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♪ lock me up inside a cage oh just throw away the key ♪ ♪ don't worry 'bout me i was drivin' in my car throwin' up my hands ♪ ♪ put it in coast i could do this with my eyes closed ♪ ♪ oh turn out turn out the lights ♪ ♪ oh oh oh i could do this with my eyes closed ♪ ♪ oh turn out turn out the lights ♪ ♪ oh oh oh i could i could do this with my eyes closed ♪ ♪ turn out turn out the lights ♪ ♪ i could do this with my eyes closed ♪ ♪ turn out turn out the lights ♪ ♪ i could i could do this with my eyes closed ♪ [ cheers and applause ] this is nightline. >> tonight, only fans, teachers making headlines for their
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extracurricular activities. >> in the last year, i made about 2 million. >> 2 million called on the carpet for their side hustle. we're going to go after you as a tenured faculty member. wow. >> i'm there to teach reading and writing like i'm not there to instill their morals. should teachers who make on their own time lose their jobs? >> plus, only murders in the building? >> can we just take a beat to appreciate how magical this is? >> the three of us were the stars of the show steve martin, martin short and selena gomez as fans eagerly await the return of the whodunit sensation who would kill stars. >> this is a lot of suspects. >> what's behind the cast chemistry? >> i genuinely feel like our show is strongest when we are together. >> and what meryl streep has to say about that special song from last season is a lighthouse, and it was one of the most beautiful things, and i still sing it to my grandchildren and the big
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>> good evening. thank you for joining us. we begin tonight with teachers finding a new way to pay the bills, some discovering a lucrative side hustle as adult content creators on the subscription site
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onlyfans. but running into trouble when they're exposed. here's nightline correspondent ashan singh with another look >> you know what i need right now? someone to take me to dinner and then bring me home and have me for dessert. >> was not included in this high school teacher's extracurricular activities. >> hey, girls, want to go take the tops off? yeah. this is for all the blue color men out there. i'm going as a sexy teacher. >> but for brianna coppedge, her unexpected career change has turned out pretty successful. >> i made several, like, $100,000 in the first month or so, several hundred thousand dollars? yeah. >> so, like multiples of what you were making before? >> oh, yes. in the last year i made about 2 million. >> so 2 million. >> you're not going back to teacher? no so this is the studio. >> yeah. this is where i work during the day, where the magic
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literally happens. >> right? >> onlyfans. the exclusive subscription based platform, has become a full time job for brianna. this four wheeler is this is this from onlyfans money? it is not bad. last fall, brianna was a high school english teacher in suburban saint louis. >> my favorite part was teaching shakespeare. i mean, the kids loved it. so we did romeo and juliet. we did things like macbeth. >> as rewarding as teaching can be, it's no secret that salaries for teachers aren't as high as they should be. >> i made 42,000 per year. missouri is one of the lowest paying states in the country for teacher pay. >> so were you able to make ends meet? >> no. my husband was also laid off at the time. he had student loan debt, car loans, credit card debt, you name it. >> when brianna saw her friend's onlyfans page, she got an idea. >> so at first it was just like me and my husband. just like, boy girl stuff. girl stuff, just me, but didn't show my face at
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all. she said. >> her income grew by $5,000 a month. >> we could pay our rent, but i also didn't know how much of a risk there was going to be. so at the time, it was me thinking, well, can they actually fire me for this? >> did you feel like as a teacher you were crossing a line? >> well, i wasn't doing anything illegal. >> i'm there to teach reading and writing like i'm not there to instill their morals. >> someone from her school suspected that a woman hiding her face in a video was brianna. >> my husband and i started hearing rumors, like around our town, and i was like, i guess i need to tell the school. i just started, like kind of panicking and then someone called and reported it to the school. >> onlyfans has more than 3 million creators pulling in over $1 billion a year, some earning the kind of income that makes traditional jobs look wildly underpaid. >> and i put on these leggings while brianna seems like the typical creator, young, female and attractive, a wide variety of desires can be fulfilled on
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the site. >> consider 63 year old joe gow winding down a 16 year career as chancellor of the university of wisconsin lacrosse. >> we felt a little more liberated, if you will, and just thought, let's experiment and just see. would anybody be interested in these videos? >> for ten years, joe and his wife carmen wilson, have been making videos. >> so joe is like, well, i don't know how to ask you this, but how do you feel about? i'm like, yeah, i'm okay with. >> so over the course of ten years, how many videos do you guys think you recorded? >> it's right around 20. >> this is not for public consumption. no however, late last year, the couple started uploading their content to an onlyfans account titled sexy happy couple. not many people subscribe, so they try to free site. >> i didn't expect it to get out and kind of the explosive way that it did, and there's so many
