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We’re All Born Naked and the Rest is Drag

6/4/202651 min

They thought they were in real relationships. They weren’t. As subscribers reckon with betrayal on OnlyFans, Leon and Gracie hear from a former paid “chatter” about how pretending to be someone else for money reshaped her sense of intimacy — and herself.

Credits:

Hosts — Leon Neyfakh and Gracie Canaan 

Supervisor Producer — Sam Lee

Editor — Diane Hodson 

Producers — Dustin DeSoto and Betsy Shepherd

Mix Engineer — Erica Huang

Theme Song and Score — Billy Libby

Fact-Checker — Annika Robbins 

Executive Producers — Lara Regan Kleinschmidt, Jules H...

Clips

Suicidal After the Betrayal
Seven-Minute Video, Two Grand
“Empty Their Balls” Slogan
Gaslighting the Doubters
Chatter Job Cracked Her Egg
First Doubts About Katie

Transcript preview

First 90 seconds

  1. Leon Neyfakh· Host0:00

    Audible subscribers can binge all episodes of Only Fantasy early and ad-free. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app or by subscribing on Apple Podcasts.

  2. Tyler· Guest0:10

    If you're there just to make money, you're not gonna make it at all. You gotta actually wanna help the patients.

  3. Leon Neyfakh· Host0:17

    This is Tyler. He started working nights as an aide in a psychiatric center in Virginia after graduating from college in May of 2020.

  4. Tyler· Guest0:25

    I was excited to finally start make- making my own money and just finally having a job and a c- a career. I was in a great mental s- space, and I was surprised by h- how my anxiety wasn't as bad as I would've probably thought.

  5. Gracie Canaan· Host0:44

    Tyler had been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder during his sophomore year of college. So he wanted to go into a field where he could help other people going through mental health issues.

  6. Tyler· Guest0:55

    I just like helping them at their lowest point and helping them get stabilized and get back on their feet.

  7. Leon Neyfakh· Host1:03

    Back when he first started the job, Tyler felt good at work, but in his personal life, he struggled with loneliness. He worked nights, so it was hard to make friends.

  8. Gracie Canaan· Host1:13

    And of course, it was 2020, the height of COVID, and Tyler was working with patients. Even if his schedule allowed it, he couldn't really spend time in person with anyone.

  9. Tyler· Guest1:23

    I was used to being in college, where I'm around people my age, even though, like, I, I wouldn't

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