Who is Rebecca Goodwin – and why did she walk out of a podcast?

Your social media feeds might be featuring the name Rebecca Goodwin a fair bit at the moment, after the OnlyFans model upped and left mid-recording The Reality Check – a podcast hosted by Shuan Maroof and CJ McKenna. The episode touched on multiple topics from unrealistic body hair expectations some men level at women, to working for a multimillion pound corporation like Tesco vs being your own OnlyFans boss and what adult entertainers ‘contribute’ to society.

But why did Rebecca cut the recording short? What have both she and the hosts said about it since? And what has the general response online been? We break it down here:

Who is Rebecca Goodwin?

Rebecca Goodwin, also known as Becky, is an OnlyFans creator, influencer and mother who recently appeared on a podcast called The Reality Check (more on the show below), but she walked out 24-minutes into the interview and later explained on TikTok that she felt bullied and belittled by the three male hosts.

Goodwin, who has been open about struggling with money in the past and turning to OnlyFans after being unable to heat the home she shares with her two daughters, is regularly outspoken about the double standards women face and in sharing her success story of going from working part-time in a Debenhams cafe to running (and appearing in) her own porn production company.

After joining the OnlyFans platform as an adult entertainer, Goodwin says she made £1,600 in her first month. The average OnlyFans model makes less than that in a year and it’s not as often that we hear from those who aren’t success stories on the site.

What happened when Rebecca Goodwin went on The Reality Check?

The episode began with the hosts asking Goodwin about why she chose to bleach her genitals and post about it online, before the conversation segued into a discussion on pubic hair preferences in general. Goodwin spoke about how some men blanket judge women who don’t remove their public hair, pointing out the double standards at play, while caveating it’s okay to have a preference but not for men to expect all women to be bald down below.

Maroof then replied pointing out the “societal norm” that women expect men to be at least 6 foot tall [or else deem them unattractive] and that men can’t change that, but women can change their pubic hair. To this, Goodwin explained her partner is the same height as her at 5 foot 8, then likened men who dictate that all women should remove their pubic hair to having paedophilic tendencies.

Elsewhere during the podcast recording, Goodwin was asked what she does with the money she makes each month from porn and she shares that she’s started her own affordable housing scheme.

“I buy property outright, usually a two-bedroom terrace and we rent them out to people that are low income families,” Goodwin explained, caveating it’s “not completely selfless” as the properties will later belong to her daughters. She also shared that she hopes to turn her portfolio into a tax-free charity later down the line but isn’t quite at that point yet.

Next up, Maroof said Goodwin has lost her “dignity” through doing OnlyFans content (to which Goodwin explained she actually feels she’s reclaiming her dignity having been a victim of child sexual abuse). Maroof then pushed Goodwin to discuss how she makes a positive impact on society.

“You getting your minge out on OnlyFans is adding nothing productive to our society. It’s damaging our society,” Maroof said, as McKenna then pressed Goodwin by saying, “Apart from the things you’re doing with charity, which is really good, what are you actually contributing to society?”

Goodwin then explained that in addition to her housing scheme she paid £238,000 in tax last year, which “pays the wages” of nurses, bin men and others. When the hosts asked why she still lives in the UK despite being unhappy with the wealth divide and a work culture that lacks ‘dignity’, for shop workers and nurses, and at the amount of tax she pays, Goodwin spoke about taking her children travelling around the UK in a motorhome – this prompted the three hosts to start laughing and talking over her. Shortly after this, she left the recording branding them as the “most disrespectful people [she’d] ever met”.

Later online, Goodwin said she was about to explain she took her children around the UK to test if they liked life on the road and if that might be something they’d like to consider as a family in future, but was unable to get that across.

The episode wraps with the three men branding her exit as “mad”, calling her “delusional” and appearing confused as to how they were rude. “I don’t think we were rude, I think we was just challenging her on her points,” says McKenna. “She’s got very strong points but she’s delusional […] I don’t think she’s used to having people challenge her on her opinions, she’s surrounded by yes men.”

What has Rebecca Goodwin said about walking out of the podcast?

On her way home from the podcast recording, a tearful Goodwin posted a TikTok video about her experience, explaining she’d driven over 3 hours to record with Maroof and McKenna, expecting to be in a proper studio and to be treated with respect, but upon arriving found herself ganged up on during the recording which took place in a person’s flat.