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millions of videos to watch on the free sites, how would we even get noticed? well, we did quickly part of that new audience, people who could control joe's future. >> i get this email from the legal people, and then they started. we've heard that you have these videos. is that true? and i wasn't going to lie to them. i said, yes, it is. >> joe was terminated as chancellor, university system stating in recent days we learned of specific conduct by doctor gao that has subjected the university to significant reputational harm. his actions were abhorrent. >> the uw board of regents fired uw lacrosse chancellor joe gow for producing online with his wife, joe gow has told several news outlets that he believes he is being punished for videos that he and his wife made together and published on the internet. >> the media reaction was just stunning. i mean, we've been in several british papers. we were in the economic times, which is
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the largest paper in india. >> like maybe, maybe read. >> despite being fired from his job as chancellor, joe expected that his tenured teaching position in media studies would be safe. >> it wasn't surprising when they said, you can't be chancellor, but we're going to go after you as a tenured faculty member. wow. that's new. i see you all are live streaming. >> a hearing was held in june to decide joe's fate as a teacher. >> yes, my wife, carmen wilson, and i created a series of sexually explicit videos and books. we did so on our own time, using our own money. >> interim chancellor betsy morgan, who took over after joe testified. >> i had people email me and say, i am embarrassed to have uw as a former place of employment. >> how has it damaged the university's reputation? >> we don't want to be known as u. we want to be known for the quality of our academic programs. >> others at the university had issues with joe returning to the classroom. >> that is not the place for him to talk about what what he does
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with his hobby. >> do you want doctor gao teaching in your department? >> i do not want doctor gao to teach in our department. >> after the hearing, the university released a unanimous decision to dismiss him for unethical conduct. joe vehemently disagrees with the evidence and the arguments of the university. >> but what is indisputable is that uw lacrosse has not experienced substantive negative effects. as we've heard, enrollment is stable, the budget remains balanced, and donations continue to flow in. >> hanging in the balance. a health insurance benefit if you try to stick around and we fire you, you lose that benefit. >> and they estimate that benefits worth $313,000, he says. >> if he walked away willingly, he could keep the benefit. but choosing to fight, he risks losing it. joe's future is in limbo as he prepares for what he says is his final appeal. why die on this hill? >> well, what else am i going to do?
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>> so that's the closet. do you have any favorite pieces you want to pull out? >> like, this one's pretty cute. >> most of it's pink as you can tell. >> like joe, brianna's story was a media sensation. >> a missouri high school teacher is on leave after leaders discovered her profile on an adult website called onlyfans. >> you know, seeing my name and my face in every news article around the world was like a huge shock to me. >> but she realized most believe teachers should not be making even outside of the classroom. so brianna quit shortly after she was outed from a moral perspective, where do you sit on all this? >> i personally me would not have a problem with it as long as they were not like bringing it to school. talking to my kid about it. >> do you think you should be able to teach though? i do, yeah, even though this is a life far from the classroom, brianna has come to embrace it. any regrets? >> no, i don't have any regrets
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>> our thanks to ashlyn. up next, the all star cast of only murders in the building gives us the lowdown on the new season. so what's next, podcast wise, charles, you mentioned a cold case. >> oh, please. >> if it was interesting, wouldn't be cold. now what we need is a hot, fresh, dead body, need is a hot, fresh, dead body, preferably right here i won't let my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis symptoms define me. emerge as you. with tremfya®, most people saw 90% clearer skin at 4 months and the majority stayed clearer, at 5 years. serious allergic reactions may occur. tremfya® may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. emerge as you. emerge tremfyant®. ask you doctor about tremfya®. ( ♪ ) newest arrivals at macy's ultimate shopping event. find great looks to wear now and later with an
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>> the smash hit only murders in the building is back for a fourth season. the murder mystery adding even more star power to their lineup. abc's deborah roberts sits down with the stars of the emmy award winning series for only murders in the building.
