Regardless of yr hears on The Sopranos, Drea Matteo had two children, a mom with dementia, a flooded home, a large unpaid mortgage invoice and $10 within the financial institution when she determined to submit racy pictures on the subscription website OnlyFans. The affect was quick.
“I used to be like, holy sh*t,” recalled the actress in a latest interview. “In 5 minutes, I used to be capable of pay again Compass actual property who stored the sale of my home.”
De Matteo has spoken of the choice earlier than, citing a lack of work as a result of her vaccine stance and points paying her mortgage, however by no means absolutely revealed the extent of the monetary bind that she was in.
“They put me into foreclosures and my home had flooded, so I used to be making an attempt to promote the home rapidly. I needed to try to promote it earlier than they took it,” the actress instructed the Day by day Mail.
“On the similar time, I misplaced my mother, and my different mother, who has dementia, had run out of cash for her caregiver. I didn’t know which approach was up.”
The transfer to the subscription website allowed her to help her two children and even finance her personal streetwear model, Ultrafree.
“It saved us. OnlyFans saved my life, one hundred pc. I can’t imagine I’m saying that, nevertheless it actually did save us.”
De Matteo performed Adriana the primary 5 seasons of The Sopranos. After Adriana turned an informant for the FBI, Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) ordered her killed. Silvio Dante (Steven Van Zandt) murdered her in a memorable episode, however de Matteo returned for 2 episodes in season 6. She gained an Emmy for the position in 2004.
After The Sopranos, de Matteo appeared on reveals resembling Determined Housewives and Sons of Anarchy, amongst others.
However that didn’t free her financially for the remainder of her life, the actress revealed.
“Folks assume I’m f***ing manufactured from gold,” she mentioned final yr, “and I’m not. I’ve labored job to job.”
As for judgements others might have about her work on OnlyFans, De Matteo is pragmatic.
“I simply don’t care. I don’t. I’d slightly save my household than save face.”
