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Belle Delphine finally gets eye-watering payday after years-long battle over selling her bathwater

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Updated 16:24 23 May 2024 GMT+1Published 16:25 23 May 2024 GMT+1

Belle Delphine finally gets eye-watering payday after years-long battle over selling her bathwater

The OnlyFans model was never paid for her bathwater exploits in 2019

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

One of the most recognised and successful e-girls of all-time seems to have finally got her way after getting in a dispute over selling her bathwater.

You may remember Belle Delphine for her viral clips on social media back in 2018/2019, where she would post videos in cosplay and later in a pink-haired wig, carrying out weird requests from viewers.

The 24-year-old OnlyFans model had her Instagram account banned in 2019 after hitting over four million followers, but has since made a new one in 2020 that now sits on over three million followers.

But the very thing that got her banned was also the most controversial, and probably disgusting, thing that she did at the peak of her popularity.

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In 2019, Delphine began selling her bathwater to her fans for the price of $30 (£24) per container, with the product selling out within just three days - it says a lot about the internet.

Many of her fans had said that they would drink her bathwater, before she posted about actually doing it, with the caption: "Bath water for all you thirsty gamer boys".

The South-Africa native earned a jaw-dropping £71,000 from the move, though she later explained on X, formerly Twitter, that she hasn't received her profits for one reason.

The adult content creator has finally got her money. (Instagram/@belle.delphine)
The adult content creator has finally got her money. (Instagram/@belle.delphine)

Delphine posted: “PayPal, without any warning closed my account and took the $90,000 that I earned from selling my bathwater,” saying that the occurrence was the 'biggest L I’ve ever taken'.

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Although, PayPal has apparently gone back on their decision, paying the content creator all the earnings from the bathwater stunt that had previously been withheld.

She also wrote: “I knew it would be a better news story to say that I made ‘so much money’ from selling my bathwater so I just kept this secret,

“Ultimately I’m still glad I did since it was a really funny time on the internet when it happened.”

But to add insult to injury, PayPal fined Delphine £2,000 for each violation of its rules, which means that she has to pay that amount for every container of bathwater sold.

Delphine posted her problems, which was followed by the money being returned to her, earlier this week.

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She told Business Insider: “If I didn't have any [social media] following, they wouldn't have given my money back,

“Which is so s**tty because what are all the normal non-social media users meant to do in this situation? I followed all the normal protocols and was roadblocked and gave up.

"The Twitter post I made about it had SO many comments of people saying PayPal did the exact same thing to them. It was shocking, to be honest,” She concluded.

She had to wait for five years before she got her money. (Instagram/@belle.delphine)
She had to wait for five years before she got her money. (Instagram/@belle.delphine)

The policy surrounding adult and sexual content through the banking operation allows the sale of physical goods like DVDs, magazines, (and in this case) bathwater jars, but only within the US, while Delphine is based in the UK.

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A spokesperson from PayPal told Business Insider that they would not comment on individual accounts, but stated that PayPal dropped the policy surrounding the fines around a year ago.

It was because of this rule change that the company released Delphine's funds, sending the rightful bathwater funds over.

This didn't happen instantly though, as it took Delphine tweeting the issue to her two million followers on X, with the post going viral.

LADbible has contacted PayPal for comment.

Featured Image Credit: Instagram/@belle.delphine

Topics: Entertainment, Belle Delphine, OnlyFans, Instagram, Money, Social Media

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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