Former Disney Channel star Dan Benson has expressed his frustration over the awkward timing of the Wizards Of Waverly Place reboot.
The 36-year-old actor turned OnlyFans star appeared as Zeke Beakerman alongside Selena Gomez (as Alex Russo) in the sitcom, which has had a pilot ordered for a return, reports this month.
Benson launched his x-rated account in July in an effort to help the LGBTQ community in July 2022 after explicit photos of him were shared online.
He responded to the news of the reboot on Instagram: “Are you crazy? I mean, that’s hype! But oh boy, what have I done…
“I’ve been waiting thirteen years and now, ‘Okay, here we go, let’s light the fire. Then become a porn star, let’s reboot Wizards.’
Former Disney Channel star Dan Benson, who starred as Zeke Beakerman opposite Selena Gomez (pictured in the striped shirt), has expressed his frustration over the awkward timing of the Wizards Of Waverly Place reboot
The Disney alum started an OnlyFans page in 2022 in an effort to help the LGBTQ community after explicit photos of him were shared online
Zeke Beakerman was the best friend of Justin Russo (David Henrie) – the eldest child in the show’s wizarding family – and appeared in 31 episodes from 2007 to 2012.
One of Benson’s main concerns was what would happen to his character, seemingly concerned that his explicit career change had disgraced Zeke.
He jokingly said, “What are they doing with Zeke’s character? Just pretend he doesn’t exist? Do they recast him? Oh my God, will there be someone else to play him? No no…’
Fortunately for Benson, however, it seems unlikely that Zeke would have been in the plans for the upcoming pilot.
Only Jake and Alex Russo will return from the original cast, meaning four of the six ever-presents won’t appear – let alone some of their supporting cast.
Deadline reported that the reboot was commissioned on January 18 and said that the new series will continue “after a mysterious incident at WizTech, in which an adult Justin Russo has left his wizard powers behind and opted for a normal, human life with his wife and two sons.
“But he gets a surprise when a powerful young wizard (Brown) in need of training shows up at his door… and Justin must embrace his past to secure the future of the Wizarding World.”
Two years ago, Benson — who has worked on shows like Rick and Morty, Private Practice and Zoey 101 — said he would start his OnlyFans account “to fight for and support the LGBTQ communities who deserve so much better.”
He later revealed that he had ‘turned’ in the career after photos and videos he sent to women online spread and almost cost him his job.
At first, Benson tried to remove the photos from the Internet, but after struggling to do so, he eventually decided to turn lemons into lemonade and become an adult entertainer himself. He now has an OnlyFans account and posts sexy snaps on his Instagram.
Benson discussed his journey into adult entertainment on his TikTok account last year and admitted that it all started after he sent intimate photos to women with ulterior motives.
Daniel responded to the news of the reboot on Instagram, saying, “Are you kidding me? I mean, that’s hype! But oh boy, what have I done…’
Daniel addressed his followers with an image of the shoe behind him and joked that he had waited 13 years for a call about the show
Speaking about bringing the show back to Disney, Dan said he ‘couldn’t believe it’ and described the reboot as ‘hype’
The actor was concerned that his explicit career change had brought shame to his character Zeke, and wondered what might happen to his character in the reboot.
Benson also starred in shows like Rick and Morty, Phil of the Future and Zoey 101
Benson is very active on his social media and receives a lot of attention for posting many X-rated photos, gaining over 80,000 new followers on
“Basically, when I was on the Wizards Of Waverly Place show, I was getting messages from people all the time. “Some of them were women I found incredibly attractive,” he told his fans.
“It turned out that sending messages to women who turned out not to be who they said they were wasn’t the best idea, because I was sending nudes to them, and they were taking those nudes and then posting them on online websites.”
Benson called learning that his private photos had become public “a pretty traumatic experience.” He then began the “difficult task” of trying to delete the photos.
‘And I soon discovered that my nude photos and videos were all over the internet. That was quite a traumatic experience and for years I tried to get rid of them, to get them off the internet, because obviously I didn’t want them on the market, but as you can imagine that was quite a difficult task.’
The images almost cost him a job he held after retiring from acting.
“Well, it turns out that it almost caused me to lose my job later in life, after I quit acting, and it had a very big negative impact on my life.”
Eventually, Benson went from “fighting it” to pursuing a career in adult entertainment.
‘Eventually I decided to stop fighting it and instead go the other way and fully lean into it and build a page and instead of letting these people sell my privacy, you know what I mean, I decided to say, ‘Okay, fuck you, I’m going to sell it myself.”
Overall, Benson has had an incredibly positive experience since starting his new career in 2022.
“So I started that adventure, I had a ton of fun, I met a lot of great people in the adult entertainment industry, and it changed my life for the better.”
Benson charges $20 a month for access to his OnlyFans VIP page. ‘Actor best known for my role as ‘Zeke’ in Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place. Now I embrace my wild side.” reads his biography.