Sarah Jayne Dunn brands OnlyFans ‘safer than Hollyoaks’ after soap failed to stop stalking ordeal
Former Hollyoaks star Sarah Jayne Dunn, 43, has branded adult site OnlyFans ‘safer’ than the Channel 4 soap.
The actress played Mandy Richardson in the show on and off from 1996 until 2021, when she was axed after refusing to shut down her OnlyFans account.
During her time on the show, she was at the centre of some extremely hard hitting storylines, including ones that saw Mandy report her father for rape, deal with the deaths of her family members and give birth prematurely.
Mandy jetted off to LA in early 2022 after a co-star allegedly reported Sarah’s account on the adult website to Hollyoaks bosses, leading to her firing.
However, Sarah Jayne has said she has ‘no regrets’ over her decision to swap careers, previously explaining to Metro that she enjoys being herself instead of playing a character.
‘I think I’ve just found like a really nice space for me to be me to be creative, to be expressive, to be Sarah, as opposed to a character,’ she enthused.
Now, she has spoken out about safety features on the website that have left her feeling safer than during her time on Hollyoaks, after show bosses were unable to do anything about a terrifying stalking ordeal that saw the actress bombarded with ‘disturbing’ messages during her time on the show.
‘[OnlyFans] has actually been a much safer space than the likes of Instagram or TikTok or any of the other platforms that I use and that I am active on,’ she told The Sun.
‘I was getting horrendous messages on Instagram through an account, really disturbing that I went to Hollyoaks with and I contacted the police about. But they don’t do anything and they can’t do anything. And that’s terrifying.’
Sarah continued to the publication: ‘I went to Hollyoaks and it was a case of “right, just send us what he sent you’” And then I went to the police and there’s not much they can do, it’s really scary actually.’
She went on to explain how settings on OnlyFans mean that messages she is sent are pixelated, giving her the choice of whether or not to view them.
Metro has reached out to Hollyoaks for comment.
The actress previously addressed how she felt the Hollyoaks bosses’ decision to axe her was hypocritical, pointing out that she had done racy magazine photoshoots to promote the show.
‘I’d been sexualised and been made an object of sexual desire for my entire adult life.
‘To then be told I couldn’t do it on my own terms? That was really the bit that stung because it just didn’t make sense to me.
‘I had spent years going on set, being put in short skirts and having a camera pan up and, you know, almost upskirt me and things like that.
‘And then you’d have directors manhandling you and feeling uncomfortable… to be told that I couldn’t take control myself was the biggest kick in the teeth.’
