(via Variety)

Both Only Fans and comedians have tried to make the go-to independent, self-publishing adult content platform into a place beyond just nude photos and other such explicit material. However, this side of Only Fans hasn’t gotten so much traction as of yet.

That might all change with the arrival of Whitney Cummings and her new upcoming original show, Unfiltered Original Roast Series, due out next year. It’ll be a roasting showcase and Cummings is graciously offering herself up as the first roastee that a dais of Bob the Drag Queen, Jim Norton, Donnell Rawlings, Annie Lederman, Dan Levy, Robin Tran, and Luis J. Gomez will go to town on. To watch it, you’ll have to whip out $10/month for Only Fans’ exclusive streaming platform OFTV. We wouldn’t be surprised if that grants you access to many other things comedy and otherwise that are coming out on Only Fans down the line. Do note that Whitney Cummings won’t be publishing nudes on top of this (because you were wondering).

Given how many comedians put their hopes and prayers on self-producing a special, then releasing it on YouTube themselves will boost their profile for their upcoming road dates, it would be a curious thing to see Only Fans arise to fill a niche here. Sure, some channels on YouTube have been monetized, but you need to get so many thousands of subscribers to even make that happen. If comedy were to take off on Only Fans in a legitimate way, it could be a powerful tool to circumvent begging any of the big streamers or even some of the more fringe ones to buy your special and then get paid directly for all the labor that one would put into making a special/series/etc.

That said, let’s see how this first one goes in 2023 before a bunch of comedians that love trying to adopt everything early go all in on this.