Maitland Ward on why she went from Hollywood to porn:
‘It’s scary to forge your own path, but it’s the only way that you’re going to be happy’
Kaitlin Reilly and Olivia Schneider
Unapologetically is a Yahoo Life series in which women and men from all walks of life get the chance to share how they live their best life — out loud and in living color, without fear or regret — looking back at the past with a smile and embracing the future with excited anticipation.
At 45, Maitland Ward is unapologetic about “everything” in her life.
“I’m unapologetic about sex…but I think it’s me in my truth and everything,” she tells Yahoo Life. “When I was young, I was so apologetic for so many years. I will never apologize anymore.”
The actress, who got her start on The Bold and the Beautiful before joining the cast of Boy Meets World as Rachel in 1998, has since left Hollywood in favor of a career in pornography. That journey — which she chronicles in her upcoming book Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me From Hollywood, out Sept. 6 — was one of taking back control of her sexuality.
