Controversial ex Bachelor stars Jimmy Nicholson and Holly Kingston shared their “final message” on the OnlyFans debacle.
In a statement shared to IG, the pair wrote: “We’ve spent the last few days as a team, away from social media and focusing on what’s important to us.”
In their pages and pages of text, they explained how they’ve been inundated with queries about whether or not they’ll join OnlyFans, which is why they felt the need to comment.
They doubled-down on their shit take, writing: “We don’t believe it is the best way to promote male / female empowerment to young people.”
They added that they’ve “since been subjected to abusive messages, character assassinations, cancellation attempts, death threats and a gross invasion of the basic human right to feel safe in our own home.”
Have a read of their full spiel below:
Now, a local influencer has accused Holly of blocking her on social media after the influencer discussed Holly and Jimmy’s OnlyFans take at a Vogue event over the weekend.
Michelle Battersby, an influencer and the founder of the Sunroom app, told the So Dramatic! podcast that she was speaking as part of a panel at Vogue Codes when the topic came up.
“I was asked a question about the stigma associated with making money online,” Michelle said. “I brought [Jimmy and Holly] up saying this is timely.”
Michelle explained that she told attendees that the couple’s controversial stance is a “prime example of perpetuating stigmas.”
She added, “There’s a lot of power in challenging your long-standing beliefs.”
Michelle claimed that shortly after, she was blocked on Instagram by Holly.
It is unclear if Holly was in attendance at the event or if she heard about it elsewhere.
In the initial rant, Holly Kingston stood alongside BF Jimmy Nicholson as they said: “Okay so we’re about to race out the door but we get this question a lot and we figured now is a good time to just answer it once and for all.
“No judgment towards anyone who does have OnlyFans but I think there has been a little bit of a trend in people coming off reality shows and leveraging that degree of fame to then sell nudes online.”
You can’t start a sentence with “no judgment” and then give judgment, my friends. Didn’t Judge Judy teach you anything?
“Yeah look my problem with it is that people are sort of saying that they’re doing it because it’s female empowerment or male empowerment. I think that’s a load of crap personally,” said Jimmy for no reason whatsoever.
“I think you … should be a role model to the future generations. If you want to celebrate male or female empowerment start a charity. Donate to breast cancer awareness, prostate cancer awareness, do these things.
“I think it’s a way to grab money. Think about the example you’re setting for future generations and for your kids.”
Jimmy, have you never thought that owning your body, doing what you fucking want and making money in your own way is actually incredibly empowering for future generations?
Nothing takes more confidence than monetising your body for people to enjoy.
Besides, I’d rather watch reality stars kick ass on OnlyFans than have to see a single minute of Jimmy’s boring Bachie season again.
So Dramatic! shared the Instagram story onto its own page with one of the best captions I’ve read all year. Please enjoy:
Holly later doubled-down by posting a bunch of DMs she’d received from her followers.
“Empowerment comes in all forms, not just doing something you feel pressured to do because reality stars are doing it,” Holly wrote. “If you want to get an [OnlyFans account], get an [OnlyFans]. If you don’t, don’t.
“Just like one has a choice to be pro this concept, we have a choice to speak about our reasons for it not being on our radar. If we felt pressured to do something against our values, we imagine some young people are feeling that same pressure…”
Holly added that the couple can “appreciate” that some “may not agree with this stance”.
Jimmy reshared the shit post on his IG Story.
They were subsequently called out by scores of online commenters including Abbie Chatfield who shared the DMs she sent her fellow ex Bachie stars.
“I’ve been getting a lot of DMs about Holly and Jimmy, their most recent sex work-shaming Instagram story and I’m… going to tell you what I said to them,” she began.
She explained that she wanted to deconstruct why the video was “slut shame-y” and “misogynistic”.
According to Abbie, she waited a little while before explaining her take on the situation because she knows Jimmy and Holly personally.
“I DMed Holly within seven minutes of [the video] being uploaded. We were on air on radio and a song came on [and] I messaged her explaining what was wrong with it,” Abbie said.
“[I messaged them] in the hopes that a private message from me, someone who has hung out with them before, would then cause them to sit and think about what they posted and hopefully maybe post… an apology.”
Abbie said she thought it was important to explain to Holly exactly why their comments were wrong. But when she woke up, she realised that Jimmy and Holly had doubled down on their borked take.
She described the situation as “extremely disappointing” and said it made her “extremely uncomfortable”.
Abbie shared a pic of the message she sent to Holly.
In it, she respectfully pointed out that it’s fairly hypocritical of influencers to shame sex workers.
“Sex work is real work and should be respected. As influencers I’d hope you would be role models in not shaming marginalised communities,” she said.
“People could say the same about influencing, instead of spending time making content we should be donating to a charity.”
She later jumped back on her IG Stories to allege that Jimmy had called her and given her a scolding, accusing her of being very “aggressive.”