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>> i'm charles. hey. what the hell? >> it's the whodunit sensation. only murders in the building. >> can we just take a beat to appreciate how magical this is? >> the three of us, starring martin short, selena gomez, and steve martin. you're a trio that just seems to be a well-oiled machine. the chemistry is something that's magical. >> well, with marty, that's actually chemicals. >> yeah. >> the three of us do share an approach in general to show business, which is you show up on time, you learn your lines, and you are kind to everyone. >> can you break this? i'll give you the 20. you give me back 15. >> the hulu hit featuring three neighbors in a new york city apartment building who become unlikely sleuths and murder mysteries as the new season starts august 27th. >> the trio, taking their podcast to the west coast. oh, guys, we're going to hollywood, where it's being made into a hollywood movie, and mabel, with
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your traumatized homeless, jobless, mumbling millennial charm stuck between these two old dudes. >> it's so funny. >> a-listers playing themselves inspired by the podcasters charles, oliver and mabel. >> this is, well, charles. oliver and mabel. >> i'm eugene levy. >> i'm eva longoria. yeah. >> oliver. this is zac efron. yes. >> zac gradualistic. of course. >> ha! >> the trailer, first of all, everybody just goes with the level of stars that you have. the roster, right? eva longoria, molly shannon, zach galifianakis i mean, it goes on and on. it does go on and on. >> i'm continually amazed because season three is so strong and so was season two and season one. and i think season four notches it up again. eva longoria is playing you. >> yeah. what did you think of that as you worked with her
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before? >> well, i thought it was funny because we reference our age difference. and it's very cute. and of course, it's a compliment. she's gorgeous and she's hilarious. >> she's a funny line where she says to you in the first episode, she says something to the effect of, you know, you're probably wondering why they cast a little older. the studio felt it was too creepy that you, at your age, would hang around with those old guys. >> the cast promising another thrilling season. we've seen the trailer. what do you think? i mean, folks feel like they kind of know what they're getting. >> season four has a spectacular mystery to it. i also feel like it doesn't matter how much talent we have. >> it is so seamless and everybody will be surprised, hopefully, and enjoy it because i most certainly feel like this is our best one. >> and of course, there's a new murder to investigate. >> what we need is a hot, fresh, dead body, preferably right here. >> after season three ended with a bang when sass
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longtime stunt double played by jane lynch, is gunned down. who would kill sass? >> back for season four, oscar winner meryl streep as loretta durkin, the long struggling actress who's finally caught her big break. >> you're a vision. oh my god, i missed you. look at you. what a lovely. hi. hi, hi. >> what a long, cold winter it's been without you, oliver. >> it's been, like, five days. >> well, loretta is. she is who? probably. i would be if i hadn't had a series of incredible breaks there. so? so so many unbelievably wonderful, talented actors that never get that series of breaks. and so loretta is a character who comes in through the theater as as i did, but just never caught the wave, you know, her character delivering a moving performance
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in season three. so darling, my darling, look for the light song that they gave me to sing was like a gift. i mean, it was one of the most beautiful things and i still sing it to my grandchildren all know it and they love it. >> we sat in this room and meryl was up there rehearsing a number. i felt i was watching meryl streep sing a song. to me, it was just magic. >> i just started crying. i wasn't even on screen. it was just really beautiful and memorable. >> it was really beautiful. now the legendary actress admitting even she was nervous about finding her way into the tight trio. >> that's a selena sandwich. i mean, i didn't know how i would fit in, you know, the two fairly well toasted white pieces and selena's like the meat of the matter, but says she ultimately
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just played a version of herself. i thought, i think i'll maybe i'll just do this one as me. and so it was special in that way. i just kind of came in stripped down or stripped down. i just wanted joy and i got it. i got it every day. >> that's a wrap. season four. >> what makes this so special to you? because it's so interestin, having watched the evolution of this show, there is this core trio and you just riff off of each other and one would think you're just laughing a mile a minute while you're doing it. >> what is it that a lot of it is the writing is that when you've got good things to say to each other and good things to respond to, i genuinely feel like our show is strongest when we are together. >> i just feel like that is the
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essence and will always be the center of our show is our friendship. >> our thanks to deborah. the new season of only murders in the building drops tuesday on hulu. coming up, the champions. florida wins a nail biter in the little league world series championship. take a lap. championship. take a lap. >> living with hiv, craig learned he can stay undetectable with fewer medicines. that's why he switched to dovato. dovato is a complete hiv treatment for some adults. no other complete hiv pill uses fewer medicines to help keep you undetectable than dovato. detect this: leo learned that most hiv pills contain 3 or 4 medicines. dovato is as effective with just 2. if you have hepatitis b, don't stop dovato without talking to your doctor. don't take dovato if you're allergic to its ingredients or taking dofetilide. this can cause serious or life-threatening side effects. if you have a rash or allergic reaction symptoms, stop dovato and get medical help right away. serious or life-threatening lactic acid buildup
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>> and finally, tonight, the dramatic finish to the little league world series this weekend. florida grabbing the title in extra innings. here's abc's lara spencer. >> he gets it down. oh it's perfect. >> he threw it away. >> the little league team from lake mary florida world champions. >> and for the first time florida our little league world series champions. >> taking the title in dramatic fashion beating chinese taipei 2 to 1 in a come from behind win in extra innings. >> one ripped off the glove of feliciano. >> long throw to first. it's off the mark. it's one nothing. >> taipei. chinese taipei was first on the board, scoring one
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