Good Morning Britain viewers were left appalled as a teacher struck off for her OnlyFans account defended her adult content on Wednesday’s episode of the ITV show.

Former physics teacher Kirsty Buchan, 34, appeared on the sofa to chat to presenters Susanna Reid, 54, and Richard Madeley, 69, about what happened in the events leading up to leaving the teaching industry.

Kirsty, who had been teaching for almost 10 years, left her job at the back end of 2022, after the school found out about her content, and this week was struck off the teaching register in Scotland.

Susanna was keen to know why she set up an OnlyFans account, to which Kirsty said: ‘It’s such a long story, my son hadn’t been well. He was seeing a specialist at the hospital.

‘I’m a single mum. I had no help to watch him, my only other help to watch him was my nana, who was going through cancer, radiation therapy.

‘I needed time off and they were going to dock my wages. So it’s not as if it was the only job I could have done. But it was the only job that would get me enough money to pay my mortgage, Christmas and my broken car.’

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Good Morning Britain viewers were left appalled as a teacher struck off for her OnlyFans account defended her adult content on Wednesday’s episode of the ITV show

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Former physics teacher Kirsty Buchan, 34, appeared on the sofa to chat to presenters Susanna Reid, 54, and Richard Madeley, 69, about what happened in the events leading up to leaving the teaching industry

Richard asked: ‘How much were you making a month?’ to which Kirsty replied: ‘The most I got was almost £60k.’

Susanna wanted to know if she thought the kids would ever see the pictures that she posted online.

‘I did, we need to take responsibility, I knew the risks involved. I knew there was a risk, I spoke to my son about doing it. He’s 14 now,’ Kirsty said.

‘I knew there was going to be risks involved.  I used a different name, I’ve got my moniker, Jessica Jack Rabbit. I put a wig on, loads of make-up, that didn’t look like me.

‘I didn’t think I was going to get caught. The saying “good teacher gone bad”, a lot of people pretend to be teachers on the site. I didn’t think I would be caught. I didn’t think I would be famous.’

Kirsty said that the reaction from old colleges and kids was ‘supportive’, but did admit that seeing her in sexy poses and underwear could hinder her job.

‘Yeah it would be harder to build a good relationship with new pupils.

‘The ones I already worked hard to build that relationship with,  I’ve still got that bond with them to this day,’ she said.

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Speaking about her OnlyFans persona, Kirsty said: ‘I knew there was going to be risks involved. I used a different name’

Susanna pointed out: ‘I think a lot of parents are worried, and teachers, are worried at the moment, about children in school looking at these kind of images, they’re worried about girls being encouraged to share racy images with boys at school.

‘Then you have a situation where a teacher is putting all of this online, and saying it’s role model behaviour.

‘I’m not sure whether parents and teachers would be able to accept that.

Kirsty said: ‘Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion.

‘At the same time I’ve not shied away from it. I’ve taken responsibility.

‘What I’ve taught is, your pictures can go out there. I’m not saying do this, I worked really hard to be a teacher. I went to university, two jobs while being a single mother.

‘I had to do this for extra money.’

The former teacher confessed that she wouldn’t go back to teaching because she ‘barely slept’ and there wasn’t enough money.

Her appearance on the ITV show got a lot of viewers sharing their thoughts on social media.

Many flocked to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their shock.

Many rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their thoughts on the matter – with one saying her career is ‘over’

‘#gmb Teachers shouldn’t be posting photos on #onlyfans. Clearly the money this lady can earn on the site is far more than she can from teaching so… give up teaching beforehand! It’s not appropriate for a role model.’

‘Think of the poor girls in her class – she’s a role model teaching them it’s fine to take your clothes off for money.’

‘WTF… it what universe would someone think that having an Only Fans site is suitable when you are a teacher??? Accept the consequences.’

‘Trying to validate her reason for taking her clothes off. You were a teacher, you told your teenage son you were going to do it. Naaahhh.’

‘You know what? Good on her. 60k in a month?!! You do what you need to for your family. No one else is going to help. I couldn’t do it myself but that doesn’t mean she shouldn’t. Bigger question was how did minors get access to 18+ material?’

‘Fair play to her making that sort of money every month but you really can’t expect to still be able to teach kids while doing Onlyfans.’

‘At least she’s honest. I think her teaching career is over!’

‘She just doesn’t see it as a problem does she?’

‘Think of the poor girls in her class – she’s a role model teaching them it’s fine to take your clothes off for money.’

‘No sympathy for you.’