American singer and songwriter Madison Beer has shared shocking details of the trauma she suffered after her intimate photos were leaked online.
In a recent interview, the singer revealed that the photos were leaked by her teenage boyfriend who later apologized to her.
The boy had received the photos from the singer in disappearing Snapchats when she was 15.
The intimate pics and videos were eventually leaked, making their rounds on Twitter and Tumblr.
During a conversation with Cosmo, she revealed that cyberbullying and slut-shamming that followed sent her into a depression spiral.
“Out of everything I went through as a result of my sudden rise to fame, having my private nude photos leaked at 15 was one of the most traumatizing,” Madison wrote in her memoir, The Half of It, according to an excerpt published by Rolling Stone.
“It still haunts me almost a decade later. Every time I think I’m fully healed, another side effect rears its ugly head, like peeling back the layers of an onion, and I realize just how much the trauma has leaked into every aspect of my life.”
Speaking to Cosmo she said, “The boy who the whole nude situation happened with, he reached out to me and was like, ‘I had no idea that I hurt you like this. I’m so sorry.’”
Expressing empathy with the man who leaked her photos, Madison Beer said, “I don’t know how it feels to be a 14-year-old boy receiving photos of a girl. Maybe it’s wishful thinking, but I don’t think he was being malicious showing them to his friends. He was a kid.”