A couple are making as much as £15,000 a month on OnlyFans as they support one of their seriously ill parents. The pair, known by their nicknames Tee and Miks, have quit their jobs to pursue their online work full-time.
As well as supporting Miks' sick dad, they are working towards buying his parents' home and paying for renovations to improve their quality of life. Miks was born in Poland and moved to Bristol 18 years ago, where he lives with Tee, who was born in the city.
Miks was a delivery driver and business owner while Tee was a shop assistant. They are no focusing fully on supporting Miks' dad, Jay Jay, who has several health issues.
Miks said he was shocked when he first learned that his wife had set up an OnlyFans account three years ago. The site is a subscription-based service popular with those creating adult content.
Speaking to BristolLive, he said: "She was posting videos and photos of herself. First of all, it was just lingerie and different outfits and she had spoken openly that she has a husband."
People then began to ask if her husband would ever join and do photos and videos with her. While Miks said he joined his wife occasionally on OnlyFans and camming sites, it wasn't until January this year when he committed more time to the work. The couple now produces sexually explicit content together on a number of sites and have a joint TikTok account.
"To keep our subscribers it was non-stop working pretty much. We both gave up our day jobs and it was non-stop after we took our son to school.
"We would be on the cams until two o’clock just before our son comes home as obviously we couldn’t do anything with him there. We had a lot more time to spend with our son now as well as we now work from home."
Miks continued: "We pretty much do full-on porn videos. We don’t edit anything and whatever happens, happens and we just post that video.
"There is no editing really, we just post real videos. A lot of people now like that because it’s not fake. We’re just trying to do all-natural."
Miks added how you don't have to be a celebrity to be successful - they have almost 1,000 subscribers on OnlyFans alone charging $12.99 per person each month.
So how much do they make a month from this line of work? "We can make between £5,000 to £15,000 a month," Miks explained. "It all depends on tips and we still use different sites so it all combines. Most months it’s around £10,000. A lot of people enjoy watching us.”
They are now able to support their family and Miks' parents - in particular his father, who has a number of health problems - through this line of work alone. His dad, who will turn 60 next month, has a number of serious health conditions including Angina, Ischaemic heart disease, diabetes, Hepatitis C, and asthma, and has had four heart attacks and three strokes.
Tee and Miks were able to move to a house two doors down from his parent's house in Bristol, which allowed them to help out more. He explained that his mum is also disabled and so they want to help fund adjustments to their house to improve his parents’ comfort.
His parents are supportive of Tee and Miks' career path. "They don’t discourage us - as long as we are both happy.”
Miks wants to give back to his father after all these years: "He brought me up and gave me everything, so I want to repay the favour back. Thanks to him I’m here and thanks to him I can work. He’s not capable of work and the doctors won’t let him, he would love to work.
Jay Jay's cancer has recently returned and he has started chemotherapy again. A lot of people have asked if they can donate to a GoFundMe page, but Miks and his wife have insisted they can fund the house purchase and renovations solely themselves.
He said: "We call him an alien because he’s literally not from this planet. He’s battling all of this and he’s still going. Not every day he is so strong, he’s got days where he needs to stay at the house on the sofa because he’s on oxygen.
"There are days where he does have to use a wheelchair but he is still trying his best. We’re not begging for money, we don’t want charity, we just wanted to say due to the work we do we are able to buy the house for my parents otherwise there would be no chance. It would take us years and years of working doing a normal job."
