Maitland Ward discussed her journey from actress to adult film star and how she is treated with ‘more respect’ now. 

‘I really think people treat me with more respect now, honestly, especially even in Hollywood right now,’ the Boy Meets World star, 48, shared in an interview with Fox News.

‘I’m pitching my memoir into a TV format and talking with people. They’re so respectful, and they’re so positive about my story, especially younger people and different people that I speak to in Hollywood and stuff,’ she added.

‘They’re just much more receptive to the story,’ the star explained. 

Maitland — who recently attended the 2025 AVN Expo — went on to say that she now has the freedom to navigate her career.

‘I’m able to create my own brand, my own content, the way I want to create it.’

Maitland Ward, 48, discussed her journey from actress to adult film star and how she is treated with ‘more respect’ now; pictured on Instagram 

‘I really think people treat me with more respect now, honestly, especially even in Hollywood right now,’ the Boy Meets World star shared in an interview with Fox News; seen in a 1998 promotional photograph for Boy Meets World

The adult film performer recounted her entry into the industry, noting that she experienced no negative reactions when she started her sex work career around 2019.

‘I really got a lot of positivity overall, which shocked everyone I knew.’

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‘Everybody thought people were just going to rip me apart, and I was going to be judged and raked across the coals, but I got so much positivity and I think it’s because I was so positive about it, and I was so happy about it.’ 

Before her entry into the adult film industry, Ward gained recognition for her roles on The Bold and the Beautiful (1994-1996) and Boy Meets World (1998-2000).

Ward, who previously struggled with body image, also told Fox she gained confidence through her work.

‘Just to be naked by myself and be confident in my body and myself, I would never have been able to do that [before],’ she shared, adding that porn has given her ’empowerment.’

‘On the set of porn sets, I have felt the most comfortable I have ever felt on a set, especially in an intimate situation, because I really feel there’s a lot of conversation, and nobody is shy to have the conversation or backs away from it.’

In January Ward proudly flaunted her curves at the AVN Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas.

‘I’m pitching my memoir into a TV format and talking with people. They’re so respectful, and they’re so positive about my story, especially younger people and different people that I speak to in Hollywood and stuff,’ she added

Maitland went on to say that she now has the freedom to navigate her career. ‘I’m able to create my own brand, my own content, the way I want to create it’

Ward, who previously struggled with body image, also told Fox she gained confidence through her work. ‘Just to be naked by myself and be confident in my body and myself, I would never have been able to do that [before],’ she shared, adding that porn has given her ’empowerment’

When her mainstream acting career dried up, she eventually made the full leap into adult films in 2019; pictured at the 2025 Adult Video News Awards in Las Vegas

She rubbed shoulders with fellow X-rated performers at the expo, including Angela White, who has been dubbed ‘the Meryl Streep of porn’ for her award-winning performances.

OnlyFans sensation Lily Phillips – who went viral for bedding 100 men in a single night – was also in attendance, as was her rival Bonnie Blue.

Maitland looked completely in her element as she posed up a storm in a plunging black leotard that showed off her cleavage.

Maitland got her big break in acting playing Jessica Forrester on The Bold and The Beautiful.

She went on to star in notable guest spots on hit shows like Home Improvement, before landing her biggest role as Rachel McGuire on Boy Meets World.

After the series ended in 2000, Maitland made sporadic film appearances, most memorably in the 2004 comedy White Chicks.

But, when her mainstream acting career dried up, she eventually made the full leap into adult films in 2019.

She later detailed her journey from Hollywood to porn in her memoir, Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me from Hollywood.

She later detailed her journey from Hollywood to porn in her memoir, Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me from Hollywood 

In her memoir the actress revealed that she was turned off to Hollywood by producers on Boy Meets World who told her to ‘play dumb’ so she would be more ‘likable’.

Ward goes on to write that she finally felt ‘free’ while performing hardcore sex scenes, which now earn her six figures a month from an adoring fan base.

When the show finally got canceled, Ward went out and bought a Rabbit vibrator which she said ‘lit up my entire life.’

She went to a BDSM class and during a lecture about dominance and subservience Ward writes that ‘for the first time someone was talking of the merits of extremes and I was listening’

Ward tried to land more acting roles but found herself typecast from Boy Meets World and told she was too old even though she was still in her 20s.

Girl Meets World, a reboot of Boy Meets World, premiered in 2014 and sparked new interest in the original series but Ward resisted the idea of her character coming back as she felt it meant she would have to ‘behave’ offscreen.

Instead she fired her agent after he called her a ‘wh**e’ and began appearing at Comic Cons and dressing more sexily on the red carpet with outfits from Tom Mark, who told her that her breasts, were ‘made for the world to see.’

Frustrated that her increasingly risqué photos were being taken down from Twitter, Ward set up a Patreon account and within three days she had $40,000 come in from people who wanted the content.

Before her entry into the adult film industry, Ward gained recognition for her roles on The Bold and the Beautiful (1994-1996) and Boy Meets World (1998-2000); pictured with Matthew Lawrence and Will Friedle in a promotional image from Boy Meets World

She began to do Premium Snapchat videos, her first showing her walking down the hall in red stilettos then getting into a bath naked.

By then Ward felt like a ‘changed person’ and was ready to start making her own porn films. A friend introduced her to Isiah Maxwell, a prominent male porn star, and Baxter helped film the movie.

