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Even if you’ve never watched a single second of the show, you’ve probably heard about Sydney Sweeney’s OnlyFans story on trance Season 3.
Sydney’s character, Cassie, is seen filming increasingly obscene content as she works to build her following and gain financial freedom.
One scene in particular – where Sydney is seen wearing a diaper and acting like a baby – received particularly harsh criticism.
The scene has gained backlash not only from viewers who are surprised, but also from adult content creators who say it taints their profession badly.
One of these creatives is Maitland Ward, a former mainstream actress who now lives in the adult industry.
“There are all kinds of things you can’t do,” Ward said in a recent interview with TMZ, adding:
“The whole baby-to-child thing is so disgusting… You can’t go into this whole thing about minors like this. I mean, you can kind of do that if it’s very playful, like being an adult like kids or something. But the way it was handled was so awful, it’s so disgusting and despicable.”
She further explained: “You don’t want pedophilia anywhere near pornography.”
Ward went on to claim this trance “Mokes fun of OnlyFans creators” instead of “celebrating” them.
“It says how strange and scary they are,” she said. “There are so many creative people working hard to build their brands every day, and it’s really disingenuous.”
Ward went off on blast tranceher writers, and even Sydney herself to denigrate sex workers:
“OnlyFans creator Sydney Sweeney’s portrayal brings sex workers back to real individuals with lives, families and careers by mocking not only what they choose to do with their bodies and lives, but also them as human beings,” she said.
“This show treats sex work like a circus show, a freak show. And of course, they use the traditional stereotype of the blonde, the simpleton who will do anything for money and fame, including pretending to be a dog licking a bowl and presenting fantasies of pedophilia, as a person who is a sex worker.”
“Because, of course, you can only work in sex work if you are dysfunctional on some level and without standards. This only reinforces the false and harmful stereotypes that sex workers have to fight every day. It is so far from reality.”
And while trance It’s just a TV show, and Cassie’s story is mainly played for laughs, and Ward says this kind of portrayal can have devastating real-world consequences:
“I know it’s ridiculous, but a lot of people actually believe these things about sex workers, and it reinforces those harmful stereotypes,” she said. “Sex work is treated like a joke – some weird sideshow that’s fun to use for a laugh and a laugh. Hollywood is doing it again.”
