In case you missed it, Chris Evans was trending overnight and no, it’s not because of a new Captain America movie. The 39-year-old actor was sharing a screen recording of him and his friends playing Heads Up! on Instagram Stories, when his camera roll was flashed on-screen for a split second. That split second was enough for eagle-eyed netizens to spot an explicit photo on his camera roll. Read on for more information, as well as other male celebrities who have had their explicit photos leaked online.
Chris just wanted to share a video of him and his friends playing Heads Up!, but instead, flashed everyone with a photo of a penis by accident when he exposed his camera roll.
It is unclear whether the nude was of Chris Evans, or someone else. The Avenger actor had immediately removed the Instagram Story, but as with most things on the Internet, the screenshots quickly spread like wildfire.
His fans have urged people to respect his privacy and refrain from sharing the picture, highlighting that he struggles with anxiety and depression. They also took to sharing slightly more family-friendly content and images under the actor’s hashtags on social media, in a bid to drown out the explicit photo.
The actor didn’t immediately comment on the accidental leak, but here’s a tweet from his former co-star Mark Ruffalo:
.@ChrisEvans Bro, while Trump is in office there is NOTHING you could possibly do to embarrass yourself. See… silver lining.
— Mark Ruffalo (@MarkRuffalo) September 13, 2020
Update (Sep 15): Chris addressed the leak with a hilarious tweet.
Now that I have your attention
??♂️??♂️….VOTE Nov 3rd!!!
— Chris Evans (@ChrisEvans) September 15, 2020
We love Chrissy Teigen for so many reasons, and her brand of cheeky humour ranks high up on the list. The model has shared NSFW photos of herself before, and on a few occasions, explicit snaps of her husband John Legend.
Pop superstar Justin Bieber was caught baring it all by the paparazzi when he was holidaying in Bora Bora back in 2015. Less than a year later, he was snapped sans clothing again when he was skinny dipping in Hawaii. Also, here’s a photo that he shared on Instagram while camping. If there’s one thing that we learned from all of this, is that the dude likes to holiday in the nude. No judgements there though!
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Back in 2016, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom were snapped by the paparazzi while holidaying in Sardinia, Italy. The lovebirds were paddleboarding, only Orlando was completely in the buff. Everything was on display, so it made for some very explicit photos. UK newspaper Daily Star even ran a photo on their front page, and reported that the movie star could have been fined for his naked stunt as public nudity is illegal in Sardinia.
Instagram has pretty strict rules about nudity. According to their guidelines, you can’t post anything that shows “sexual intercourse, genitals, close-ups of fully-nude buttocks” and of course, “female nipples”. So when Jason Derulo posted a photo of himself wearing tight underwear that clearly shows the outline of his penis, leaving very little to the imagination, the social media platform took the post down. The singer wasn’t happy about it, and reposted the photo, arguing: “I have underwear on… I can’t help my size…” That got taken down again, so the 30-year-old relented and reposted a hilariously censored version of the picture.
Mention “sex scandal” and “leaked photos”, and one of the first names that pop into mind is Edison Chen. In case anyone needs a refresher, intimate and private photographs of the Hong Kong actor surfaced in 2008, implicating other celebrities like Gillian Chung and Cecilia Cheung. The leak happened after Edison brought his laptop in for repairs in 2007, and employees at the computer shop made illegal copies of his files. There were some arrests of the people who had distributed the content, but by then, Edison and Gillian were facing heavy public backlash and scrutiny. Following this, Edison announced his “indefinite departure” from the Hong Kong entertainment industry, but he has since released albums, appeared in movies and started his own clothing company.