Former Hollyoaks beauty Sarah Jayne Dunn has slammed soap bosses for refusing to allow her former co-stars to produce content for OnlyFans.
The 42-year old was sensationally axed from the Channel 4 show in 2021 after signing up to the adult subscription platform. The actress had played Mandy Richardson for 25 years until one of her colleagues complained about her work on the side.
Sarah was subsequently told by Channel 4 she could only continue in one of her roles – prompting her to ditch Hollyoaks in what she now looks back on as the “best decision of her life”. Now, the mum-of-one mum-of-one claims TV bosses include clauses in actors’ contracts, forbidding them from heading down the same route.
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Married Sarah Jayne told the Sun: “I know that what happened with all of the soaps is that they had to all sign a new copy of the contract, saying that they wouldn’t do it, that they couldn’t do it.”
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She continued: “Everyone would have left if they didn’t. I think people are curious but people can’t take that step.” Sarah Jayne has recently launched a new venture, meanwhile, starring alongside Kerry Katona and Lottie Moss on an OFTV (OnlyFans TV) series, Real Life.
Sarah Jayne tells fans in her installment: “People know me as a character through my acting work, so taking part in the first UK series of In Real Life was a great opportunity to allow people to get to know me on a more personal level. It squashes the misconceptions that people who don’t understand OnlyFans have and shows how the platform has helped me to take back control of my content in a safe environment.”
Following her exit from Channel 4, Sarah Jayne said she was supported by Kerry and Megan Barton Hanson for standing her ground. Hollyoaks bosses reportedly cited a responsibility towards its young audience as the reason behind its stance.
Sarah Jayne argued, however, that she had simply been sharing content of herself in her underwear – just as she did in 90s lads mags such as Maxim and FHM. In addition, up until 2011 Hollyoaks sold racy calendars on an annual basis of its sexiest male and female stars – in which they wore very little.
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Sarah Jayne says she will never venture into X-rated material, however, and she has the full backing of her husband, Jonathan Smith. “When I first joined OnlyFans, me and my husband had a conversation about what my limitations and boundaries were,” she explained. And discussing her registration on the platform – which saw a surge in subscriptions during the coronavirus pandemic – she added: “I didn’t expect things to pan out the way they did. but it has panned out really positively.
“I have had a tone of support. I think where I was at wasn’t specifically just to do with the show — it was the back of Covid and lockdown. I was really trying to find my place and where I was happy and I knew I wasn’t happy.
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