Whitney Cummings Receives Supportive Nudes After Being Blackmailed Over Topless Picture
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Whitney Cummings is not afraid of you or her previous.
The comic not too long ago took to Twitter to declare that somebody—she’s towards public shaming, so she will not title names—has been attempting to blackmail her over a topless selfie she by chance posted to her Instagram Story in April. However moderately than give into the menace, the 36-year-old took issues into her personal palms and shared the nude image herself.
“All of them should assume I am extra well-known than I’m, however additionally they should assume I am far more simply intimidated than I’m” she tweeted alongside the shot and the unique DM asking how a lot she would pay to not have the picture leaked. “If anybody is gonna earn money or likes off my nipple, it is gonna be me. So right here all of it is, you silly dorks.”
“When a lady within the public eye is extorted, we now have to spend time, cash and power coping with it, hiring attorneys and safety consultants, and residing with a pit in our abdomen about when and the way we can be humiliated,” she continued. “Y’all can have my nipple, however not my time or cash anymore.”
Sadly, that was only the start. Hours later, Cummings returned to the social media website to say the scenario had escalated.
“Now I am getting threatened with ‘we now have entry to your iCloud,'” she tweeted. “I will be trustworthy, I stand by most of my nudes. Frankly I am far more embarrassed by all of the inspirational quotes I’ve display screen grabbed.”
In response to the Whitney Cummings: Can I Contact It comedian, followers and fellow celebrities despatched her their very own self-declared embarrassing footage and nudes.
2)All of them should assume I’m far more well-known than I’m, however additionally they should assume I’m far more simply intimidated than I’m. If anybody is gonna earn money or likes off my nipple, it’s gonna be me. So right here all of it is, you silly dorks. pic.twitter.com/cet4YEXVyG
— Whitney Cummings (@WhitneyCummings) August 12, 2019
Whereas comic Chris D’Elia shared a shot of himself in his tiny briefs—”Nothing embarrassing ‘bout them quads,” wrote Dax Shepard alongside a string of fireside emojis—TV host Bert Kreischer despatched over an precise image of his balls.
“That is what a real good friend seems to be like,” Cummings mentioned of the very NSFW shot.
Quickly, #IStandWithWhitney started trending—”No one is extra bummed than me that #istandwithwhitney is not about Whitney Houston,” she joked—and the help continued to pile in.
“Omg 1) did somebody hack your cellphone after which attempt to extort you?? That is terrifying,” tweeted Sarah Silverman. “2) good nipple gorgeous can.”
For her half, Cummings was floored by the flood of reward. However, she did have one request.
“Thanks everybody who despatched me embarrassing footage of yourselves to make me really feel higher about my embarrassing picture,” she wrote to her 1.three million followers. “It means the world to me, however I would not freak out should you stopped sending me pictures of your furry balls.”