Current:Home > reviewsMadison Beer Recalls Trauma of Dealing With Nude Video Leak as a Teen -FutureWise Finance
Madison Beer Recalls Trauma of Dealing With Nude Video Leak as a Teen
View
Date:2025-04-15 21:34:15
Content warning: This story discusses suicide.
About a decade ago, a teenage Madison Beer sent some nude videos of herself to her crush. They ended up being leaked online.
Now, the 24-year-old is speaking out about the lasting trauma she endured as a result of the massive privacy violation, which almost derailed her career, and how she almost took her own life in the aftermath.
"Many girls have committed suicide over this. I attempted to over this," the singer said on the Call Her Daddy podcast April 19. "I did attempt. Twice. I'm really grateful that I was obviously unsuccessful. But I think people need to understand that it's really serious and not something to joke about. My life was almost over. I almost died. I almost was dead because of all of this."
On her podcast and in her upcoming memoir, The Half of It, Madison recalled how the leak came to be. The pop star said on Call Her Daddy that at age 15, she sent a "boy that I liked from back home" nude videos of herself, some showing her at age 13 and 14, on Snapchat.
The singer never thought he would share the footage. "I just didn't think that the person I was sending this stuff to would remotely ever think to do something like that, because this was someone I'd known my whole life." she said. "So I was wrong. Obviously."
Friends began texting her to tell her they were sent videos of her. Despite her best efforts to trace the source of the leak, the footage soon ended up on the Internet.
"I'm just sitting and typing my name in quotation marks on Twitter to see everything people are saying about me and just refreshing in real-time. It was just everywhere," Madison recalled. "I felt like the whole world had seen this video. This is also the beginning of having, like real triggerable PTSD from the situation."
Madison received mixed opinions about her experience. "I didn't realize until like, years later that I was the victim in the situation," she said. "I've had people, of course, sympathize and be like, 'That's horrible,' But I've also had people be like, 'Who cares?'"
Others squarely placed the blame on her. As Madison said on the podcast, "I've seen tweets of people being like, 'Maybe you shouldn't have been dumb enough to send that to this person,' and 'Why would you do that?' I'm like, because I was a young girl with also an app called Snapchat that literally deletes the video after you send it. What's the harm in that?"
She added, "I was a young horny kid that liked to send videos to a guy that I liked. I'm not gonna let anyone shame me for it because it is what it is."
Madison has spoken out about her mental health struggles before and also previously addressed the nude video leak in 2020, when she tweeted about it for International Women's Day, giving her "14-year-old self" some advice. "Own your mistakes as a young [woman] learning about the world," she wrote. "Don't let them define you. Don't let them keep you in fear. Stay safe."
If you or someone you know needs help, call 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also call the network, previously known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 800-273-8255, text HOME to 741741 or visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for additional resources.veryGood! (62)
Related
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- Prince William's Role in King Charles III's Coronation Revealed
- As Offshore Wind Power Grows, a Push for Transmission ‘Supergrids’
- Andy Cohen Reveals Why He Lost His S--t With Teresa Giudice at RHONJ Season 13 Reunion
- Megan Fox's ex Brian Austin Green tells Machine Gun Kelly to 'grow up'
- Selling Sunset’s Mary Fitzgerald Bonnet Teases How Cast Was Going Crazy During Season 6
- Blake Lively Makes Stylish Appearance at First Red Carpet Event Since Welcoming Baby No. 4
- Mark Wahlberg Shares Update on His Kids After Family Move From Hollywood to Las Vegas
- Meta releases AI model to enhance Metaverse experience
- Lea Michele Hits a High Note During First Met Gala Appearance in 9 Years
Ranking
- Juan Soto to be introduced by Mets at Citi Field after striking record $765 million, 15
- Charlotte Tilbury's Limited-Time Sale Has Deals on Flawless Filter, Pillow Talk, Contour Wands & More
- California is still at risk of flooding. Maybe rivers just need some space
- Legendary Talk Show Host Jerry Springer Dead at 79
- Person accused of accosting Rep. Nancy Mace at Capitol pleads not guilty to assault charge
- Why Princess Charlotte Will Never Be Your Average Spare Heir
- Blake Lively Shares Hilariously Relatable Glimpse Into Her At-Home Met Gala 2023 Celebration
- Kourtney Kardashian Responds to Criticism Over Her Birthday Flowers
Recommendation
Former Syrian official arrested in California who oversaw prison charged with torture
Mandy Moore Shows Off Her New Bangs After Itching for a Hair Change
Pete Davidson's Karl Lagerfeld Tribute on the Met Gala 2023 Red Carpet Is Cool AF
Why Kylie Jenner Thinks It's Time for Her Family to Address the Beauty Standards They're Setting
Are Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp down? Meta says most issues resolved after outages
Today’s Climate: April 16, 2010
You Won't Believe These Stars Have Never Been to the Met Gala
How Love Is Blind’s Amber Pike Is Shading the Show