"It was like a no-brainer," Carmen Electra tells PEOPLE of joining OnlyFans as a creator after taking out lawsuits against several strip clubs in recent years for using her likeness without permission.
The star, 50, who rose to fame as a sex symbol in the '90s, tells PEOPLE "it was like a no-brainer" to join the OnlyFans subscription-based service to create content for her fans.
"I just felt like, 'Yeah, I need to do this,'" Electra explains. "I, for once, have this opportunity to be my own boss and have my own creative vision to share with my fans without someone standing over me, telling me, 'Don't do this, don't do that. Cover up this.' "
She teases that her profile, which launches Wednesday, will include beauty tutorials, vacation content, swimwear and lingerie photos, as well as "more sexy, classy pictures and videos," while allowing her to be "a little bit more intimate" with her fans in one-on-one interactions.
And if she wants "to show a little bit more," Electra notes that she won't have to censor anything risqué with a strategically placed heart or star emoji, as she's had to do on Instagram.