A short clip from rapper and model Rubi Rose is blowing up on X, pulling in fresh attention to her OnlyFans story and the part her ex-boyfriend DDG played in it. The video, posted April 20, 2026, has already topped 159,000 views in less than 24 hours.
The post by user@wyd_stan features Rose during a casual poolside “trauma dump” on Bobbi Althoff’s The Really Good Podcast. Back then, near the end of March 2025, Rose looked back at her start on the membership site. That moment fits something else – she’d brought up DDG for the first time in public during an episode of Logan Paul’s show way back in January 2024. Now this recent video is moving through feeds, people passing it around, talking, disagreeing.
A tweet from X.
Rose did not claim she was forced. She said she was talked into it. Her exact words on the podcast:
“I was talked into doing OnlyFans by my ex. It was cool for the first couple of years, but now it’s like I have to keep doing it. It’s put a dent in my reputation, but it’s a choice I made, so I’m just going to stick it out.”
She launched the account in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic after DDG started his own and suggested she try it. At the time, she was already posting twerk videos on Instagram. She has described the early days as exciting and financially rewarding, noting she reposted existing content and saw quick success. She has also said she does not post full nudity or pornography.
The earnings are substantial. Rose told Althoff she brings in more than $400,000 in even a “horrible” month by fulfilling subscriber requests for pictures, videos, voice notes, and messages. That income, she explained, is now part of what makes stepping away feel difficult despite the toll on her image as a rapper and model.
DDG has responded directly. In a livestream and later on the Jason Lee Podcast, he acknowledged suggesting the idea but rejected any notion he pressured or forced her.
“That ain’t got nothing to do with me,” he said. “You made it sound like I’m a motherf***ing pimp… It was just on some, like, ‘You should take advantage of this.’ You can stop whenever you want. I thought it was player of me, but I guess it’s a trauma thing.”
He has pointed out that Rose previously thanked him publicly for the suggestion.
Online responses are divided. Some commenters argue Rose is shifting blame years later and should take full ownership of a choice that paid her hundreds of thousands monthly. Others express understanding, noting how hard it can be to leave a high-earning platform once it becomes central to your income and public identity.
The narrative resurfaces because it touches on larger tensions in the influencer economy: the pull between fast money and long-term reputation, and the way relationships can shape career moves. Rose has spoken before about dropping out of college, moving to Los Angeles, and watching her profile rise after starting OnlyFans yet she also worries about being pigeonholed. As one Billboard report noted, her earnings remain a key part of her current work alongside music and modeling.
