Naga Munchetty discovered fake nude pictures of herself online (Image: BBC)
BBC Breakfast star Naga Munchetty was left “scared” after fake nudes of her emerged online.
, 49, discovered the images existed when her neighbour sent her a text message asking if she was “alright with these pictures”.
After finding the images on Facebook, Naga’s neighbour warned her they were “not nice”. The pictures, Naga says, feature her head “obviously photoshopped” onto another woman’s body.
The breasts have been blacked out with two squares as has the crotch area. Speaking to , Naga said discovering the manipulated images was “so weird” and soon led to messages from concerned fans.
The presenter admits she was “scared” to follow the links that accompanied the pictures, but after clicking found herself on a deepfake pornography site, which featured a video of herself “putting me out there as a pornography star in a sexual act”.
:
Naga was left “scared” after discovering the photoshopped image (Image: BBC)
Naga alerted Radio 5 Live producers who discovered it led to a fake News article claiming she had found a new way to make money. It was an attempt at luring people onto their “cyber trading platform” to farm their personal details.
The star was “angry” after discovering the images were a scam. Naga however says the picture is “ridiculous” and wasn’t worried people would actually believe they were real.
She said: “It’s such a ridiculous picture. None of my friends, none of the people who are important to me, are going to believe it.
“What you don’t want is people talking about you and saying, ‘Ah, have you seen the naked pictures of Naga online?’ But they’re not of me. It’s so obvious they’re not of me.”
And while Naga wasn’t worried about people thinking she was in the images, she admits “it’s not nice seeing pictures of yourself like that. You think, what are people doing? People are disgusting.”
Don’t miss… [REPORT]
While Naga admits discovering the images was distressing, she highlights the issues facing young girls she has interviewed who have been pressured into taking naked pictures, only to have them shared around school.
The girls were left “devastated” and had their lives “ruined for a time,” Naga explains. The presenter has now teamed up with Glamour magazine to petition Sir to strengthen the laws around deepfake images.
She questions whether social media companies would take a stance against deepfakes. Naga says fellow star Chris Packham, who was featured in a social media scam for cryptocurrency, pointed out the cost of tackling large tech giants.
She : “Chris Packham made a very good point in our interview on 5 Live; he said that you need someone with very deep pockets if you’re going up against [tech companies] with the best legal teams in the world.”