'Knots Landing' star Donna Mills says refusing to pose nude cost her Playboy cover
Donna Mills says refusing to pose nude came with a hefty price.
The 85-year-old actress claimed that Playboy pulled her planned cover after she refused to pose nude.
"I was supposed to be on the cover, and they didn't put me on the cover because I didn't show anything. And that pissed me off."
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Mills exclusively told Fox News Digital that she only agreed to the magazine's photo shoot after receiving assurances she wouldn't have to bare it all.
"I said I would do the photo shoot for Playboy if they were okay with the fact that I wasn't going to show anything," she recalled.
But during the three-day shoot, Mills said the pressure never stopped.
"The photographer kept trying to get me, ‘Move that sheet down a little bit,’" she said. "I had my publicist and my hairdresser there, covering up things. So, nothing in any of the pictures shows."
The legendary "Knots Landing" star said the photos didn't need nudity to be provocative.
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"They're very sexy," she exclaimed.
Now, those never-before-seen images are getting a second life — this time on OnlyFans.
Mills recently launched an account on the subscription platform after admitting she had no clue what it even was when she was first approached.
"I didn't know what OnlyFans was. I'd never heard of it," Mills laughed. "Then they told me, well, it's kind of an adult site."
Instead of dismissing the offer, Mills agreed to hear the company out — and what she heard changed her mind.
"They… couldn't have been nicer and couldn't have been more accommodating," she said. "They said, 'You do what you're comfortable with. You don't have to do nakedness. You can, if you want to, you can. If you don't want to, you don't have to.'"
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The freedom to call the shots sold her on the idea.
"I just loved the opening it gave me to connect with my fans, to connect with the people who have been responsible for my career," Mills said. "At my age, it's like a whole new life is opening up."
Mills stressed that subscribers shouldn't expect her to abandon the boundaries she's maintained throughout her career.
Instead, she teased the type of content fans can enjoy without crossing lines she's never wanted to cross.
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"I think what the page will be, will be spicy. That's kind of always been my thing, to be a little spicy," Mills said. "I think they'll react to that, they'll like that, and also it's my chance to communicate with them through the videos and things like that and talk to them."
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Before sealing the deal, Mills said she got an enthusiastic green light from the people closest to her.
"I first went to my daughter... She said, 'Go, mom! Come on, go,'" Mills recalled, adding that her daughter trusted she "wasn't going to do anything embarrassing."
Her spouse also backed the decision.
"He said, 'I trust you. You do what you want to do,'" Mills said.
For Mills, signing up for OnlyFans was about proving life doesn't stop with age.
"When I kind of looked at it a few years ago and said, 'What do I want to do with this portion of my life, this chapter in my life?' I said, 'I'd like to be an inspiration,'" she emphasized.
"I'd like to show people, and particularly women, that it doesn't have to be over. It's just a new chapter. It's not the end... It's just something you can enjoy. You should enjoy. It's part of your life."
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The actress, who became a television sensation playing the glamorous and ruthless Abby Cunningham on the hit show, "Knots Landing," said the platform will give her a chance to connect with fans in a more personal way.
Mills rose to fame starring in the long-running series from 1980 to 1989. With her signature blonde hair, bold fashion and stellar performances, her character became one of television's most memorable soap opera villains.
And if Abby could weigh in on Mills' latest venture, the actress is convinced her iconic alter ego wouldn't hesitate to give it her stamp of approval.
"She would say, ‘Go, girl!’ Without a doubt,'" she said. "Are you kidding? Abby would be all for it. She was for anything that was going to move her forward, that was going to be to her advantage. So, she would be dead on for this. She would love this."