A recent compliment has left Hunter Biden pondering a new business venture via OnlyFans.
“You should be a model. You’re, like, a good looking guy,” Benny Blanco, cohost of the “Friends Keep Secrets” podcast, told former President Joe Biden’s son during the Tuesday, July 7, episode. “You’re stylish.”
“Are you saying I should do OnlyFans?” Hunter replied. “I could put up my old stuff on the OnlyFans.”
The cheeky comment was likely in reference to Hunter’s highly publicized incident in 2020, when his data from a laptop purportedly left at a Delaware repair shop was leaked. The hard drive contained personal emails, financial documents and explicit media, including nude photos and pictures of Hunter engaging in sexual acts.
“Did you see Shannon Elizabeth?” Blanco asked when referring to the American Pie actress’ success on OnlyFans. (Elizabeth, 52, reportedly earned nearly $1 million in her first week alone on the subscription-based social media platform.)
All jokes aside, Hunter is proud of how far he has come since he made headlines for the laptop leak.
“I wrote my book, but I also do poetry. I’ve written a lot of essays,” Hunter said, before detailing the positive aspects of living a sober life.
“The coolest thing about — cool isn’t the right word — the thing about the last seven years is that I’ve been sober since June 1st of 2019,” he shared on the podcast. “It was hell. I would never ever wish the global exposure. They stole my digital footprint of 25 years. Every voicemail, every text message, every picture, all of it.”
At the same time, Hunter argued that there could be a sense of freedom when your secrets are suddenly left out in the open.
“The one thing that keeps you trapped in your addiction and sometimes not even addiction but patterns in your life which don’t allow you to flourish and be the person you want to be is shame,” he said. “There’s a saying: ‘You’re only as sick as your secrets.’”
Hunter continues to be an open book as he shares his life experiences under the spotlight on various podcasts.
In May, Hunter got candid about his cocaine addiction during an interview with Candace Owens. At the time, he expressed gratitude to the “community of people” who kept him focused and on the right track.
“The choice was do I get out of bed and live or do I die? And it became that much of a dichotomy,” he explained. “And I chose to live. It wasn’t easy, and maintaining sobriety in that kind of pressure cooker is often the thing that triggers you. But something broke me in a good way, which was I no longer have any fear.”
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).
