MAGA Darling’s ‘Euphoria’ Storyline Turns More Americans Against Her

Key Points:

• Sydney Sweeney faces renewed online backlash due to her character Cassie Howard's storyline in Euphoria's third season, where Cassie joins OnlyFans to fund her wedding, sparking controversy over the portrayal of sex work.
• Critics, including sex workers and OnlyFans creators, have condemned the show's depiction as unrealistic and problematic, particularly scenes involving Cassie dressed as a baby, which violate OnlyFans' content policies and perpetuate harmful stereotypes.
• Former OnlyFans performers and commentators argue that the show trivializes and misrepresents sex work, conflating it with exploitation and abuse, while others highlight the economic realities driving people to platforms like OnlyFans.
• Megyn Kelly criticized Euphoria for "sexualizing infancy" through Cassie's baby outfit scenes, blaming both Sweeney and creator Sam Levinson, who defended the creative choice as intentionally absurd and satirical.
• Chloe Cherry, an actress and former porn performer on Euphoria, contextualized the normalization of OnlyFans and sex work as a response to economic hardship under capitalism, expressing skepticism about the empowerment narrative often associated with such platforms.