Former Disney star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/bella-thorne">Bella Thorne</a> just explained her reasons for refusing to sign photos of her teenage self posed in a suggestive manner.
The 25-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">actress</a> spoke with <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/bella-thorne-interview-indie-movies-cannabis-company-1235325577/">The Hollywood Reporter</a> about the incident while promoting her new project, “Divinity.” Thorne explained how she normally accommodates fan requests but drew the line at signing these particular &#8220;sexy&#8221; photos. 
“I normally don’t tell [fans] off but they offended me,” the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">Shake It Up</a>” alum explained.  
“It was this guy and he was shoving photos in front of me and I looked away for a second and looked back and there was a photo of me from my GQ magazine cover. It’s super sexy and my butt is out and I’m wearing lingerie and I’m topless.”
She said she told the fan she wouldn’t sign that image, but he persisted. “I said, ‘No, I’m not signing that.’ He pulled out another photo of a magazine with another sexy image. He was like, ‘Come on, Bella. Sign it for me.’ I didn’t like it. It was inappropriate.”
Thorne said some of the images came from a Candies brand photo shoot from when she was a teenager, which is what made her turn him down.
“There was some stuff there from a Candies campaign that I did when I was 16 and it was clear that he wanted me to sign things that were viewed as sexy and even underage and I was like, ‘Give me something else.’ He said, ‘Aren’t they all sexy?’ No, enough is enough,” she said. “But I get it, they have to make money and everyone has a job so I get that. It was just that I was under 18 and it’s inappropriate.”
When asked if she regretted posing for the images, Thorne said, “I wouldn’t do that now. You also can’t spend your time trying to take back these moments or moments that you were too sexy or think that being a woman is only this or that.”
She went on to describe how she got through adolescence with a pretty “clean” reputation. “I could’ve done so many worse things as so many teenagers do,” Thorne told THR. “I didn’t have really rough issues with mental [health] or get stuck in a really dark place where you don’t want to get out of bed. I mean, I’ve definitely been there but I have been pretty lucky.”
Thorne identifies as pansexual and was famously part of a polyamorous relationship with musician Mod Sun and media personality Tana Mongeau for two years. The actress went public with allegations of being sexually abused as a child until she was a teenager, though she never named her accuser.
She is also a prominent OnlyFans figure and said she posts <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bella-thorne-says-she-went-on-onlyfans-to-normalize-sex-work">provocative photos</a> and videos of herself on the platform to normalize and de-stigmatize “sex work.” 
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Bella Thorne Explains Why She Refused To Sign A ‘Sexy’ Photo Of Her Teenage Self: ‘Enough Is Enough’

Bella Thorne Explains Why She Refused To Sign A 'Sexy' Photo Of Her Teenage Self: 'Enough Is Enough'

