Maitland Ward is calling out Sydney Sweeney’s portrayal of an OnlyFans model in season three of Euphoria, saying the scenes are “so gross” and “disgusting and vile.” The 49-year-old said the show’s baby-themed imagery, including a pacifier, pigtails and sheer clothing, crosses a line that real creators are not allowed to cross.
In a recent interview with TMZ, Ward said the “whole child-baby thing” was “so disgusting” and added that “you don’t want pedophilia anywhere near pornography.” She said the scenes do not reflect how the platform works, and that there are rules creators can be kicked off for breaking.
Ward’s comments land as Euphoria leans on Cassie’s turn to OnlyFans as part of the character’s storyline in season three. In the show, Cassie uses the platform to pay for her wedding and later to support herself after learning her husband is broke and owes people millions of dollars. The episodes also show her dressed as a baby and as a dog, drinking water from a doggy bowl, jumping rope in a low-cut polka dot bodysuit, using a sex toy on herself, mailing used underwear to subscribers and sucking her own toe in a video.
For Ward, the issue is not simply that the show goes for shock value. She said it makes fun of OnlyFans creators rather than celebrating them, and argued that the portrayal is unfair to people trying to build a business on the platform. “There’s so many creators who are really working hard to build their brands every day, and this is really disingenuous,” she said. She also said of the scenes, “It’s saying how weird and creepy they are.”
The criticism carries extra weight because Ward knows the territory from both sides of the screen. She is a former child actress who found fame as Jessica Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful and later as Rachel McQuire on Boy Meets World. She now works as an adult film actress and OnlyFans creator, and she appeared in an episode of Investigation Discovery’s Hollywood Demons. In an exclusive interview in April 2026, she said telling her story on the series was “very therapeutic to tell the story at the age that I am now.”
That makes her attack on the show harder to dismiss as a routine celebrity reaction. Ward is not objecting to the platform’s presence in the story; she is objecting to what she says the story tells viewers about the people who use it. Her view is blunt: OnlyFans has guidelines and rules meant to keep pedophiles away, and she says any portrayal that drifts into childlike sexual imagery undermines the work of creators who operate within those limits.
