The fascination and perceived ownership of celebrity culture is, frankly, kind of disturbing at the best of times. Last week we had, arguably, one of the biggest mass leaks of the private – some nude – photos of celebrities possibly ever. Today we’ve gone back to an old, familiar – and frankly really gross – well, with the apparent existence, and subsequent offer to buy, of a private sex tape allegedly featuring Iggy Azalea and an ex-boyfriend.
obviously I’ve seen the news feed today and i just want to say…
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) September 11, 2014
I dont have a sex tape but for the record…
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) September 11, 2014
Anyone who releases or attempts to make profit off someone else’s intimate moments against their will is a sex offender.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) September 11, 2014
& it honestly makes me sick to see the media encourage any other attitude towards those sorts of people, we should want to protect our women
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) September 11, 2014
and i really hope that america will follow Europe and their laws to better protect peoples privacy and fundamental rights.
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) September 11, 2014
and on that note, I’m off to get a manicure. peaaaaccceeeeeee outtttttt *drops the mic*
— IGGY AZALEA (@IGGYAZALEA) September 11, 2014
Real talk: Actively looking or seeking out things like this – private tapes that have in effect been stolen (and let’s preface that statement by saying that calculated releases of things like this have been done in the name of self-promotion and marketing in the past, but we firmly believe that’s not the case in this instance) – is at best a little shady ethically speaking, and at worst is flat-out gross and borderline illegal.