Libby Hopwood: Female jockey turned OnlyFans star reveals backlash from vile trolls over her new hustle
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Libby Hopwood says she is in a constant battle with vile trolls after switching careers — going from horseracing to posing on OnlyFans. The 36-year-old adult star stated she is accustomed to trolls, long before her drastic career change. She claims that as a woman, "if you're outspoken, you're a whore and open for vitriol."
Hopwood goes by the name Foxy.Miss on steamy subscription website OnlyFans, and gives out betting tips while wearing lingerie. The former Sky Racing pundit spoke of her trials and said, "It's been ongoing," Hopwood told News Corp. "I was copping crap when I was riding. Humans have a negative bias and the Internet has given them a megaphone."
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Who is Libby Hopwood?
The 36-year-old horse racer moved to the adult entertainment platform in September, last year, after she suffered a bad fall, which resulted in a bleed in the brain, a broken collarbone, a fractured shoulder blade, and a fractured vertebra in 2014. The model claimed, "Racing was my bread and butter," but when she switched her hustle, she was struck by harsh judgments from trolls.
She started her website with punters paying $15 a month to subscribe to her own "boobs and bets" page. Since then she's garnered a huge following and turned it into a full-time job. "As a woman, you're seen as either nice and polite and you know your place so you're a good girl," she said. "But if you're outspoken, you're a whore and open for vitriol," reported the source.
She spoke of her horrifying accident and said, "It's been a learning process to deal with it," Hopwood claimed. "Some comments still get to me. When I launched with OnlyFans, I did a podcast and they came after me pretty hard. They said I was using my body to get traction and 'whatever' else. I'm a 30-year old woman. I'm going to be having sex. I'm in a long-term relationship. It's nothing to write home about."
'I put up a bikini photo and people were losing their minds!'
She said, "I've turned my Twitter settings to notify me for only people that I follow. So I know they are going to be friendly comments. Everyone can do what they want to do. Racing was my bread and butter. It's harder in racing as it's an old school mentality and when I launched my site, I had a backlash from some people. I do make a habit of not looking for negative comments."
Hopwood continued, "I put up a bikini photo and people were losing their minds. I just want to create a place where people can do what they want to do and not get attacked by anonymous bots. It was literally to dip your toe in and see what happens," the adult star said. "I have been amazed about the feedback and how well it's done. It's doing enough that it could be my entire income if I wanted."