Porn star Maitland Ward to raise $4,000 a month via raunchy webcam shows for coronavirus crisis charities
As the world continues to be under strict lockdown restrictions, Maitland Ward, the ex-Disney actress-turned porn star has decided to raise money for adult entertainers that have been affected by the pandemic crisis. She is doing so, by putting on adult content using webcam shows.
Adult entertainment workers that have been put out of work because of the COVID-19 health crisis will benefit from Ward's "webcam girl" content. Ward, played Rachel McGuire in 'Boy Meets World', a 90's sitcom and also starred in ' Bold and Beautiful.' She is now set to put out a weekly performance for fans on CamSoda, a webcam site.
The adult entertainer, 42, will give fans a live show that will go on for an hour every week on Thursdays at 7 pm. Her goal, according to Daily Star is to raise at least $1,000 a week – $4,000 a month, which will then be donated to organizations such as Free Speech Coalition’s, an emergency performer’s fund.
This past Thursday, on April 2, 2020, her live stream resulted in her raising $1,014, which is over 21,000 in tokens. On her decision to do the webcam show, Ward revealed, "This community has been so open and welcoming to me, and I just want to give back in any way I can by supporting performers from all over, and donating as much money as possible to organizations that support this industry." She also said that she subscribed to 150 + OnlyFans accounts to support them "I went online and asked all performers who wanted their OnlyFans pages advertised that I would purchase and retweet their handles," she said.
In a recent interview with The Wrap, Ward revealed how the coronavirus lockdown has allowed her to make more content and her existing content has been in higher demand thanks to people seeking out means to entertain themselves while stuck at home. “Actually, I’ve seen upticks in some of my income because people are home and they want entertainment and they want to get away from all the corona stuff,” Ward said. “People are hunkered down and so they want to see content,” Ward explained. “That’s a remarkable thing — that we can earn good money in a crisis like this, when a lot of people are hurting. I’m really grateful for that.” She is using this surge in demand to cater to the charities as well.
She hit fame because of family-oriented roles and cosplay pictures on social media with her posts leading to her gaining an incredible amount of followers, the count grew as Ward shared nude pictures and other adult content for Patreon subscribers. After one of his stars dropped out of Drive, CEO Kayden Kross, content turned the head of Deeper.com decided to work with Ward. Ward said, "Adult films gave me that power. I said, ‘screw it. I’m going to keep doing my thing’. And now, I’m one of the top names on OnlyFans. I have a contract. It’s amazing. I find it so empowering that at my age I can be this sexual being, and they don’t call me a MILF...I’m just a sexually empowered woman. I don’t want to label myself as anything."
Wards live show airs Thursday nights weekly, at 7 pm PDT on CamSoda.com/MaitlandWard.