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Former Disney actress Bella Thorne, who recently directed a pornographic film, rebuffed criticism that she&#8217;s &#8220;controversial&#8221; and denounced what she categorized as sexist attacks, according to recent <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/bella-thorne-is-tired-of-being-slut-shamed">interview</a> with The Daily Beast, titled, &#8220;Bella Thorne Is Tired of Being Slut-Shamed.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s so funny that people say that I’m &#8216;controversial,&#8217; when you’re exactly right—I haven’t been arrested,&#8221; Thorne <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/bella-thorne-is-tired-of-being-slut-shamed">told</a> interviewer Marlow Stern. &#8220;I’m not doing bad things.&#8221;
&#8220;Of course I am a woman, and that definitely plays a part in it,&#8221; the 24-year-old asserted.
&#8220;If I post in a bikini, it’s &#8216;She’s a slut,&#8217; but if a man posts shirtless on a beach, it’s &#8216;F*** yeah, bro.&#8217; If a man posts with a different girl every other day, it’s &#8216;F*** yeah, bro, keep getting that p****,&#8217; but if I’m in a three-year relationship, and then break up, and then get into another three-year relationship, it’s &#8216;Wow, Bella Thorne, she’s a ho. Look at her.&#8217; I’m like, what?&#8221; she complained. &#8220;I’ve been in long-term relationships my whole life!&#8221;
Stern then praised Thorne for being &#8220;sex-positive&#8221; and directing a porn flick called &#8220;Her &amp; Him.&#8221;
&#8220;We don’t see a lot of Hollywood stars work with people in the adult industry and help erase the stigma that they face—which I think is a harmful stigma,&#8221; the entrainment editor told the actress. &#8220;I’ve never understood why people in the adult industry can’t cross over into Hollywood given their popularity.&#8221;
&#8220;Thank you so much for noticing,&#8221; Thorne gushed. &#8220;I really do try, and I agree that the stigma is not right, and I hate the stigma around it.&#8221;
&#8220;I have a lot of friends in the sex-work industry and when I see them go through pain, it’s heartbreaking. These are my friends,&#8221; she said. &#8220;So, as much as I can be a voice, I’m always trying.&#8221;
&#8220;And it’s another thing where people are like, &#8216;Bella Thorne is controversial because she did this,'&#8221; Thorne complained. &#8220;OK, well now there are all these celebrities hopping on the sex-positivity train—making vibrators and owning sex-toy brands. Now people are finally talking about it, but when I do it it’s, &#8216;Why is Bella Thorne doing this?'&#8221;
During the same interview, Thorne revealed that she battles depression and restricts her social media use to help stave off depression spells.
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&#8220;I’ve been in the media for a long time. I’ve been acting since I was eight and modeling since I was six weeks old. All I’ve ever done is been in front of the camera, in a way,&#8221; she told Stern. &#8220;To understand where I’m at now at 24, I don’t want to read these things anymore. I don’t want to think, &#8216;Oh, if I post this, someone’s going to judge my acne scars or say my eyebrows look like caterpillars.&#8217; You do that to yourself in the mirror anyway, thinking about things that you wish could be better about you, and I felt that a while ago, because I wanted to better my mental health and I wanted to think I was beautiful.&#8221;
&#8220;Now, when I look in the mirror, I point out all the positive things about me that I love instead of always going to the negative,&#8221; Thorne added. &#8220;And I’ve taken that approach to social media and the rest of my life, otherwise I’m just going to split off into depression, which I already struggle with. I don’t need to push it further on that end.&#8221;
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Disney Star-Turned-Porn Director Bella Thorne Defends Reputation, Sick Of Being ‘Slut-Shamed’

