HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 11: Actress Drea de Matteo attends the 25th Annual Balls with Movies – US Premiere of “The Latin From Manhattan” at TCL Chinese Theater on June 11, 2022 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)
In Hollywood, success is no guarantee of prosperity. If not, ask Drea de Matteoan actress immediately known to series lovers for her participation in such emblematic productions as The sopranos, Desperate wives either Sons of Anarchy. She played key characters in all of them, appearing in most – or all – seasons, as well as being a guest artist on countless notable series (such as “Joey”, “Californication”, “CSI: Miami”, “Agents of SHIELD”, etc.). However, despite her resume and experience, she needs to make a living to provide for her children, which is the main reason for opening an OnlyFans account.
In case you didn’t know, the 51-year-old actress revealed that she opened an account on the service called The Sopornos last August, charging her $15 per month in exchange for personal and erotic content. But the news didn’t go down well, especially among users who didn’t understand how an actress stood on a pedestal after being part of a series as legendary as The sopranos resorted to generating this type of content. And now, after the flood of criticism, Drea reveals the professional debacle that she has been experiencing for several years and that led her to choose this path.
Although she has a CV full of successful series and won the Emmy in 2004 for “The Sopranos”, Drea de Matteo had to make ends meet and provide for her children -Alabama, 15, and Waylon, 12- after losing job opportunities due to their stance against COVID vaccination mandates.
Michael Imperioli as Christopher Moltisanti and Drea de Matteo as Adriana La Cerva star in the hit HBO television series “The Sopranos” (Year 3). (HBO photo)
In an interview with Fox News Digital, she claims that she was forced ““I change careers and discover new things because my own industry thinks I’m a savage.” following his stance against COVID vaccination mandates. She added: “I guess you could say I was a bad girl for not following the rules a few years ago.”
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De Matteo added that her agent left her because of her anti-vaccine opinions and that she almost lost her house when she didn’t receive any acting offers.. A position that ultimately took its toll, at a time when Hollywood and the entire world were paralyzed by the pandemic and took global health measures to move forward.
However, she was not the only one who was against vaccination. Recall that Novak Djokovic made headlines for refusing to take the shot as he was arrested in Australia before the US Open match. They eventually allowed him to compete – and he won the title for the third straight year – but the controversy continued for a long season. Nicki Minaj, Kanye West and Rob Schneider also protested. Even Marvel and Lost star Evangeline Lilly voiced her opinion on social media, saying that “no one should be forced to have anything injected into their body against their will.”
But while the Serbian tennis player continued to compete and Evangeline Lilly returned to Marvel, the case of Dream Matteo It would have been different losing his agent and his opportunities along the way.
“But I’m 51 years old. I didn’t know that this would be a change in my life, you know, that suddenly, at a time when I was supposed to relax a little, I had to change careers and.” “I make a living doing new things “Because my own industry thinks I’m a savage,” she explained in the above interview.
“People find it hard to believe that I never received much money for the work I did.“he added. “People think I’m made of gold, but that’s not true. I went from job to job. And I’ve turned down tons of jobs in the past just to be with my kids because their dad travels and doesn’t travel as much.“he said, referring to his ex, musician Shooter Jennings.
In fact, her story is not exactly that of a Hollywood millionaire, contrary to what many might think when dealing with an actress who has starred in successful series.
Without going any further, In 2021, he revealed Page Six who charged $500 for each episode of the first season The sopranos where she played Adriana, the girlfriend of gangster Christopher Moltisanti (Michael Imperioli). And although the raises started coming in the second round, they didn’t make her a millionaire. “I made a couple thousand, and I probably started making serial quotes at the end, but the money came and went right away,” he said. “I didn’t spend enough time on the show to make any real money.”
Furthermore, he revealed this in this interview The cast of the HBO series receives no residualsThis is one of the current struggles of the Actors Union strike, as there are no subsequent profitability agreements and no image usage when the series are available on streaming platforms. It’s the same thing that Breaking Bad stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are experiencing, although it’s a production that gained worldwide popularity when Netflix took over the broadcast rights.
Drea de Matteo, winner of Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for “The Sopranos” (Photo by Bob Riha Jr/WireImage)
But back to Drea. After The sopranos played Jaz Teller, the troubled drug addict ex-wife of the protagonist of Sons of Anarchy interpreted by Charlie Hunnam. He was a recurring character throughout the seven seasons. She was also the sister of Joey Tribbiani (Matt Le Blanc) in the spin-off of Friends, Joey.
De Matteo explains that she was never the type of actress to take a job to stay in the business, but rather did so to “support her family.”
“So when people make nasty comments about why I would have done that, my response is, ‘Damn, I hope you’re never in the damn situation I’m in.’ I take care of an entire family and many other people who depend on me.”
“I know some people have said unpleasant things about me joining Onlyfans,” he said, although if we’re honest, he’s neither the first nor the last character in the industry to choose this path. Cardi B., Bella Thorne, Tyga, Chris Brown, Iggy Azalea, Carmen Electra and Denise Richards are some of the personalities who have accounts on the service. “But the way we look at it in this house is that mom is a warrior who doesn’t accept defeat… I thought, ‘Okay, so everyone’s wearing their underwear and being sexy on Instagram, and I don’t do that.’ that, but I can do it and get paid for it’… I don’t know why I didn’t think of that before.”
“My children have always been my main goal,” she explained, adding that her entire family supported her in this step. That even her daughter helps her edit the photos she posts on social networks. Furthermore, he assures that he doesn’t care about criticism. “I would rather save my family than save face.”
In short, while everyone has the right to express their opinion about the existence of OnlyFans as a business opportunity for all types of people – famous or not – Drea De Matteo’s story reflects much more than just a superficial search for fame. Because we are dealing with an actress who is stuck in the eternal debate about image and personal opinion in Hollywood, but above all she puts on the table another example of how being immortalized in a successful series does not currently have a personal impact an actor’s finances.
This article was written exclusively for Yahoo en Español by Cine54.
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