Chris Olsen Explains Why He Broke Silence After ‘Revenge Porn’ Leak

Chris Olsen continues to inform his aspect of the story relating to the nonconsensual circulation of his express images and movies.

The TikTok star, 26, appeared on Wednesday’s episode of Name Her Daddy to debate how he is dealt with the scandal, which he is beforehand referred to as an occasion of revenge porn. Olsen defined to host Alex Cooper that after he obtained sober and misplaced a major quantity of weight, he began sharing images of his physique on-line.

He obtained presents to casually collaborate with photographers, and Olsen mentioned he loved working with a number of of the professionals. He continued to notice that in a single occasion, a photographer requested him to signal a launch type earlier than beginning the shoot, which no different cameraman had required earlier than.

Whereas then-19-year-old Olsen was greatly surprised by the request, he mentioned he did not wish to “upset this older man” and finally signed the shape.

“After which we’re taking images, and it will get to a degree the place he is asking a bit of bit greater than I had been snug with and that I had wished to do,” he recounted on the podcast. “However once more, what I realized over these previous few years is the most effective factor you are able to do isn’t really feel too loudly about one thing. So, simply quietly do what’s gonna trigger the least noise.”

A month later, the content material creator obtained a DM from somebody complimenting the picture, and the photographer admitted the picture was posted on his web site. When Olsen requested for it to be eliminated, the person mentioned it was within the signed launch, however he agreed to take it down.

“He primarily simply made me really feel like, ‘I’ll do you the favor,'” Olsen informed Cooper. “And I used to be like, ‘Okay, I am sorry.’ I ended up apologizing.”

Regardless of feeling “actually icky,” he tried to maneuver on from the state of affairs. However as soon as he rose to fame on social media, folks began resurfacing the images. A person on X additionally posted the express content material, however when Olsen requested they be eliminated, the account proprietor blocked him and posted once more.

“He tweets, ‘I’ll take Chris’ images down in half-hour. Obtain them now.’ And so I used to be like, it is over,” Olsen mentioned, including that the X account had round 40,000 followers.

Initially, Olsen did not wish to reply when the images circulated once more, however he felt compelled to talk on his personal expertise.

“The violation is there. I really feel violated. It is out. How a lot worse can it get by me telling you ways this makes me really feel now?” he mentioned. “As a result of I believe there may be an excessive amount of of this concept that we’re supposed to stay unfazed and be that b—- and be like, ‘You guys cannot contact me.'”

He continued, “I truly do not even really feel like that … I really feel just like the 6-year-old or the 12-year-old or the 15-year-old that everybody is pointing and laughing at proper now, and I’ll share how this makes me really feel.”

Certainly, Olsen has mentioned the scandal on social media. He first addressed the matter on July 23. In a tearful TikTok video, Olsen described the state of affairs as “non-consensual,” “violating” and “unlawful.”

On Aug. 11, he posted a press release to Instagram and TikTok and mentioned that he “by no means was a porn star” and that he “by no means consensually agreed to any of those images or movies [of himself] being launched on the web.”

In his publish, Olsen recapped his encounter with the photographer. The TikToker maintained that he “didn’t know easy methods to say no” as a result of the photographer had the “energy.”

Days earlier, Olsen informed PEOPLE he was not “actively in ache about it more often than not.”

“I’m virtually sort of numb to it as a result of it appears to be taking place to so many individuals,” Olsen mentioned on Aug. 2. “It’s unhappy to me that I don’t even have that many emotions about it anymore as a result of I’ve needed to desensitize myself.”