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Victoria Johns

Charlotte Church blasts Chris Moyles' offer to take her virginity aged 16

Charlotte Church has spoken out about Chris Moyles offering to take her virginity when she was 16.

In 2002, the then 28-year-old Radio 1 DJ told the Voice of an Angel star he wanted to "lead her through the forest of sexuality now she had reached 16".

The Welsh songstress rose to fame as young child with her angelic voice, making her a household name.

But Charlotte, now 37 and a mum-of-three has criticised Chris' comments, saying they 'weren't good'.

Talking to Kathy Burke on her latest Channel 4 documentary about the youth of today, the singer said: "There was this shift where I became fair game.

A clip was shown in which DJ Chris, then 28, said "you were gonna be 16 and I offered to take your virginity".

Charlotte continued: "Of course, it wasn’t good. At least it was out in the open. That lads lads lads culture was prominent, it was very simplistic, it was unashamed and it was just out there.

"Whereas now, it’s somehow become a bit more underground and a bit more dangerous."

At the time, the Broadcasting Standards Commission upheld the complaint of a listener, who said the DJ’s remarks were inappropriate

The BSC Standards Panel said it noted Chris was well known for his near-the-knuckle approach, ‘but took the view that the explicit sexual content and humour had exceeded acceptable boundaries for the time of transmission’.

She shot fame aged 12 (Press Association)

Cardiff-born Charlotte shot to fame after bagging a contract with Sony Music and releasing Voice of an Angel, aged 12.

However, she told Life Stories host Kate Garraway: "All of the normal ways in which we grow and how puberty happens and how girls become women, was stifled and such.

"I felt I had to be this other eternally young, innocent, you know, little girl and that’s not where literally biological life was taking me."

At the age of 16, having spent five years in the spotlight, Charlotte was forced to ‘cut the ties’ with her child star status, and her family, to try to become a normal teenager.

But she subsequently admitted she felt "sorry" for going off the rails.

In 2002, after being caught smoking, the singer moved out of the family home aged 16, and cut off contact with her mum and stepdad and began partying.

Speaking to Kate, Charlotte, said: "I don’t feel guilty as I don’t believe in guilt as a worthwhile emotion. I feel sorry - particular to my mum - knowing what it cost her."

She explains of the turbulent time: "I needed to be free. I had to be a specific way for a long time, and all the normal ways we grow, how puberty happens and how girls become women were stifled. ."

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