After goading people for weeks, Bonnie Blue’s latest stunt has come to a less than impressive climax, proving the porn star’s time is over.
The single worst thing that could happen to Bonnie Blue has just occurred: no body cares about her latest stunt.
After building a sex empire allegedly worth millions of dollars off the back of scandal and outrage, the 26-year-old porn star’s latest “rage bait” attempt has brutally backfired.
In case you missed it, the former OnlyFans star has been claiming she’s pregnant after allegedly having unprotected sex with “more than 400 men” on February 7.
Despite many noting Blue – whose real name is Tia Billinger – had falsely claimed she was expecting exactly a year earlier, the explicit content producer remained firm, even sharing videos and snaps from Spring Break celebrations in Cancun, Mexico with what she said was a growing “baby bump”.
Of course Blue was never pregnant, but she kept up the pretence for weeks until finally coming clean in a disturbing April Fool’s post on Wednesday.
But it seems people have had enough of her exhausting marketing strategy; which by her own admission involves making increasingly extreme or outrageous content to attract attention and generate clicks that convert into cash.
Alongside the more than justified feedback noting that jokes about pregnancy and fertility are far from funny, there were hordes of commenters who declared: “We already knew you weren’t [pregnant], no one cares.”
“Here’s the problem though, nobody believed her,” agreed another.
“Imagine going to this much effort and literally no one cares.. awkward,” added someone else.
For a woman who has bragged continuously about mastering the attention economy, and supposedly lined her pockets with gold in the process, the lacklustre reaction has got to sting.
Naturally, Blue has remained defiant, posting a series of photos holding the fake silicone bump she’s been sporting under her swimming costume recently – and even flicking the bird in one snap.
She also shared a video while sitting in a luxurious villa in Mexico, stating: “So, spring break is done, and I’m no longer gonna need this fake bump so thank you for all you middle-aged dumb parents that fell for my rage bait, because not only has it paid for the villa, the sunshine, but over 100 million views has made me £1 million (almost $2M AUD) better off.”
Many remained unconvinced the fake bump had fooled anyone.
“Don’t know how people fell for it in the first place. She wouldn’t have looked like that four weeks pregnant when she first started all this,” pointed out one woman.
“Is she still doing this? Literally nobody gives a sh*t,” added another.
As one stated: “Of course she wasn’t pregnant.”
Others noted that in some of the footage she appeared to be drinking alcohol, further fuelling the insincerity of her pregnancy claims.
“Is she pregnant and drinking vodka?” asked one.
“No way she’s pregnant. I’ll believe it when she wears a bikini,” declared another.
Aside from the fact Blue’s once “shocking” attention grabs have now become “predictable” according to some in the comments, there was also backlash on the so-called joke itself.
“This is genuinely offensive for women who struggle.. it’s not funny, it’s wrong. It’s not a joke,” commented one woman.
“What a hilarious joke pretending to be pregnant when so many women struggle to conceive,” agreed another.
Blue initially announced she was expecting in a video that showed her undergoing an ultrasound performed by a doctor wearing a blue balaclava – a signature detail that appears in many of her explicit videos.
As her lies continued, fans began spotting more clues during her trip to Mexico that she wasn’t being truthful.
“Anyone notice the fake baby bump??” one person wrote in the comments of a TikTok video that appeared to show the silicone attachment crinkling under her cossie.
The fake pregnancy scandal comes after Blue claimed she had unprotected sex with “more than 400 men” in a stunt that is far too graphic to publish.
But despite it being dubbed her so-called “industry record”, it sparked a wave of concern over the health implications, not just for Blue but also the male participants.
“Unprotected sex significantly increases the risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including chlamydia, gonorrhoea, syphilis, herpes and HIV,” Lovehoney ambassador Christine Rafe told news.com.au in February.
“When condoms or other barrier methods aren’t used, there’s also a risk of unintended pregnancy.
“What many people don’t realise is that some STIs don’t show symptoms straight away, so someone may pass an infection on without knowing they have it.”