Maitland Ward says her pivot to adult film has been much more lucrative than her days on Boy Meets World.
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The actress reveals her income from both ventures in an upcoming episode of the Investigation Discovery series, Hollywood Demons.
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Ward added that she felt like "a product being sold" while working in mainstream Hollywood.
Maitland Wardhas no regrets about her pivot to the adult film industry.
Recently, the formerBoy Meets Worldstar has been opening up about howher big career changeallowed her to take ownership of her life and career. On an upcoming episode ofHollywood Demons, the Investigation Discovery series, Ward compares both her experience and her earnings from the beloved sitcom to what she now gets for starring in adult films.
"OnBoy Meets World, I think I made $20,000 or $25,000 an episode," Ward, 49, revealed during the episode set to air on Monday, April 27, perUs Weekly.
She added that with a TV show, there is also the constant fear of being fired or written off at any moment.
"You don't have all the guarantees out there," she explained. "In porn or OnlyFans, I can get six figures a month."
Ward argued that now her paycheck has a much higher ceiling and more longevity. "There is also my adult film sales and I am creating this brand," she continued. "I can make it go for as long as I want it to go.”
Ward, who joinedBoy Meets Worldas Rachel McGuire in season 6, rose to fame in the '90s and early aughts with roles like Brittany inWhite Chicksand Jessica Forrester onThe Bold and the Beautiful. In 2019, she shifted away from mainstream acting to the adult industry via cosplay, immediately scoring awards for her work and cultivating a massive following. In the years since, Ward has argued that she feels much more empowered as an adult film star then she ever did as a young Hollywood actress.
During a recent sit-down withFox News, Ward said, "I can't speak to how Hollywood is today because it's such a different animal than it was back when I was getting into it. Back then, I think they looked at these young actors as like property coming in. And I really believe the studios, they wanted to mold and form these young actors into what they wanted them to be, what they needed them to be for the company and for the audience, to what they felt would identify with."
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She added that it was a "factory"-like environment.
"You were just a product being sold, and you knew that yourself," Ward continued. "I mean, I didn't think anything was wrong at the time with anything that was going on really. I mean it felt ill at ease in my own body and all my feelings and stuff, but I thought that was just me being stupid. I have to be professional. I have to be part of that Hollywood machine. And that's really what it was."
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Speaking to the outlet last year, Ward said thatshe is now treated with "more respect"and the freedom to shape her career, adding, "I'm able to create my own brand, my own content, the way I want to create it."
She continued, "Just to be naked by myself and be confident in my body and myself, I would never have been able to do that [before]. Porn has really given that to me — that empowerment, to be able to stand in my own skin, to be able to create projects that I want to create and be proud of, to go against the mold and do something that other people haven't done."
Ward added that shooting adult films has been "the most comfortable I have ever felt on a set," especially when it comes to intimate scenes because "nobody is shy to have the conversation or backs away from it."
Hollywood Demons: Child Stars Gone Wildpremieres Monday, April 27, on Investigation Discovery. Episodes are available to stream onHBO Max.
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