“Bad Chad” is headed to Sin City.
Former “Bachelorette” star Chad Johnson revealed on Tuesday that he wants to move to Las Vegas to launch his porn career after a domestic violence arrest has seemingly impacted his job prospects.
“I’m tired of basically being f—ked around by Hollywood!” Johnson, 32, told DailyMail.com. “I need money, I gotta figure out something, this is a way to take the power back.”
In March, the reality star was charged with six misdemeanor crimes after he and his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Annalise Mishler, got into a dispute that allegedly turned physical. He has denied any allegations of abuse.
Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Johnson’s court proceedings have been postponed.
His attorney told Page Six on March 18 that the “Famously Single” star looked “forward to the opportunity to ensure his rights are protected and his name is rightfully cleared once this national emergency is resolved.”
Since the incident between Johnson and Mishler took place, the pair appeared to have rekindled their relationship. Johnson then started an Only Fans account, which is a social media platform that features adult content accessed through a paid subscription service.
“I’ve always had a really crazy high sex drive, so it’s been pretty easy for me to be able to make money off of it — [it] is f—ing amazing,” he told DailyMail.com. “I don’t regret it at all, I always knew I’d do something in this industry I just wasn’t sure what.”
Johnson said he grew tired of dealing with the “liars of Hollywood” who would promise him projects that never came to fruition.
The Los Angeles-based reality star said of his move to Nevada: “Houses are so cheap in Vegas, I could get like a compound out there. I could set up a house with multiple studios in every room and then just fly people in, it would be fun. I think it’s intriguing to people I guess, for a famous person to go from doing shows where you’re watching their personality to all of a sudden doing full-blown porn.”
Johnson did admit that some of his family members are not on board with the decision.
“My dad hasn’t really said anything, but my sister has said she’s embarrassed and ashamed,” he said.
“But you know, my sister is one of the top real estate agents in Oklahoma, she’s had a consistent career for a very long time,” Johnson noted. “I’m like, okay, well I’ve been sitting here in LA grinding my ass off for several years. I’m finally doing something that’s making me money and making me happy, maybe you can take that three minutes of shame that you’re feeling and f—k off with it.”
Johnson shared he had been struggling ever since his mother died of cancer six months prior to him appearing on JoJo Fletcher’s season of “The Bachelorette” in 2016.
However, he said he thinks she would approve of him getting into porn, adding, “She probably wouldn’t give a s—t. My mom was pretty cool.”