Former X Factor judge Tulisa has opened up on the 'life changing' effects of her ex-boyfriend releasing a sex tape of her, as the act of 'revenge porn' was not yet illegal when it happened
Singer Tulisa Contostavlos has recalled the trauma she faced when an ex-boyfriend violated her by releasing intimate footage of her with her consent.
Tulisa was the victim of what many refer to as 'revenge porn' but the term had not yet been coined back in 2012 and the singer was left feeling "judged, disgusting and ashamed" in the wake of the footage circulating on social media. Tulisa, who mentored X Factor winners Little Mix during her two years on The Factor, continued: "I just became miserable by the end of that second year, I wasn't going to do the show again. I just hated it, I hated it every day. Like I said, it's taken me years, I didn't even know how long I would need to process it. It's affected my relationships to this day and intimacy and all those kinds of things - it's life changing in a big, big way.
Speaking in 2012, as the tape circulated on social media, Tulisa said: "I would just like to put it out there that this is the person Justin Edwards aka Ultra, who is my ex-boyfriend that has put it online and who is the other person in the tape. I am devastated, heartbroken and have been in bits for the last few days."
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