‘Wizards of Waverly Place’ Actor Dan Benson Celebrates Anniversary as Adult Creator

LOS ANGELES — Dan Benson, who gained fame as a supporting actor on the Disney Channel comedy series “Wizards of Waverly Place,” celebrated his first year as an adult OnlyFans creator with a candid TikTok post highlighting his fan’s acceptance of sex work.

Benson played Zeke Beakerman, co-lead David Henrie’s best friend, on the Selena Gomez 2007-2012 star-making vehicle “Wizards of Waverly Place,” before pivoting to adult content creation last year.

On Monday, Benson told his TikTok followers via a “mental health check-in” post that he has been doing adult entertainment for about a year now and that his first reaction was confusion.

“I expected a lot more hate,” Benson said, “and instead, people have just been like, ‘Go you!’ empowerment.”

He added he feels good and “kind of like a badass, a little bit,” for his career pivot.

Benson admitted that, although some people have asked him to do things that he doesn’t feel comfortable doing, “I’ve kind of just been in a position to be like, ‘No. You’re gonna get what you’re gonna get. You’re gonna get what I feel comfortable sharing with the world.’ Which now is quite a bit. I’m feeling good, I’m excited about the future, and I don’t really feel bad about my decisions at all.”

Having had the experience of having his nudes leaked after leaving the hit Disney Show, Benson said earlier this year he eventually had “decided to stop fighting against it and instead go the other direction and completely lean into it” and start an OnlyFans.

“Instead of letting these people sell my privacy,” he asserted, “I decided to say, ‘Screw you, I’m going to sell it myself!’”

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