Kit Barrus, a former model who walked away from the strict confines of the Mormon Church to build a career on OnlyFans, has been opening up about the dramatic transformation her life has taken. Growing up, Barrus spent up to 20 hours a week at church, with religion sitting at the absolute center of her world. Despite that level of immersion, she began questioning her beliefs as a teenager, even while participating in church practices like baptism for the dead. Her doubts were quietly growing long before anyone around her noticed.
The breaking point with her family came earlier than most might expect. Barrus first encountered pornography at 14 and lost her virginity at 15, both of which put her on a collision course with her parents. “When my parents found out about this, everything got worse,” she recalled. “They pulled me out of school and sent me to Idaho to live with my grandparents, after about six months of house arrest. I was miserable.” That period of isolation only deepened her disillusionment with the community she had grown up in.
After leaving for college, she briefly returned home, but her father kicked her out again after discovering a cannabis edible and a vibrator in her room. That second expulsion proved to be the final push she needed to fully distance herself from the Mormon world. She found a room to rent and got a 9-to-5 job at a law office, trying to build a stable life from scratch. It was a modest, uncertain start, but it was entirely her own.
Everything shifted when a friend suggested she try OnlyFans. After some hesitation and facing real financial pressure, Barrus launched her profile in 2022 and earned $10,000 in her very first month. That income stream became the financial backbone that allowed her to fund a doctorate in mathematics. The contrast between her upbringing and her new life could not have been more stark, yet she credits both for shaping the person she has become.
Interestingly, Barrus says her Mormon roots have actually influenced the limits she sets for herself professionally. “I don’t create any extreme content or participate in sexual challenges, and for that I actually thank my Mormon upbringing,” she explained. She also added, “Many people fall into the trap of doing increasingly extreme things because it sells well, but growing up Mormon and having everyone tell me what my values should be, and then inherently disagreeing with that, made me very independent in considering what I want to do.” Rather than seeing her religious past purely as trauma, she views it as something that gave her a strong internal compass.
OnlyFans is a subscription-based content platform launched in 2016 and headquartered in London. It allows creators to share content directly with paying subscribers and has grown to host millions of creators across a wide range of categories, though it is most widely associated with adult content. The platform became especially prominent during the COVID-19 pandemic when many people turned to it as an alternative income source. Creators keep 80% of their earnings, with the platform taking a 20% cut. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon Church, was founded in 1830 in the United States and currently has over 17 million members worldwide. The faith is known for its strong emphasis on family, community involvement, and adherence to a strict moral code that includes abstinence from alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and premarital sex. Members are typically encouraged to dedicate significant time to church activities and service, which explains the demanding weekly schedule Barrus described from her childhood.
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