Sopranos star Drea de Matteo, 52, recalls awkward moment she told her kids she did ‘racy’ snaps with Carmen Electra for OnlyFans: ‘I was desperate’

Sopranos star Drea de Matteo saved herself from financial ruin after joining OnlyFans last year.

Now the 52-year-old actress has revealed the awkward moment she had to tell her two children that she had filmed a ‘racy’ collaboration with sex symbol Carmen Electra for the subscription-based site.

Appears on Club Random’s The Sage Steele ShowDrea said: ‘I had to sit them down the other day and say, “Look, I worked with Carmen Electra and these pictures are racy – I’m not going to lie.”

“They are 100 percent sacred, I have never seen myself in such a public photo,” she continued.

‘I always go through everything with them if something is strange. And I even had to make sure there was a company that could remove the photos if they were leaked.’

The actress teamed up with Baywatch babe Carmen for a raunchy Christmas-themed shoot over the holidays

Appearing on Club Random’s The Sage Steele Show, Drea recalled the moment she had to break the news to her two children.

‘I always go through everything with them if something is strange.’ she insisted

Drea says her family has been so supportive of her move to OnlyFans that daughter Alabama, 16, has even helped her with her photo shoots for the site.

Although she insists Alabama “doesn’t care” about her OnlyFans career, the Sons of Anarchy star admitted that son Waylon, 12, can sometimes be less than enthusiastic.

“Sometimes I put it in its place, like, ‘Do you like that jacket you just asked me to buy for you?’ Do you like all the things you want that make you happy? You love that new PC you begged for at Christmas – because you wouldn’t have it if Mom didn’t show her a**!'” Drea laughed.

She added: ‘Me and my kids are so open about everything.’

Drea said she loves spoiling her kids with her OnlyFans earnings, and was even able to buy Waylon an expensive Moncler jacket thanks to her success on the site.

The New York native had just $1,000 left in her bank account when she joined OnlyFans last year and was at risk of losing her family home.

Despite her incredible career, Drea was unable to work during the Covid pandemic after refusing to comply with Hollywood’s strict vaccine mandates, and soon found herself on the brink of bankruptcy.

“Look, I worked with Carmen Electra and these pictures are racy – I’m not going to lie,” she told her family. (Carmen and Drea are pictured)

Drea has also collaborated on content with Real Housewives of New York star Leah McSweeney

She says joining OnlyFans was “the last trick to feed her kids and take care of everything.”

“It gave me a lot of heat,” she admitted.

“People say a lot of mean things, like ‘desperate.’ Damn right, I was desperate – I was damn desperate and I hope you’re never desperate’.

Drea spoke about her OnlyFans account to Ny Breaking.com in February, saying: ‘It saved my life 100 percent. I can’t believe I’m saying that, but it really saved us.”

Tearfully, she continued, “Anyone who wants to condemn and tear me down, go for it. I just hope you never find yourself in the position I was in taking care of two small children.

‘It saved my house of many years which was very important to us. And besides, it gave me enough money to start and finance ULTRA FREE.’

Drea said she loves spoiling her kids with her OnlyFans earnings, and was even able to buy son Waylon an expensive Moncler jacket thanks to her success on the site.

“People say a lot of mean things, like ‘desperate.’ Damn right, I was desperate – I was damn desperate and I hope you’re never desperate,” she emphasized

Drea explained that the concept behind the politically incorrect clothing brand is about “making freedom cool again.”

“Freedom from anything that makes you feel trapped, whether it’s a mental illness, a physical illness or an ideology,” she said.

“God knows that the ideologies put forward in the last three years have not helped society.

“The merchandise is about don’t let them tell you who you are, you already know who you are, no matter what.

‘Don’t let anyone keep you down, you don’t need exercise, you just need to be free.’