Bella Thorne tearfully hits back at Whoopi Goldberg for suggesting nude photo hack was her fault

The model said she was 'saddened and displeased' by Goldberg's reaction 
Natasha Sporn19 June 2019
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Bella Thorne tearfully hit back at Whoopi Goldberg for claiming that she “shouldn’t have taken nude photos of herself”.

Her actions have been the talk of several panel shows in the US, but it was Goldberg’s comments on The View that caused Thorne to bite back after the actress suggested the hack was all Thorne’s fault for “taking the photos and putting them in the cloud”.

“I’m not gonna lie, I want to say I feel pretty disgusting, ya know… I feel pretty disgusting, Whoopi,” Thorne said on her Instagram story.

Emotional: Bella Thorne lashed out at Whoopi Goldberg for her comments
Bella Thorne / Instagram

“Knowing everyone seen my s***. And I just want to say that me watching this interview made me feel bad about myself. And I hope you’re happy. I hope you’re so f***** happy. I can only imagine all the kids who have their s*** released and then they commit suicide ya know… you’re so crazy for thinking such terrible things on such an awful situation.”

The 21-year-old model then said that she didn’t want to go on The View anymore because she “didn’t want to be beaten down by older women for her sexuality” and that she was going to cancel an upcoming interview.

“Saying if you take a sexy photo then basically it deserves to be leaked like… don’t be surprised at all and don’t feel sorry for yourself,” she continued. “So if I go out to a party drinking and I want to go dancing on the dance floor… do I deserve to be raped too?”

Thorne heaped “shame” on Goldberg for airing her views to young women, saying she “wouldn’t want her daughter” to hold an opinion like hers that it is “disgusting” to even take a photo like that.

Hitting back: Bella Thorne also released a written response to Whoopi Goldberg
Instagram / Bella Thorne

As well as her videos, Thorne also made her points in a written statement, saying she was “saddened and displeased” by Goldberg’s response to her leak.

The former Disney star said that she “felt watched” but has decided to “put them out there” because it was her decision, warning the hacker that they “couldn’t control her life”.

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