This Morning's Cat Deeley and Andi Peters engaged in a candid talk with controversial adult entertainer Bonnie Blue, who at 25 years of age, spoke about her work and defended her actions on Tuesdays show.
The debate was sparked when Cat asked the audience: "Is she just a content creator making money or a dangerous predator that should be stopped? Bonnie joins us now." Ashley James also appeared on the program to give her perspective on Bonnie's career.
Delving deeper into the nature of Bonnie's profession, the hosts revealed that she records sexual encounters with teenagers, who are newly 18, and distributes the videos online.
Having faced severe backlash from many people branding her a 'predator', Bonnie has already been barred from entering Australia and expelled from Fiji due to attempts to enlist young men in her projects, which she insists are "barely legal".
Transitioning from an ordinary job in recruitment to the adult industry, Bonnie discussed her pre-adult work life as unremarkable. Andi highlighted that her current earnings exceed £600,000 a month, reports the Mirror.
Although initially motivated by the financial rewards, Bonnie confessed: "I didn't understand the educational side of things, so yeah it started off purely about money. But, as I got into it and as I educated myself on the industry, not only did I realise how much pleasure I received from it but also how much there's a missing gap on educational content online."
Ashley James, the ITV guest, didn't mince her words when discussing the issue. She acknowledged that many people are aware of the double standards between men and women, but pointed out that the main problem is Bonnie's use of phrases like 'barely legal'.
When Bonnie claimed that the media first used this term, Ashley retorted: "But you also now use that terminology. You also say that you're educating but I'm wondering who are you educating? A lot of your audience especially on Tik Tok are teenagers."
Ashley questioned the kind of message Bonnie was sending with her content, and brought up other controversial phrases she has used. Bonnie responded: "I'll educate you on the 'true' story of it. There is no content online for 18-year-olds or even people who are new to sex.
"You go from school where you learn about how to get pregnant basically, how to have safe sex. Then they go from watching content online which is rough."
Bonnie posed the question of whether we want the younger generation to see rough content online and then try to replicate it themselves, which could be extremely dangerous.
Ashley stated: "My point here is, what are you doing to teach young boys and girls that they don't just exist, women do not exist to please men? Men do not have a right to cheat with partners but also how are you teaching young boys that male pleasure is not the ultimate? There's female pleasure, there's respect, what are you going to teach young men that they don't just have an automatic right to sex?"
As she questioned whether her guest had seen one of her videos, Ashley revealed she hadn't and began speaking over Bonnie as the creator asserted, "No, sorry I listened to you." Ashley responded: "I'm not being aggressive towards you, you're being aggressive back. You're using terms like 'women like me'. I'm asking you questions."
Bonnie attempted to clarify her position, stating: "Because you're a woman that promotes women's rights and equality-" but was interrupted by Ashley who continued talking even as Bonnie asked: "If you're going to let me speak?"
The segment on the ITV show did not go unnoticed, sparking immediate feedback from viewers online.
One viewer bluntly posted: "Get her off" this is an ALL time low for #ThisMorning and truly shocked they think this is what people want to watch on morning." Someone else wrote: "Cmon @thismorning out of all the 'influencers' in the world you get BONNIE BLUE as a guest."
Although one viewer defended the content creator, commenting: "This Bonnie Blue is just a business woman. She's breaking no laws all the men consent to the stuff being uploaded. She's doing nothing illegal ."
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