" Did I wish being 14 and making a Twitter report because I was think to and reckon dirty edited content of me as a kid ? No . It ’s terrifying . It ’s corrupt . It ’s wrong . "
Warning: Discussion of disturbing images of children.
Jenna Ortegaopened up about the horrifying sexual content about herself she was exposed to as a child actor.
Amid the release ofBeetlejuice Beetlejuiceand ahead of her role as an AI robot in an adaptation ofKlara and the Sun, Jenna sat down with theNew York Timesto talk about the perks and perils of working in Hollywood from the age of 10.
When asked on her thoughts on AI, Jenna replied, “I hate AI. I mean, here’s the thing: AI could be used for incredible things. I think I saw something the other day where they were saying that artificial intelligence was able to detect breast cancer four years before it progressed. That’s beautiful. Let’s keep it to that.”
She continued, “Did I like being 14 and making a Twitter account because I was supposed to and seeing dirty edited content of me as a child? No. It’s terrifying. It’s corrupt. It’s wrong.”
When asked to clarify if she saw AI-generated “pornographic” content of herself as a child, the 21-year-old replied, “Yes, of course.”
“One of the first — actually the first DM that I ever opened myself when I was 12 was an unsolicited photo of a man’s genitals, and that was just the beginning of what was to come,” Jenna continued. “I used to have that Twitter account and I was told that, ‘Oh, you got to do it, you got to build your image.’ I ended up deleting it about two, three years ago because the influx after [Wednesday] had come out — these absurd images and photos, and I already was in a confused state that I just deleted it.”
She added, “It was disgusting, and it made me feel bad. It made me feel uncomfortable. Anyway, that’s why I deleted it, because I couldn’t say anything without seeing something like that. So one day I just woke up, and I thought, ‘Oh, I don’t need this anymore.’ So I dropped it.'”
You can read the full interviewhere.
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