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Successful actress and former Disney Channel star Bella Thorne explained Saturday that she turned to solicitation subscription website OnlyFans to sell access to provocative photos and videos of herself in an effort to normalize and de-stigmatize &#8220;sex work,&#8221; or prostitution.
As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/successful-actress-bella-thorne-22-made-millions-posting-provocative-videos-of-herself-on-onlyfans">The Daily Wire</a>, the 22-year-old actress, who was worth millions of dollars before signing up for the site, joined OnlyFans this week and made record cash, raking in $1 million in one day, and a total of $2 million in under a week.
Thorne&#8217;s explanation was promoted by backlash she&#8217;s received from non-celebrities selling themselves on the site, accusing her of triggering new restrictions by OnlyFans admins after she pulled in millions of dollars in a matter of days.
&#8220;[Part 1] Remove the stigma behind sex, sex work, and the negativity that surrounds the word SEX itself by bringing a mainstream face to it that’s what I was trying to do, to help bring more faces to the site to create more revenue for content creators on the site,&#8221; she said in a tweet.
In follow-up tweets, Thorne wrote: &#8220;I wanted to bring attention to the site, the more people on the site the more likely of a chance to normalize the stigmas, [and] in trying to do this I hurt you. I have risked my career a few times to remove the stigma behind sex work, porn, and the natural hatred people spew [&#8230;] behind anything sex related. I wrote and directed a porn against the high brows of my peers and managers because I WANTED to help with the stigma behind sex. [&#8230;] I am a mainstream face and when you have a voice, a platform, you try to use you in helping others and advocate for something bigger than yourself. Again in this process I hurt you and for that I’m truly sorry.&#8221;
In another tweet, Thorne said she would reach out to OnlyFans to &#8220;find out why&#8221; they added restrictions, and told others selling themselves on the site to drop their links so she can &#8220;promote you guys.&#8221;
&#8220;Ps. I’m meeting with only fans about the new restrictions to find out why!!!&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;This is f***ed up and I’m sorry comment any ideas or concerns you want brought up to OF!! and send me your links and a pic so I can promote you guys.&#8221;
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PT1 Remove the stigma behind sex, sex work, and the negativity that surrounds the word SEX itself by bringing a mainstream face to it that’s what I was trying to do, to help bring more faces to the site to create more revenue for content creators on the site.
&mdash; BITCHIMBELLATHORNE (@bellathorne) <a href="https://twitter.com/bellathorne/status/1299835299132891136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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I wanted to bring attention to the site, the more people on the site the more likely of a chance to normalize the stigmas, And in trying to do this I hurt you. I have risked my career a few times to remove the stigma behind sex work, porn, and the natural hatred people spew&#8230;
&mdash; BITCHIMBELLATHORNE (@bellathorne) <a href="https://twitter.com/bellathorne/status/1299835673541656576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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behind anything sex related. I wrote and directed a porn against the high brows of my peers and managers because I WANTED to help with the stigma behind sex.
&mdash; BITCHIMBELLATHORNE (@bellathorne) <a href="https://twitter.com/bellathorne/status/1299835831419416577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8230;I am a mainstream face and when you have a voice, a platform, you try to use you in helping others and advocate for something bigger than yourself. Again in this process I hurt you and for that I’m truly sorry.
&mdash; BITCHIMBELLATHORNE (@bellathorne) <a href="https://twitter.com/bellathorne/status/1299836063217721345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Ps. I’m meeting with only fans about the new restrictions to find out why!!! This is fucked up and I’m sorry comment any ideas or concerns you want brought up to OF!! and send me your links and a pic so I can promote you guys
&mdash; BITCHIMBELLATHORNE (@bellathorne) <a href="https://twitter.com/bellathorne/status/1299836417154015232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Sex trafficking survivor and advocate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sex-trafficking-survivor-turned-advocate-coronavirus-shutdown-perfect-storm-for-abuse-heres-what-you-should-know">Eliza Bleu</a> told Thorne in a reply to one of her tweets that her attempt at apparently &#8220;de-stigmatizing&#8221; &#8220;sex work&#8221; has &#8220;increased folks risk of being trafficked.&#8221;
&#8220;As a survivor advocate for those effected by human trafficking,&#8221; wrote Bleu, &#8220;you single handily increased folks risk of being trafficked. Our most vulnerable have been at risk all year. This made it worse.&#8221;
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As a survivor advocate for those effected by human trafficking, you single handily increased folks risk of being trafficked. Our most vulnerable have been at risk all year. This made it worse.
&mdash; Eliza (@elizableu) <a href="https://twitter.com/elizableu/status/1299939355029581824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Thorne had earlier suggested through her Twitter feed that she’s working on an OnlyFans-related movie with filmmaker Sean Baker. However, Baker has denied any such collaboration.
Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/bella-thorne-onlyfans-movie-sean-baker-porn-backlash-1234753531/">reported</a>:
<blockquote>In a statement Friday, Baker, whose credits include “The Florida Project” and “Tangerine,” disavowed any connection to a Thorne-OnlyFans project. His announcement comes after a backlash among sex workers who rely on income from OnlyFans about Thorne’s arrival on the subscription-based platform, which they believe has siphoned money away from their accounts. The social network has a reputation for hosting pornographic content, while Thorne has said she will not post nude content on OnlyFans.</blockquote>
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Bella Thorne Says She Went On OnlyFans To ‘Normalize’ ‘Sex Work’

