Sex worker ‘honestly relieved’ after Fort Bragg hysteria outed her to family
A sex worker on the receiving end of sexually suggestive tweets posted to the U.S. Army’s Fort Bragg Twitter account in October says she’s breathing a sigh of relief now that family and friends are familiar with her work.
Quinn Finite, a content creator on OnlyFans, tweeted of the moment her mother found Business Insider’s story highlighting her newfound fame on the pay-per-view adult website.
“Honestly relieved that this article is doing the ‘coming out’ work for me,” she wrote Tuesday in a Twitter post. “Otherwise I’m just silently eating spaghetti on my couch in awe and amusement.”
Before the story went live, Finite said her family only knew that she “modeled” online.
“I had alluded to selling ‘modeling photos’ to fans who pay a subscription price weeks prior but never was specific,” she told McClatchy News. “Thankfully, [my mom] was pretty cool with it, saying she kinda figured I was working in the adult industry. My dad doesn’t know yet though (I think) — he’s more conservative, so I’m a bit scared of his potential reaction.”
Finite said she realized the likelihood that her real-life identity and online persona “will merge” after a few of her friends and their families found the Business Insider article, which also landed on the front page of Yahoo News. The sex worker is also getting extra attention from her more than 4,500 subscribers who’ve flocked to her page since the “Fort Bragg hysteria.”
She’s now rakes in $35,000 a month and is among the top 0.14% of earners on the platform, Business Insider reported.
London-based OnlyFans, which is heavily populated by models, celebrity influencers and adult film stars, launched in 2016 and allows users to pay a monthly subscription to view content “too racy for Instagram,” according to The New York Times.
The past few days after another wave of viral tweets about the incident and the Business Insider article have been really crazy,” Finite told McClatchy News. “Obviously I expect things to calm down soon, but in the meantime I’m definitely worried about how to sustainably maintain this success as best I can. It’ll be interesting, but I don’t want to think I’ve secured a spot in the top or anything.”
The sex worker found herself in the spotlight in October when Fort Bragg’s official Twitter page, in public view, directed a series of sexually charged tweets at Finite, The News & Observer reported. The Army base, located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, initially claimed the account was hacked but later said an unnamed “administrator” was behind the messages.
The XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Bragg said “appropriate action is underway” but didn’t give specifics. The military base’s official Twitter page was deleted shortly afterward and remained offline as of Wednesday.
Finite took advantage of her newfound fame among U.S. service members, offering a 50% military discount for new OnlyFans subscribers, according to McClatchy News. The Army’s tweets also earned her a slew of new Twitter followers.
One month later, she said subscribers are still flocking to her page to get a peek at her content.
“I’m now at 4,600 subscribers and it’s still exploding,” she said.
This story was originally published November 18, 2020 at 1:11 PM.