The bad girl of the UK has decided that having sex with elders is her idea of community service.

A few senior citizens’ afternoon took an interesting turn last week. Lily Phillips, a notorious OnlyFans star from the UK, decided that she should take some time to meet her oldest fan. Phillips relies on controversy to keep the wheels greased on her publicity machine, so it’s not unusual for there to be some new and novel scandal associated with her from week to week. There is always a bit of an outcry whenever her latest scandal is revealed, and this latest episode is no exception. People have responded with a blend of thinking her idea was a considerate one and questioning the ethics and health risks of her actions.

Lily Phillips is a 24-year-old OnlyFans star and content creator who has built her brand on pushing boundaries. Her list of scandals is extensive, and a few of the highlights include:

  • Having sex with 101 men in 14 hours
  • Not disclosing to Airbnb that she was hosting a recorded mass sex event on a property she was renting
  • Admitting to not understanding how certain STDs were spread prior to mass sex events

Phillips’ brand of stoking the fires of controversy works well for her, as she’s earned over £2 million by creating adult content and selling access to it via subscription fees on OnlyFans. Every time her name is trending, her subscriber count goes up, and so does her bottom line.

However, it turns out that all of the scandalous events that garner Phillips so much attention haven’t actually been her idea in the first place. The adult entertainment superstar has a history of hearing about something another content creator has done or intends to do and then recreating the incident, often with more publicity. For example, she loudly claimed that she was going to break the world record for most sexual encounters in a day, but later, it came to light that this was an idea she stole from another British OnlyFans star who thrives on scandal, Bonnie Blue. The nursing home stunt was another copycat scandal.

Lily Phillips saw on social media that another OnlyFans creator had put out a call to nursing home residents who were willing to have sex with her on camera for content and decided to jump on the idea. Phillips recognized the viral potential in the stunt and decided to reach out to her oldest fan and ask to pop in for a visit. She dropped in, offering to show him and his friends a good time and presented the whole thing as her own idea. Some of her fans also saw the other content creator’s call for senior citizens willing to be recorded and called Phillips out for copycatting. Others were too distracted by the controversial nature of the stunt to note her lack of originality. Phillips may present herself as an innovator of shock value, but it appears that what she really is is an expert at recycling someone else’s controversial content for clicks.

Regardless of where Phillips got the idea, she still claims to have visited a nursing home and had sexual encounters with multiple residents. She shared a TikTok video in which she appeared to be visiting an elder care home so that she could meet with her “oldest fan,” suggesting that she’d be “taking care” of him and a few of his friends. The video went viral, quickly garnering well over 300K views on TikTok. Commenters have called the stunt inappropriate, exploitative, vile, and just plain gross. More than a few have pointed out that not all elders in residential care facilities are capable of giving informed consent, both for sexual activities and for being filmed participating in said sexual activities. Legally, Phillips didn’t cross any lines that would get her arrested. Ethically, she’s raised some very important questions about what should and shouldn’t be allowed in elder care facilities.

There is a very real health concern for the elders involved as well. In the late fall of 2024, Lily Phillips revealed that she was unaware that certain STDs can be transmitted by having unprotected oral sex. She later tested positive and was treated for multiple STDs, acknowledging that one of her mass sex events was—without her knowledge—a superspreader event for sexually transmitted diseases. With her track record of unknowingly contracting and spreading STDs, the health of the senior citizens she had sex with is at risk. As humans age, our immune response and ability to recover from viruses weaken, meaning that if Phillips exposed the seniors to STDs, she put them at higher risk for irreparable health issues than one of her typical sexual partners. Sexual health is paramount at every age, and people who are sexually active need to be tested regularly regardless of whether they’re 22 or 92.

Phillips may have built her brand around borrowed controversy, but some stunts come with non-returnable consequences. As much as Phillips repackaged the nursing home tour idea and presented it as her own, the backlash for such a stunt appears to belong solely to Phillips. The content creator who first came up with the idea may not be facing much backlash, but the vitriol aimed at Phillips suggests that even in the shock-ridden world of adult content, there are lines that shouldn’t be crossed. Between the ethical concerns, the health risks, and the utter lack of originality, it’s clear that this might be one of Phillips’ worst stolen ideas yet. How long will Phillips continue to thrive on recycled outrage? Only as long as people continue to pay attention.