Glamour model Ava Van Rose says ‘McGregor wrong for OnlyFans' after civil rape case
Irish glamour model says ex-MMA fighter is not a good fit for porn stars' platform after civil case
Glamour model Ava Van Rose reckons Conor McGregor will not make any money if he succeeds in his ambition to buy OnlyFans — and insists he's the wrong person to front the platform after he was found liable for sexual assault.
The fetish events promoter, whose real name is Bridget Byrne, recently left OnlyFans for family reasons but believes she got out in time as she says the site has 'gone downhill'.
OnlyFans is an internet subscription service popular with pornography producers and influencers who sell titillating pictures and videos.
It also hosts other content creators such as musicians, athletes and comedians.
Worth around $8billion, owner Leonid Radvinsky is said to be keen to cash in by selling it on.
McGregor recently reshared an Instagram post about the service being up for sale and wrote on his stories: 'I'm in serious talks to buy this.'
Bridget with McGregor's Proper Twelve whiskey
But the 36-year-old may struggle to raise such funds, despite his estimated net worth of around €200 million.
Last December a 12-person jury in Dublin found McGregor liable for sexual assault in a civil case brought by Nikita Hand, who accused him of raping her at a hotel in December 2018. She was awarded nearly €250,000, which McGregor is appealing.
The MMA star is also facing a civil lawsuit taken by a Wall Street executive, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her in a bathroom at a basketball game in Miami in June 2023.
Dublin woman Samantha Murphy previously dropped a civil action, having alleged she was forced to jump from McGregor's yacht after he beat her at a birthday bash he hosted in 2022.
In September 2020, the fighter was detained and questioned by police in Corsica for two days for alleged sexual assault and indecent exposure in a bar on the French island, but charges were dropped due to a lack of sufficient evidence.
Nikita Hand
And Bridget doesn't think his OnlyFans plan will work.
'I think it's hilarious that somebody like Conor McGregor is looking to buy OnlyFans, considering the amount of recent bad press he's had in regards to his sexual assault,' said Bridget.
'I just think it's funny how somebody would do something like that after that [court case].
'The likes of him talking about buying OnlyFans is probably the wrong way to go, especially while he's still trying to fight his case because he's only after bringing it back for appeal.'
She also believes McGregor, who has increased his fortune by investing in companies selling stout, whiskey, fashion and health products, is barking up the wrong tree businesswise with OnlyFans.
Conor and his partner Dee after he was found liable for assaulting Nikita Hand
'In fairness, he has been a good business minded man up until now, but I think it's the wrong industry that he is looking into.
'I know there's a massive market, but I don't think people are using OnlyFans as much. I just don't think he's doing himself any favours.
'I think the market for OnlyFans has really gone downhill. I think OnlyFans has had its day. Maybe he has some sort of idea up his sleeve he wants to turn into something else.'
Bridget has been a glamour model for 15 years and rose to fame through her reality TV appearances on shows such as Rise of the Instababes and on MTV's Botched.
She has been described as Ireland's most-surgically enhanced woman, with two boob jobs, two bum lifts, a tummy tuck, abdominoplasty, liposuction, rhinoplasty, facelift, lip fillers and a 'designer vagina'.
Ava Van Rose, aka Bridget Byrne, with McGregor at his Black Forge bar
But she has now cut links with OnlyFans, having previously used its platform and her own sites to create an 'army of slaves' who sent her expensive gifts and money.
'To be honest, I felt it's not something I'm marketing anymore,' she admits.
'OnlyFans is great but at the end of the day I'm not getting younger, and I know a lot of people around my age group are doing it and probably making a fortune, but I'm now off it for family reasons.'
She thinks McGregor would draw the line at going naked on OnlyFans himself.
'I couldn't imagine Conor McGregor doing OnlyFans, but then again you never know, stranger things have happened,' she ponders.
'We have celebrity superstars in America on it.
'But I can't imagine too many people would want to buy naked pictures of Conor McGregor, you know what I mean.'
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