She struck gold — while flat on her back.
US Navy veteran-turned-OnlyFans star Addyson James was all but homeless and living and working at a brothel when she met a rich, elderly widower — and now, they’re happily hitched.
The real-life “Pretty Woman”-style plot twist came after a herniated disc surgery forced James, 46, to take a months-long break from her adult film career, she told The Post.
“I wasn’t working and I just had a minimal amount of money coming in from OnlyFans, so I had to give up the apartment that I was in,” she explained, adding that she only makes roughly $1,000 per month on the adult content platform.
Previously, James earned between $800 to $2,500 per ault scene – but even that wasn’t reliable.
“You have two to three shoots every month for three months, then all of the sudden you don’t get booked for a month or two. It’s very unpredictable,” said James, who served on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz during her Navy career between 1998 and 2003 before turning to the skin biz about three years ago.
Fed up from couch-surfing at friends’ houses, in July, James decided to take up residency at the infamous Sheri’s Ranch Brothel outside of Las Vegas, Nevada.
Less than three weeks into the gig, she received a “lovely email” from a prospective client — and her soon-to-be groom, Jim.
“Jim explained his situation, that his wife has passed away, and said he was looking for some companionship and intimacy… he also wanted something safe, and Sheri’s is legal,” James recalled.
“He had lived a very vanilla lifestyle, as most people do. So for him to do something like this was a big step,” she added.
During their first in-person visit, the 77-year-old Missouri church-goer said he was head over heels — even before he had her heels behind her head.
“I just immediately fell in love with her – it was love at first sight,” Jim told The Post. “I liked her smile.”
Although they planned to spend just one evening together, the smitten retired engineer stayed a second night – racking up a whopping $25,000 bill for James’ time and X-rated romp sessions.
“I had been very reserved and close-minded on sex,” explained Jim, who is an Air Force veteran.
“I wanted to explore and do other things, but I never had, and Addyson brought that out in me.”
James was taken aback by her older lover’s generosity — which included offering to pay for a boob job.
“He wanted to do nice things for me, he wanted to take care of me…he was the most giving, kindest man ever,” she gushed.
In the few weeks that followed, Jim gave James a 2025 X5 BMW, a new home in Arizona’s East Valley — and an engagement ring.
Despite their 31-year age gap, they tied the knot in November in an intimate ceremony at the new house.
Their first stop afterwards? A sex toy store, James said with a giggle.
Between traveling back and forth between Jim’s home in Missouri and the Grand Canyon State, the unconventional couple continue to have an active love life, James added.
And despite early hesitations from her husband, the new wife has even continued her porn career.
“There’s absolutely nothing intimate about being in a porn movie, and Jim understands that now. He is so open and I’m very open in my sexuality and in conversations and stuff, so I think it’s been very liberating for him.
“Obviously he would love for me to just do nothing and take care of me…but I’m too young to retire — I need to keep working or I’ll go crazy,” she explained.
To this, the newly-evolved Jim said, “At the end of the day, I know she’s coming home to me, and that’s what counts.”