She was sacked her from Hollyoaks earlier this week as a result of she refused to go away the raunchy web site OnlyFans.
And on Friday, Sarah Jayne Dunn defended having an account on the 18+ subscription web site, insisting that her content material is not any totally different to photographs of her that are posted on Instagram or seem in lads' mags.
Showing on Good Morning Britain, the actress, 40, argued: 'It is the form of photos I've performed all my life!' and reiterated that it wasn't her determination to go away the Channel 4 cleaning soap.
Requested why she selected OnlyFans over Hollyoaks, Sarah insisted: 'That wasn't actually the choice that I made.
'The Thought was to launch OnlyFans and take again some energy and management over my photos, what I create, the place I put them, and put them onto the platform.
'I've pondering lengthy and arduous about this for a very good few months, I checked out tons of various choices, and OnlyFans as a result of it is such a giant, established web site, and it is ran actually very well, and there is plenty of totally different content material on there.
'It is an 18 plus web site, as a result of it's important to be over 18 to get on there, however really the content material might be no matter you need.'
The actress argued that posting to OnlyFans - which allows paying viewers the chance to entry unique content material - is not any totally different from sharing on Instagram or posing for Lads' magazines - which she's performed all through her profession.
She mentioned: 'I used to be going to run that [OnlyFans] alongside my job. It was not a call I made [to leave Hollyoaks], however I am wanting on the future now and being in charge of every thing... it is actually empowering.'
'The location itself have, it's important to be over 18 to have entry. My content material is not any totally different to the pictures I submit on Instagram, or the stuff from males's magazines or calendars that I've performed.
'Placing it on OnlyFans is defending youthful viewers. I used to be taking it off public view... It is the form of photos I've performed all my life, which I discover empowering.
'I will get plenty of positivity from different girls, from mums particularly. I am a 40-year-old womnn, I labored arduous to get this physique.'
Arguing towards Sarah's determination to hitch OnlyFans was Dominique Samuels, who insisted: 'It promotes commodification of prostitution.'
However, cleaning soap star Sarah asserted: 'To get on precise web site itself should be over 18, it is a tough course of, even I struggled to get on there. You Want passport, ID, it is large course of.
'This is not about saying everybody ought to be happening it, that is about taking management of your individual photos. It isn't selling the location. It is a alternative, it is a option to be on there, it is about management. I am not forcing anyone to be on there.'
On Thursday, Sarahhit again on the Hollyoaks bosses who sacked her after slicing ties with the programme by unfollowing the Hollyoaks Instagram account.
She instructed The Solar: 'The images I've placed on OnlyFans are not any extra specific than the type of issues I've performed up to now for magazines and even for Hollyoaks' personal official calendar.'
She continued: 'For me that is about having the precise as a girl of 40 years previous to determine what is true for me.
'I like photoshoots and I've labored arduous for my determine. I do not make a secret of the truth that I get a giant increase out of it, and I am not apologetic for that.'
Sarah expressed unhappiness that her relationship with the cleaning soap had deteriorated and emphasised she would miss the forged and crew however maintained she needed to retaliate.
MailOnline contacted Hollyoaks representatives for remark on the time.
Sarah has performed the function of Mandy Richardson on-off on Hollyoaks since 1996, and was sacked from her £120k a 12 months job this week after she refused to ditch her OnlyFans account.
The actress, - who reportedly earned a whopping £7,200 in only a week after becoming a member of the X-rated subscription service - will now not seem on the present after discussions with producers.
In an announcement a Hollyoaks consultant instructed The Solar: 'Hollyoaks is a youth-facing drama with many younger viewers, who comply with our forged very carefully, each within the cleaning soap and out of doors of it.
'We take our accountability to our younger viewers very critically and due to this fact the present doesn't enable any Hollyoaks forged members to be lively on sure 18+ web sites.
'We had hoped we might attain a decision with Sarah that might enable her to stay in her function as Mandy, however we respect her option to proceed to supply content material on OnlyFans.
'Up to now 4 years since her return to the present her legacy character has been an integral a part of some our most vital storylines and we will likely be very unhappy to see her go.'
It comes as Sarah admitted to The Solar that Hollyoaks is not as properly paid as individuals count on, saying: 'There's an enormous false impression that individuals on TV exhibits earn enormous quantities of cash, it simply is not the case.
'Folks speak about huge six-figure salaries however the actuality is that in case your character is not in a giant storyline for a when you can find yourself struggling some months.
'I've undoubtedly skilled that myself. There are durations I have not identified how I used to be going to get by the subsequent month.'
The mum-of-one revealed final Saturday that she'd joined OnlyFans and shared a prolonged Instagram submit telling how she feels 'empowered and assured' taking photographs for the racy web site.
The actress additionally shared a hyperlink to the web site along with her 184K followers saying: 'Welcome to the brand new house for all my racier content material, I hope you take pleasure in. Let me know what you'd wish to see most.'
Sarah went on to clarify her reasoning behind becoming a member of the platform, saying: 'It is a determination I've thought lengthy and arduous about, not one I've taken flippantly or on a whim, it is about taking again management, about empowerment and confidence and having full energy over my selections.
'I like doing photograph shoots, at all times have at all times will, it is how I obtained into the appearing trade, on the tender age of 12 I made a decision I wished to be a mannequin and enrolled on a modelling course, joined an company and had my first skilled shoot and I used to be hooked. I obtained my first television audition and the remainder is historical past.'
She went on to clarify she is taking again management after years of doing lads mags and he or she needs to place 'wholesome boundaries in place.'
'I have been fortunate sufficient to journey to some fairly superb locations for photoshoots since being 17, that being mentioned I've by no means felt in charge of the content material or of the funds,' she mentioned.
'The older I get the extra cathartic it's to take again management, to place wholesome boundaries in place and to know my price and my worth. That is what that is about, being in management, selecting empowerment. I really feel attractive and robust and assured once I shoot photos like this.'
The actor added that she understood the pictures weren't for everybody, which is why she is now placing them on OnlyFans.
She admitted: 'I am going to undoubtedly be judged, some would possibly discover it stunning, however I am merely transferring my sexier, racier photos to a different platform, I am unsure what's stunning about it.'
Many stars have determined to hitch the platform to share their scorching snaps together with Kate Moss' youthful sister Lottie Moss, who has earned herself a profitable fanbase after signing as much as the service.
Talking to shut good friend Jaime Laing's Personal Elements podcast about her OnlyFans platform earlier this 12 months, she mentioned: 'You may make upwards of like $100,000 a month when you're doing it frequently and have followers.'
Former Atomic Kitten star Kerry Katona additionally joined OnlyFans and revealed that she managed to show her monetary difficulties round, managing to earn £1million since being declared bankrupt in 2008 because of the location.
Talking to the Mirror, the star mentioned she is now incomes as a lot as 'tens of hundreds a month' by sharing sultry snaps and pictures of her toes.
She instructed the publication: 'Persons are fast to say, 'she's determined' if I get out a little bit of nipple, however I've made my first million since chapter and I am so, so proud.
'If it wasn't for OnlyFans I would not have had cash to spend money on myself and in making extra firms.'
Since beginning her account, Kerry has been in a position to open her very personal on-line clothes firm, KerryBoutique, in addition to a relationship app along with her fiancé Ryan Mahoney.
She has additionally been in a position to ship her son Dylan-Jorge to a personal college because of her monetary stability.