Successful actress and former Disney Channel star Bella Thorne, 22, has turned to solicitation subscription website OnlyFans to sell access to provocative photos and videos of herself to members for a monthly fee.
The young actress, who was worth millions of dollars before signing up for the site, joined OnlyFans this week and made record cash, raking in $1 million in one day, and a total of $2 million in under a week.
Thorne has suggested she&#8217;s working on an OnlyFans-related movie with filmmaker Sean Baker. However, Baker has denied any such collaboration.
Variety <a href="https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/bella-thorne-onlyfans-movie-sean-baker-porn-backlash-1234753531/">reported</a>:
<blockquote>In a statement Friday, Baker, whose credits include “The Florida Project” and “Tangerine,” disavowed any connection to a Thorne-OnlyFans project. His announcement comes after a backlash among sex workers who rely on income from OnlyFans about Thorne’s arrival on the subscription-based platform, which they believe has siphoned money away from their accounts. The social network has a reputation for hosting pornographic content, while Thorne has said she will not post nude content on OnlyFans.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sex-trafficking-survivor-turned-advocate-coronavirus-shutdown-perfect-storm-for-abuse-heres-what-you-should-know">OnlyFans</a> exploded into the mainstream during the coronavirus pandemic, as young people found themselves in economic hardship. It also got a considerable boost from megastar Beyoncé, who mentioned the pornographic site in one of her songs. According to Business Insider, the pop star&#8217;s boost created a spike in OnlyFans traffic by 15% in a mere 24 hours.
Thorne said that a hacker threatened to expose nude images of the actress last year, and so she preemptively leaked her own photos.
&#8220;Yesterday as u all know all my s*** was hacked,&#8221; Thorne posted via social media at the time. &#8220;For the last 24 hours I have been threatened with my own nudes. I feel gross, I feel watched, I feel someone has taken something from me that I only wanted one special person to see. He has sent me multiple nude photos of other celebs, he won’t stop with me or them he will just keep going.&#8221;
The incident was later discussed on &#8220;The View,&#8221; including comments from co-host Whoopi Goldberg that provoked a tearful response from Thorne.
“If you’re famous, I don’t care how old you are. You don’t take nude pictures of yourself,” Goldberg said, <a href="https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/6/21/18693604/bella-thorne-nude-photos-whoopi-goldberg">according</a> to Vox. “Once you take that picture, it goes into the cloud and it’s available to any hacker who wants it, and if you don’t know that in 2019, that this is an issue, I’m sorry &#8230; you don’t get to do that.”
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BELLA THORNE POSTS NUDE PICS TO THWART HACKER: Actress Bella Thorne said she took her “power back” by sharing nude photos of herself after blackmailers threatened to leak them – the co-hosts discuss if this was the right move. <a href="https://t.co/1091s9Fn2d">https://t.co/1091s9Fn2d</a> <a href="https://t.co/VqFXmggPle">pic.twitter.com/VqFXmggPle</a>
&mdash; The View (@TheView) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheView/status/1140674615334723584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Shame on you,&#8221; the actress said in an Instagram story. &#8220;I don&#8217;t really wanna go on &#8216;The View&#8217; anymore because I don&#8217;t really want to be beaten down by a bunch of older women for my body and my sexuality.&#8221;
&#8220;Blaming girls for taking photos in the first place? Is sick and honestly disgusting,&#8221; the actress added.
Other celebrities on OnlyFans include rapper Cardi B and reality TV star Blac Chyna.
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Bella Thorne Explains Why She Refused To Sign A ‘Sexy’ Photo Of Her Teenage Self: ‘Enough Is Enough’

Disney Star-Turned-Porn Director Bella Thorne Defends Reputation, Sick Of Being ‘Slut-Shamed’

Bella Thorne Says She Went On OnlyFans To ‘Normalize’ ‘Sex Work’

Successful Actress Bella Thorne, 22, Made Millions Posting Provocative Videos Of Herself On OnlyFans