Her fans had ‘heart attacks’ and some Boy Meets World devotees told her she had ‘ruined my childhood’, Ward writes.

Describing one of her X-rated online sessions, the star shared: ‘I can’t tell you what an odd yet exciting feeling it is to know that all [these] people [are] watching you. It’s intimacy like no other.’ 

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Bianca Censori’s alleged messages – that are said to feature porn – to a Yeezy staffer before she married Kanye West have been published redacted amid reports – and denial – of their divorce.

The 30-year-old Yeezy Head of Architecture  was at the center of fashion and culture journalist Louis Pisano’s bombshell article on his Substack published on Monday.

The piece featured an interview with ex-Yeezy Senior Designer Pierre Louis Auvray and included blurred out alleged ‘disturbing and inappropriate’ messages sent by Censori months after a lawsuit over similar claims were filed.

DailyMail.com reached out to representatives for West and Censori and have yet to hear back. 

In the Substack piece, Auvray claimed that once Censori had been hired as an architect, she began sending explicit and inflammatory content as they discussed potential imagery for the brand. 

He said: ‘It was just bizarre, but at the time, I didn’t know what to make of it.’ 

Bianca Censori ‘s alleged messages – that are said to feature porn – to a Yeezy staffer before she married Kanye West have been published redacted amid reports – and denial – of their divorce; the two are seen in February 2024

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Auvray began working for Kanye in 2020 and sex he said that things had been working well even despite the star’s tardiness and behavior.

However, Auvray claims that things started to change as Kanye’s relationship with Kim Kardashian began to unravel.

Auvray said: ‘After 2021, it was just like abuse, manipulation, overworking. It was the worst things you can think of.’

He also likened that working for Yeezy was like being ‘in a cult’ as Kanye had began acting more erratically and sharing controversial opinions which led to other staff members following suit.

This is not the first time Censori has been accused of this type of behavior as she previously denied claims that she had sent porn to Yeezy staff, including minors, in July 2024.

Months ago, a federal lawsuit filed in California claimed that Censori sent an employee a link to ‘hardcore’ sexual content after her husband announced the launch of his adult film business, Yeezy Porn, in late April.

It alleged that the videos were accessible to underage staffers, but did not name her as a defendant in the suit – simply using the story to illustrate the work environment at the YZYVSN streaming service app.

Censori denied the claims via West’s former chief of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos, who told DailyMail.com he had permission to speak on her behalf at the time. 

The 30-year-old Yeezy Head of Architecture was at the center of fashion and culture journalist Louis Pisano’s bombshell article on his Substack published on Monday as the piece featured an interview with ex-Yeezy Senior Designer Pierre Louis Auvray (pictured in 2017) and included alleged ‘disturbing and inappropriate’ messages sent by Censori months after a lawsuit over similar charges was filed .

In the Substack piece, Auvray claimed that once Censori had been hired as an architect, she began sending explicit and inflammatory content as they had discussed potential imagery for the brand 

Auvray began working for Kanye in 2020 and he said that things had been working well even despite the star’s tardiness and behavior, however, Auvray claims that things started to change as Kanye’s relationship with Kim Kardashian began to unravel; the former couple are seen in April 2015

‘I’ve been authorized by Bianca to stress that any allegation that she showed or caused to be shown any pornographic material to minors is offensive, disgusting, abhorrent and categorically and wholly false,’ the statement says.

Kanye has recently taken to social media to say he has ‘dominion’ over his wife Bianca Censori and branded her controversial naked Grammys dress the ‘best look of all time’.

West was first accused of anti-Semitism in 2022 after making a series of racist remarks. However, he later apologized, insisting it was not his ‘intention to hurt or demean’ the Jewish community.

Yet in a rambling U-turn, Kanye penned a series of tweets on X on Thursday, claiming that he will never ‘trust or work with Jewish people’ again and insisting he ‘will not apologize’ for his views. 

Among his most shocking tweets in the hours-long tirade, Kanye proudly declared: ‘I AM A NAZI’, later adding: ‘I LOVE HITLER NOW WHAT B*****S.’ 

This is not the first time Censori has been accused of this type of behavior as she previously denied claims that she had sent porn to Yeezy staff, including minors, in July 2024; Censori and West are seen in LA earlier this month

Censori had originally denied the claims via West’s former chief of staff, Milo Yiannopoulos (pictured May 2019), who told DailyMail.com he had permission to speak on her behalf at the time

The suit filed in July claims Ye ordered all of his employees to sign NDAs and threatened to fire the minors if they didn’t

The troubled rapper also addressed concerns that his wife Bianca is a victim of coercive control after her naked outing at the Grammys, claiming he has ‘dominion’ over her.

Kanye, who took aim at several minority groups in his foul-mouthed tirade, went on to state that ‘IF I LOST EVERYTHING ‘AGAIN TONIGHT WAS WORTH IT I CAN DIE AFTER THIS’, while also insisting he was ‘sober’ while tweeting.

Having voiced his support for incarcerated rapper Diddy, Kanye doubled down by saying he would ‘never speak again’ to anyone who disagreed with him, while also using homophobic slurs to lash out at those who supported Kamala Harris.

Yiannopoulos, who previously worked with Kanye on his short-lived presidential campaign, issued a denial purportedly on behalf of the couple last week, stating that West and Censori were in LA and looking forward to spending Valentine’s Day together. It is unclear whether Milo is their official representative.