Tymal Mills takes to OnlyFans to show more (of his career)

Times

4 hours ago

The England fast bowler Tymal Mills has become the first cricketer to partner with OnlyFans, promising to go into depth about the game, including its 'bad side'.
The Sussex and Southern Brave left-arm fast bowler has insisted he will keep his clothes on, as the platform continues to diversify beyond the adult content it is best known for.
Mills follows the likes of the tennis player Nick Kyrgios, who turned to OnlyFans in 2023 to produce content on tennis and gaming.
Last week Mills announced he was now an 'OnlyFans athlete' and promised to take followers 'beyond the boundary — giving you a closer, more personal look into life as a professional cricketer'.
He said he would offer one-to-one coaching, 'unfiltered' pre and post-match thoughts, and ball-by-ball breakdowns reacting to footage.
Asked whether he will be keeping his clothes on in the videos, Mills told the Telegraph: 'Categorically, yes.
'I know exactly what people might think, and what they are best known for. But I'll be putting stuff out that is about cricket and maybe a little bit of lifestyle content too.
'The conversations first started about a year ago, so I read up, held conversations and did my due diligence. I hadn't quite realised how big the company was. They're trying to get into football, get Premier League footballers on the platform. They're doing well with 'smaller' sports like surfing and skateboarding, individual sports.
'I'm the first cricketer, and they're trying to get into team sports. It's ground zero in that regard and I'm very excited. I want to be brave.'
One of the fastest bowlers in the country and part of England's T20 World Cup winning side in 2022, Mills said he wants to be a 'bit more vulnerable, exposing what is going on behind the scenes, in my mind', including talking about 'the bad side of the game' such as 'what happens when you get whacked, or get dropped'.
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Mills insisted that he is 'not looking to get rich out of this'. It is free to subscribe, with subscribers then paying for certain pieces of content.
So far, free subscribers can see videos of Mills answering questions, his thoughts heading into the Hundred, and a brief round up of the first game. Fans can pay $5 for his 'completely unfiltered thoughts' on the first game and a breakdown of the 'worst over' in his professional career.
Mills says he sees OnlyFans as 'just an extension' of his media career and that he wants to give himself 'as much opportunity to be successful as I can in whatever I do after playing'.
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Noah Williams and Jack Laugher, Team GB divers, ran OnlyFans accounts while competing at the Paris Olympics last year, but some athletes' use of the platform has harmed their sporting careers.
The British canoe slalom racer Kurts Adams Rozentals used his account to help fund his training but was suspended from a UK Sport programme for Olympic hopefuls after his sport's governing body received unspecified allegations about his social media content.