“I thought I was helping people out. I was happy to come all this way with no payment whatsoever to try and be in with the scene,” Goodwin told her TikTok followers. “When I got there, it was three men in their apartment and they sat me down, they showed me a patch of water on their sofa where they made the last guest squirt.

“They then decided to talk over me the whole podcast so I couldn’t say anything, they told me I was a waste of space and I do nothing for society. I mean this with all disrespect, The Reality Check show, but I paid £238,000 in tax last year. What the fuck did your podcast do for society?”

Goodwin then went on to allege that one of the men present during the recording is an OnlyFans model. “All they do is drag OnlyFans girls down to absolutely rip them to shit.”

She added that the hosts’ views on women as a whole are “horrible” and alleges that when Goodwin arrived late, they said they’d need to let the following guest know they’d be running late as a knock-on effect and claims they worded it as “we better let this bitch know that we’re gonna be late”.

In a second follow-up video, Goodwin thanked her supporters, encouraged people to ignore bro podcasts in the hopes of making them disappear and caveated some of her comments on nurses and shop workers. “I don’t believe that workers have no dignity, I believe the system treats you with no dignity and that is not okay,” she explained. “I believe that anyone who is selling their freedom and time should get financial freedom in exchange for that, that is the only fair trade here. Especially these multimillionaire companies like Tesco, like the NHS, they should be on their knees to you. It should not be this way round.”

Goodwin added, “You shouldn’t be choosing whether you eat or heat your home while working for a billionaire company. That is the point I was trying to get across.”

What is The Reality Check podcast?

The podcast in question, which has 44,000 followers on Instagram vs Goodwin’s 231,000 on the same platform, is a series that claims to be “the UK’s wildest podcast” which often interviews women who have a presence on OnlyFans.

On YouTube, it describes itself as “a podcast where we discuss dating, problems with dating, the problems with men and society” and says “we’ll be keeping you entertained as we go through it all and bring on guests to chat about all these somewhat controversial subjects!”

The Reality Check podcast currently has a 1.1 star rating on Spotify.

What have The Reality Check hosts said about Rebecca Goodwin?

When asked by Cosmopolitan UK to clarify their stance on the backlash that has followed their recording with Goodwin, Maroof shared a statement saying they stand by the episode, “Prior to the recording, Rebecca indicated that her OnlyFans page was underperforming and suggested she needed a significant event to reinvigorate it. In our view, this comment hinted at a desire for a publicity moment.

“Our podcast has produced over 80 episodes without any previous incident of a guest departing dissatisfied. As standard practice, we ask our guests to provide eight topics or stories they find interesting for discussion. On the day in question, however, Rebecca introduced several highly controversial topics that fell outside the scope of the pre-submitted material.”

Maroof went on to say that Goodwin “suggest[ed] that anyone with a preference for a shaved pubic area must be a paedophile, as well as proclaiming that there is no dignity in working for Tesco. Such statements were not only unexpected, but provocative and offensive”.

He denied that there was any intention to “bully or demean” Goodwin, sharing that the hosts “simply engaged with the statements presented, challenging them in real time”.

After the recording, Maroof says “regrettably, Rebecca mobilised her fan base to ‘cancel’ us, which has led to significant online backlash, including but not limited to, some team members receiving threats of physical harm to them and their family members”.

Capping things off, he stressed that the team behind The Reality Check does not regret the way they conducted themselves during the recording with Goodwin.”We stand by our actions during the discussion. Our goal has always been to facilitate a robust and honest exchange of views, and we believe that we conducted ourselves professionally throughout. We do not accept responsibility for the fallout that has occurred subsequently, and we remain confident in the integrity of our dialogue.”

Maroof has also posted a video on Instagram in regards to previous sexual assault allegations he faced as a 17-year-old which have resurfaced during the backlash, denying any wrongdoing. He said the trial found him not guilty.

What are people saying about Rebecca Goodwin walking out of the podcast?

From the comments left on Goodwin’s video about the experience and a clip posted by The Reality Check, it seems many viewers are unhappy with the podcast recording.

One comment on YouTube which has amassed almost 2,000 likes reads: “Snoring as she spoke, calling her names, talking over her, mimicking her voice, begging for money, raising voices all at once, diminishing her many accomplishments and laughing in her face. Which bit are you calling ‘banter’? This is a masterclass in the problem with men in society today.”

Another, with over 5,000 likes, added, “Sitting behind a microphone with your buddies creating a podcast you’re not even getting paid for and asking what she contributes is wild.”

Cosmopolitan UK has reached out to Rebecca Goodwin for comment.

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