'Naked Philanthropist' Raises Over $1 Million For Australia Wildfires With Promise Of Nude Photos

“I was expecting to raise maybe $1,000, but the tweet blew up.”

By midday Sunday, Ward shared the donations had amassed $500,000 (AKA the same amount some celebrities donated with their own funds). Per SocialBlade.com, Kaylen has gained over 275,000 followers and counting on Twitter since Sunday.

Unfortunately, as her team works round the clock to verify donation confirmations and reply with the photograph, a wrench was thrown into her plans by another social media site.

Though the campaign was being run through Twitter, word had spread to Instagram. On Saturday, Kaylen says her account was deactivated by the app, claiming she had violated community guidelines:

My Instagram got deleted ???????? pic.twitter.com/nBRQlByYAR

— THE NAKED PHILANTHROPIST (@lilearthangelk) January 5, 2020

Also on Saturday, Kaylen shared a more personal update:

“My IG got deactivated, my family disowned me, and the guy I like won’t talk to me all because of that tweet. But f**k it, save the koalas.”

A spokesperson for Facebook told the publication:

“This account was disabled for violating our policies. Offering nude images is not allowed on Instagram.”

Since her deactivation, several fake accounts have popped up on IG claiming to be Ward:

INSTAGRAM DEACTIVED MY SECOND ACCOUNT. I don’t have an Instagram. None of these are real pic.twitter.com/YXDiGQJyAh

— THE NAKED PHILANTHROPIST (@lilearthangelk) January 5, 2020

While she has received mostly positive responses to her charitable efforts, the growing spotlight has brought out some negativity. On Monday night, she took to Twitter to address some voiced criticism:

“For everyone saying I only did this to promote my only fans… y’all are insane. I raised over a million dollars, offered my product (my nude photos) for FREE and spent money and time sending that free product to thousands upon thousands upon thousands of people.”

She continued:

“I did not make a single dime from those donations. And if I want to promote MY only fans on MY platform I sure as f**k will. This was my platform before I raised the money and it will continue to be how I make money.”

Ward finished, bringing attention back to the reasoning behind the controversy:

“I raised $1mil for Australia at the sake of my naked body being exposed on the internet to millions and millions of people. That’s a scary feeling to be that vulnerable and exposed to the world. But I did it because I wanted to do something good.”