Teddy Bryce is hanging it up. According to Attitude‘s Callum Wells, the gay adult star is stepping away from OnlyFans after nearly two decades in the business to focus full time on Strapp Metal, the queer fashion and fetishwear label he started with his partner.

Forced out by his own success

Bryce told Attitude the decision wasn’t some big epiphany. It was a necessity. Strapp Metal, which mixes eroticism, heavy metal style and queer art across underwear, harnesses and T-shirts, has “grown so big so fast” that he no longer has the hours to upload, chat with fans and stay consistent.

“So I was kind of forced to quit, in a way,” he said.

His career has run from studio porn and escorting to fan sites and OnlyFans. He has always treated the work as “a means to an end,” using it to pay for school, apprenticeships and other career attempts. Many of those didn’t work out. This one did.

“You never really turn off”

Bryce pushed back on the idea that OnlyFans money is easy. He said the work means being fully self-employed, which makes things like taxes and buying a home harder, while also teaching yourself video editing, social media and brand management. “You never really turn off,” he said.

He also talked about the boundaries fans cross. Because creators share so much online, he said, some people act as if that gives them permission to touch performers in public or say overtly sexual things to them in everyday settings, like when he’s out with friends. He said he appreciates the people who’ve invested time in him, but that what happens online doesn’t automatically carry over into real life.

On body image, he was candid. He said he’s had an up-and-down relationship with his confidence over the years and would welcome professional help, but looking back at old videos now, he can finally say, “I looked so good then.”

The art was always the point

The bigger story is what he’s moving toward. Bryce has a degree in painting and sculpture and worked as a tattoo artist before that stopped serving him. He told Attitude he has always loved heavy metal graphics, the male form and old gay erotic comics, and Strapp finally lets him combine all three. He draws most of the brand’s T-shirt graphics himself and commissions other queer illustrators he admires.

Porn, he said, “was never really fulfilling in an artistic way.”

The label’s new Romantics line leans into lingerie and plays with masculine and feminine looks. Bryce said the goal is for customers to feel sexy in the clothes, almost like a “superhero uniform.”

Retired, but don’t hold him to it

Strapp threw him a retirement party, which doubled as a test run for hosting brand events. But Bryce isn’t promising he’s gone for good. He said he doesn’t believe any sex worker who says they’ll never do it again, and joked that he’ll probably keep showing himself off online in some way “till I’m in the grave.”

He also said he’s outgrown the Teddy Bryce persona and plans to start introducing himself by his real name, though he’ll still answer to Teddy.

What’s next for Strapp

Bryce admitted 2026 was a learning curve. The brand made mistakes with new manufacturers in China, shipping and customer service, and he said making customers happy is now his main focus. For next year, he teased new events, new products and wholesale options, with the bigger goal of turning Strapp into a full lifestyle brand.

The takeaway

Bryce’s exit is the kind of ending a lot of creators say they want but few pull off: he used adult content to fund a business, and the business got big enough to replace it. His point about the work is worth hearing, too. Running an OnlyFans page well means doing the jobs of a marketer, editor and brand manager at once, and those are exactly the skills he’s now putting into Strapp Metal.

Image: Tattoo flash, 20th century, Smithsonian American Art Museum (CC0), via Wikimedia Commons.