-war-donald-trump.html
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