Avery Woods is reflecting on her OnlyFans past and alleged photos resurfacing on The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County.
“I think in the moment when you’re blindsided like that, and you know that the whole world is going to see it, it just is very overwhelming,” Avery, 31, exclusively told Us while promoting season 1 of the show, which dropped on Thursday, November 12.
In the debut eight-episode season of the California-based spinoff, Avery was candid about her past OnlyFans account and became aware that alleged past nude photos were accessible online after costars — including Jordan McClanahan — brought it to her attention.
“There’s a photo of me in a dressing room and it’s me turned to the side, taking a selfie. It’s my butt and my back and you can see, like, kind of my sideboob,” Avery said in a confessional. “When Jordan is like, ‘There’s nude photos. There’s this and that.’ She’s acting like I’m spread eagle. No.”
She continued, “Jordan is very privileged. Her husband is the main provider for her and her kids. She doesn’t have to stress about work and making money. It’s not like that for me. So for Jordan to blindside me, knowing how it could affect my reputation and how I look publicly, where brands might not want to work with me, where I might not be able to make money, I don’t f*** with women like that.”
Ultimately, Avery shared on the show that she was “glad” the photos were shown to her because she “had no idea” that they still existed online. Avery then addressed the situation to Jordan, who apologized but said her costar being associated with OnlyFans is “very triggering” to her.
“I have worked a lot over the last year of really getting my mental health in check, and so I just wanted to prioritize that,” Avery explained to Us. “So I just needed a minute to breathe, and I think that that’s OK as a human to want that. Obviously, when you live your life publicly, as long as I have, things will come up in the past and things that I’ve done. But also, that’s a different version of Avery.”
Avery explained that the woman she was is a “completely different person” than who she is on reality TV today.
“And I think that’s OK as a human to grow and learn and be different moving forward,” she said. “So when you bring a dynamic and a group like this together, a lot of things can be dredged up from the past. But I just wanted to be very honest and vulnerable, and talk about being the provider for my family and doing what I needed to do in order to feed my kids and make sure they’re taken care of.”
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives: Orange County is streaming now on Hulu and Disney+.
