Jamie Dornan: 'Quit social media to avoid nude photos repeat'
Northern Irish actor Jamie Dornan has advised the world's leading showbiz stars to quit using social media to stop a repeat of the nude pictures leak scandal.
Dornan, who plays bondage-loving businessman Christian Gray in the upcoming movie adaptation of Fifty Shades of Gray, was disgusted after hackers stole nude photos of 100 famous women including actress Jennifer Lawrence and model Kate Upton.
It has sparked outrage in Hollywood amid a probe by agents at the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and prompted calls for legal
action against the hackers, but Dornan is adamant cyber-crime is
impossible to guard against.
He is now urging all famous women to avoid using online storage
devices to hold their private photographs.
Speaking at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in London on Tuesday
(02Sep14), Dornan says, "What can you do? It's sort of disgusting.
I don't know how they are going to keep control over it but there
seems to be so many different ways that your information can be
accessed. I think the thing to do is step away from social media if
you can."
Other stars at the event also sent their sympathy to those caught
up in the furor, with pop star Jessie J saying, "I think it's
really awful and I think that nobody deserves to have their privacy
tampered with. I think everyone deserves their sanity, and sanity
is privacy. You need something for yourself, so I hope that it's
sorted and it doesn't happen again."
Downton Abbey actor Dan Stevens, whose former co-star Jessica Brown
Findlay was among those affected by the leak, says, "It's pretty
despicable behavior really and I think the practise of human online
behavior has to evolve. I think people are behaving in a way online
that they never would in real life and it's creating a warped new
reality. It's very, very frightening."
Actor Douglas Booth, who was recently rumored to be dating Miley
Cyrus, adds, "I think it should be treated the same way as sexual
assault. I think it should be treated criminally and I hope that
the person goes to prison for a very long time."