Sopranos alum Drea De Matteo’s property portfolio has been massively depleted in recent years – with the TV star revealing this week that she has no choice but to join OnlyFans amid her teetering fortunes.
The actress, 51, who rose to fame as Adriana La Cerva in the HBO drama, announced last month her foray into the adult subscription site, known for its explicit content, and is charging users $15 to access her racy uploads.
De Matteo has since claimed that she was forced to join the site because her refusal to get the COVID vaccine prevented her from finding work in Hollywood.
“You could say I was a bad girl because I didn’t follow the rules a few years ago,” she said in a recent interview with Fox News when she opened up about signing up for the site.
‘So I never want to be at the mercy of mandates, strikes or anything like that again.
‘I used to have a lot of money. And then suddenly I went from being allowed to work to never being allowed to work again. I was never the kind of actor who took jobs just to stay in the business. I literally took jobs to feed my family.”
She also revealed that her 15-year-old daughter Alabama Gypsyrose even helps edit her raunchy footage.
Matteo’s OnlyFans launch comes in the wake of her putting her four-bedroom LA property up for sale for $3.6 million – years after her New York City apartment burned down.
Here, DailyMail.com takes a look at De Matteo’s rising real estate portfolio, as the actress claims her stance on COVID-19 mandates worked against her.
The Sopranos star Drea De Matteo has launched an OnlyFans account that allows fans of the mafia drama to earn $15 a month
Her OnlyFans bio simply says ‘The Sopranos’ and her profile picture is of her sitting naked on a bed with a cigarette in hand
Drea De Matteo New York City was devastated by a devastating gas explosion in 2015
De Matteo’s New York City apartment, located at 123 Second Avenue, was destroyed by an explosion in 2015.
Three buildings in the city’s East Village collapsed after a gas-related explosion, leaving 22 people injured (including four seriously) and two people missing at the time.
The actress previously lived there for the better part of 22 years with other celebrities, including designer Charlotte Ronson.
‘New York’s best is trying to put out the flames of my and many other apartments. Speechless…,” she wrote in a post shared to her Instagram and Facebook pages at the time. “(Praying) for those who are hurt.”
De Matteo’s New York City apartment, located at 123 Second Avenue, was destroyed by an explosion in 2015
Her house in the East Village burned to the ground after a gas explosion
Tribute: De Matteo expressed her grief over the loss of her apartment of 22 years on social media
In another photo, she added, “A hole where my New York home of the past 22 years once stood… RIP 123 2nd Avenue.”
She spoke about the tragedy two years after the fire and admitted that she hoped to receive some compensation because she could not afford the rising cost of living in New York.
“I lived in that apartment most of my life — I made great memories there,” she said in an interview in 2017. “I was a real East Village girl.”
“I do want to be reimbursed, especially because of my heartache, stress and (inability) to pay the cost of living in New York,” she continued to the New York Post.
‘People think, “She’s on a TV show, she’ll be fine.” I’m not one of those actors who run off with money.’
The star sold the Hamptons family home that her parents built to developers in 2022
Last year, De Matteo said goodbye to the Hamptons home that her parents Albert and Donna De Matteo built together in the 1990s.
The television star sold the sprawling waterfront property to interior designer Whitney Noelle and tech founder Damian Mogavero for $3.1 million – with the couple spending the better part of 12 months gutting a complete renovation.
Following the overhaul, the impressive escape, described as an ‘entertainer’s paradise’, benefited from luxury additions such as a swimming pool and wine cellar.
It also has its own private beach on Three Mile Harbor.
De Matteo sold her parents’ Hamptons home last year to interior designer Whitney Noelle and tech founder Damian Mogavero
The sprawling waterfront property, which was built by her mother and father in the 1990s, was on the market for a whopping $3.1 million.
After the sale, the new owners Noelle and Mogavero spent several months renovating it
The updated home hit the market in June and was listed with a sales price of $5.99 million
Following the overhaul, the impressive escape, described as an ‘entertainer’s paradise’, benefited from luxury additions such as a swimming pool and wine cellar.
De Matteo put her Hollywood Hills home up for sale in June after cutting $200,000 from the original asking price
According to Zillow, De Matteo’s four-bedroom, three-bathroom Spanish turret in LA, which features an outdoor pool with a separate spa and a huge fireplace, was put up for sale in February for the first time in two decades.
The 3,439-square-foot home was initially valued at $3.8 million before the price was reduced by $200,000 to $3.6 million just a month later.
The listing was removed entirely in May before eventually being reinstated in June for $3.6 million.
De Matteo purchased her LA home, located in the Hollywood Hills, in 2004, but according to property records, she has joined forces with Amanda Cavallacci to co-own the property over the past seven years.
Cavallacci’s name first appeared on the deeds in 2016, while the couple remortgaged the house in 2018 and 2019.
More recently, De Matteo regained full ownership after taking out a mortgage herself in February 2022.
De Matteo’s Hollywood career exploded before the turn of the century due to her role as the long-term girlfriend of Tony Soprano’s protégé, Christopher Moltisanti.
De Matteo played Adriana La Cerva on The Sopranos for seven years and her character was the longtime girlfriend and later fiancée of Tony Soprano’s protégé, Christopher Moltisanti.
She won an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2004 for her performance in the hit series
De Matteo played Joey Tribbiani’s sister Gina in the Friends spin-off Joey from 2004 to 2006
Her performance on the HBO show earned her an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2004.
Since her departure from the drama in 2006, De Matteo has appeared in Desperate Housewives and the ABC series A Million Little Things.
More recently, she starred in the main cast of the Prime Video musical drama Paradise City and was a guest star on Mayans MC.
In film, she last appeared in the 2022 crime thriller One Way, alongside Colson Baker and Kevin Bacon.