Out Olympian Robbie Manson says he makes more on OnlyFans than he does as an athlete
A post shared by Robbie Manson (@robbie_manson)Out-athlete and New Zealand rower Robbie Manson says he makes more by posting content on OnlyFans than as an athlete.Manson is in Paris, where he competed in Men’s Double Sculls.
He and his rowing partner Jordan Parry made it to today’s final. However, they failed to win a medal. Afterward, on Instagram, Manson said “Tough race today but 6th place at the Olympics.”Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Speaking yesterday to Reuters, the 34-year-old said he’d relied on his OnlyFans income to help keep his Olympic dreams alive.“I get more than double what I would be on otherwise as an athlete.
Read into that what you will, but I am making more from OnlyFans than I am from rowing at this stage,” he said.A post shared by Robbie Manson (@robbie_manson)“I thought, if I’m going to do it, you have to tell everyone, be really open and I think you need to feel that any publicity is good publicity.”Out athletes are unapologetically leaning into their identities and being embraced for their whole selves.Manson said he’d been inspired to start his OnlyFans after former Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham did so.
He knew he would need to be open and transparent about it from the get-go.A post shared by Robbie Manson (@robbie_manson)“The fact that I’m gay, I have the gay following and the audience already, and I’m slightly leaning into that.
