Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Victoria Justice, More Address Nude Photo Leaks

By Nick Roman ·

Yesterday saw the biggest nude photo leak in the history of Hollywood, as over 100 celebrities had their personal photos compromised after a 4chan user came forward with the photos, believed to have been obtained through a breach of iCloud security. The leak included explicit photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst, Kate Upton, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Victoria Justice and many, many more.

Jennifer Lawrence's rep was quick to release a statement to The Hollywood Reporter following the leak, which unveiled 60 selfies of the Oscar winner: "This is a flagrant violation of privacy. The authorities have been contacted and will prosecute anyone who posts the stolen photos of Jennifer Lawrence."

Meanwhile, an attorney for Kate Upton, who also had her private photos with boyfriend Justin Verlander compromised, described the leak as an "outrageous violation" of privacy. "We intend to pursue anyone disseminating or duplicating these illegally obtained images to the fullest extent possible," the attorney added.

The denials and condemnations have even hit social media, as some of the victims of this hacking scandal have taken to Twitter to defend themselves in the wake of what's been perhaps the most egregious breach of privacy in Hollywood history:

After getting harassed for condemning the leak, Winstead left one final message...

Victoria Justice, meanwhile, denied the validity of the nudes outright.

Justice even retweeted a photo from a fan that proves the Photoshopping involved...

But not all celebrities are lashing out on social media over the pictures. Glee star Becca Tobin, another victim of the nude photo leaks, seemed to take it all in stride, hitting up social media to joke about it...

However, Tobin is a rare exception to the outrage here. And I don't blame these actresses one bit for flipping out. On the one hand, you could argue that anyone who takes nude pics assumes the risk and responsibility for those pics leaking, particularly if those photos are stored on a device connected to the internet. But that's just passing the buck. This is a horrifying breach of privacy, and heads will roll if this hacker ever gets caught. Hopefully, justice is served in short order. That said, you know just about every agent in Hollywood is contacting his or her clients to make sure they don't have nude photos stored somewhere -- and to make certain their clients delete them, if they do. I don't expect any of these actresses' careers will be seriously damaged by this, since the story is less about the photos themselves and more about how their privacy has been violated. But that doesn't mean a certain amount of damage control won't still be necessary.

H/T: THR

Credit: Chelsea Lauren

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