It's true when they say 'sex sells', and Riley Reid is certainly living proof of that.
Reid, now 32, is one of the most well known pornstars on the internet, as well as now being one of the best paid creators on OnlyFans.
So it's safe to say she's earned some pretty decent dollar doing what she does.
The adult film star, whose real name is Ashley Mathews, first got into the porn industry when she was 19-years-old, and it didn't take long for her to become a household name.
She's won numerous awards for her performances in X-rated films, including Female Performer of the Year at the 2014 XBIZ Awards, as well as being inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 2021.
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Even though Reid's career has taken a slightly different turn in recent years, with her revealing in 2021 that she no longer films content with male co-stars, it's believed she's bringing in a six-figure monthly salary through her OnlyFans content.
And even back in her porn days, she wasn't making too bad of a living.
Appearing on Logan Paul's podcast Impaulsive back in 2018, Reid revealed just how much she got paid for one single shoot.
Paul and co-hosts, Mike Majlak and George Janko, asked her whether there's good money in the adult industry, to which she replied: "The most I’ve gotten from one day... I think $12,000 (£9,445) for one day on a shoot."
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While she clarified that the majority of her earnings don't come from shoots alone, and instead come from multiple sources of income, she said: "Like, that’s just from one shoot but I monetise myself in a lot of different ways."
She also revealed how she gets paid for Pornhub views, which are now in the hundreds of millions.
Despite Reid speaking very highly of the adult industry at the time, back in 2020 in a now-deleted YouTube video, she urged people to not get into the industry in an emotional speech.
“A lot of times when people ask me if they should do porn, I tell them no,” Reid said in the clip.
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She then became emotional about the cost to her personal life, be it with family or relationships.
"I tell them that it makes life really hard, it makes dating really hard, it makes your family life really hard, it makes intimacy hard.
"If you're putting yourself out there and the world is now judging you, you have to be OK with being shamed every day of your life."
Reid welcomed her first child with her husband, Pasha Petkuns, back in 2022.
Topics: Celebrity, Sex and Relationships, Money
Emily Puckering