Bella Thorne fought back against an alleged blackmailer by releasing her own nude photos in 2019 — but the former Disney star said it was the flood of victim-blaming accusations that ultimately "really, really broke" her.The former Disney Channel star found herself at the center of a headline-making scandal when she accused a hacker of attempting to blackmail her with private nude photos.Thorne ultimately beat the alleged extortionist to the punch by releasing the images herself."I just did an honest Twitter post," Thorne recalled during an appearance on "Call Her Daddy." "I just kind of set it out as ...
you're not gonna keep taking this from me, so here it is."FORMER DISNEY STAR BELLA THORNE STUNS IN GREEN SEQUIN BIKINI DURING BEACH DAY WITH FIANCÉBella Thorne said the public backlash following her 2019 nude photo blackmail ordeal "really, really broke me" during an appearance on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast.(Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)Thorne said she shared the images to take control of the situation before the alleged blackmailer could release them.
The decision sparked a wave of backlash that the "Shake It Up" star said left her emotionally devastated."And you know, I think the worst part of that was people saying, 'Well, you did this.You are faking it.
You just wanna show us your t--s.You want us so badly to see your private parts that that's why you're doing it.
You want it.' And that to me, like, really broke me then.That like, really, really broke me," Thorne told host Alexandra Cooper.The now 28-year-old actress recalled filming an Instagram story where she was "completely ...
broken and so upset, just mad."Bella Thorne rose to fame as CeCe Jones on the Disney Channel hit series "Shake It Up," starring alongside Zendaya from 2010 to 2013.(Bob D'Amico/Disney Channel)CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERThe ordeal eventually took an unexpected turn when Thorne said she received a call from the FBI."And then I get like a ca...