Olympic champion Matthew Mitcham starts OnlyFans after taking 8,000 naked pictures of himself

OLYMPIC gold medallist Matthew Mitcham has started an OnlyFans page after taking 8,000 naked photos of himself.

The 34-year-old diver won the 10m platform at the Beijing Games in 2008, with what was the best ever score in the history of the event.

But since becoming a hero, Mitcham has battled with addiction and mental health issues.

He is now seven years clean after fighting off problems with alcohol and drug methamphetamine.

The Aussie is gay, admitting he used to feel ashamed of his sexuality as a youngster, and he is now married to British diver and fellow OnlyFans creator Luke Rutherford.

Mitcham spoke to about joining the adult site, conceding his motivation is money.

He continued: "Do you know that quote from Schitt’s Creek, ‘take a thousand naked photographs of yourself while you’re young and beautiful’, so I took 8000 just to be safe.

"It’s just another way for people to connect with me.

"I don’t do anything too raunchy. I just like to show off my beautiful body, which is very quickly becoming more of civilian body than an athlete body but people want to see it."

Mitcham claims his problem with drugs came after a post-Olympics come-down.

He said: "Drugs and alcohol don’t make problems go away - you’re just left with problems and a hangover."

Mictham now works helping diversity and inclusion in sport and he is an ambassador for charity Controlling Chemsex, which aims to support those with drug and sex issues.