Donna Mills is happy to give subscribers a closer look at her life. Apparently, that does not include a closer look at her dental hygiene.

The 85-year-old “Knots Landing” star says she has received an unexpected request since joining OnlyFans: Fans want to watch her brush her teeth.

Her answer is straightforward.

“I’m not going to brush my teeth,” Mills told ABC’s “Nightline” during a Friday interview.

For an actress who spent years portraying the scheming Abby Cunningham, this particular boundary involves considerably less intrigue — and more toothpaste.

Mills told correspondent Kayna Whitworth that her page largely features everyday activities, including riding her Peloton and having coffee. She believes most of the subscribers interacting with her are men, although she acknowledged that it can be difficult to tell.

The actress joined the subscription platform in July, saying she wanted a more direct relationship with fans who had supported her for decades.

During her television heyday, audiences saw the performances and publicity photographs. Now, she said, they want to see her home, hear about her routines and learn what happens when the cameras ordinarily would have stopped rolling.

Not every routine, however. The toothbrush remains firmly behind the velvet rope.

Mills is more receptive to sharing previously unpublished photographs from her Playboy shoots. She told “Nightline” that some of the most appealing material could be outtakes that never appeared in the magazine.

She also challenged the idea that being sexy requires being completely undressed.

“I think it’s sexier to be not just totally naked,” she said, recalling a photograph of herself standing in a shower wearing a dress.

Her approach to OnlyFans, she has repeatedly emphasized, is intended to reflect her own personality rather than the platform’s reputation.

During an appearance on “TMZ Live” after launching the account, Mills said she did not want to produce anything she considered salacious. Although she stopped short of making an absolute declaration about future nudity, she described her interest as content that could be playful, attractive and fun.

Some subscriber requests have already provided material.

In an August appearance on the “Creators Inc. Podcast,” Mills discussed requests to watch her stomp grapes barefoot at her vineyard. That proposal received a much warmer reception than the toothbrushing.

“I’m gonna do it,” she said, explaining that an attempt to film the activity herself had proved impractical.

Apparently, operating a camera while crushing grapes presents production challenges that decades of television experience cannot entirely eliminate.

Andy Bachman, whose agency Creators Inc. manages her account, said during that podcast that Mills was doing “incredibly well,” describing her early earnings as “many six figures.” Those figures were his account of the page’s performance, rather than independently verified financial disclosures.

Bachman has described the venture as an extension of Mills’ established image, offering access to her personality, style and behind-the-scenes life.

Mills, meanwhile, says there is a larger purpose behind the experiment. She wants to demonstrate that growing older does not require withdrawing from life or abandoning new opportunities.

“I’d like to show people, and particularly women, that it doesn’t have to be over,” she told Fox News Digital. “It’s just a new chapter.”

For fans who remember her as Abby, the ambitious “Knots Landing” character she played from 1980 to 1989, the entrepreneurial spirit may sound familiar.

Asked how Abby would respond to the OnlyFans venture, Mills had little doubt.

“She would say, ‘Go, girl!’”

Just don’t ask her to bring a toothbrush.

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