The Masked Singer host Joel Dommett has revealed he was the victim of a catfish years before he rose to fame on I'm A Celebrity in 2017.
The 36-year-old presenter could have seen his successful career in the industry plummet before it even started, as an explicit video of him was leaked online.
Joel shared the traumatic moment he went through in his 20s, which he jokingly described as "porno Gogglebox".
He explained to The Sun how it all started when he was contacted by an attractive woman online named "Staci Taylor".
At the time, Joel did not know the image of "Staci" was not the person he was actually chatting to.
The profile was used as a way to humiliate him, with the person behind the profile asking Joel if he wanted to have "Skype sex".
Speaking about what happened, he told the outlet: "I thought for a second, then immediately typed: 'Why not?!'
"She then replied: 'My microphone is broken so I won't be able to chat, we will just be able to see each other. That OK?'
"I said, 'Yes'. Possibly out of politeness, possibly out of the terrible randiness-to-reason ratio we all suffer from at times of heightened sexuality."
But the presenter said after they had done the deed, he never heard anything back from her, even though he had sent several messages to the account.
A few years went by, and as Joel started to gain popularity on the telly, an account named CelebrityBusted started following him.
He said he thought to himself: "Why would anyone have naked pictures of me?"
Joel added: "And then I thought, 'No, Staci, no!', and then, 'No, I'm so stupid' — and finally I realised it was obviously a fake person."
Joel said he tried to get the authorities involved and contacted the police and revealed they said they'd investigate.
Things eventually turned out well for the star, as in the end he managed to find the real person behind the account.
He had actually been speaking to Russian stylist Natalia Noi for a while.
Now, Joel is happily married to wife Hannah and will never have to worry about being cat fished again.
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