Cyber trolls send me disgusting penis pics before breakfast and dating celebs is a f***ing nightmare, says Emily Atack
EMILY Atack has hit out in fury at online perverts — revealing she receives hundreds of sexually explicit messages every day.
The TV star and actress, 32, who recently backed a campaign to make cyber flashing a crime, said it makes her question what people think of her and if that could be the reason she is single.
And, admitting the messages can “drive her crazy”, she said senders should consider the harm they can do.
Speaking in a podcast, Emily said: “Before breakfast, I’ve seen about ten penises I have not asked to see.
“If someone sends me a sexually explicit message, I’m like, ‘Why have they said that to me?’.
“It makes you question who you are and why you’re single.
“It can drive you crazy.
“It’s not just seeing their picture and thinking, ‘I don’t want to see your hairy ballsack, thanks’.
“If it was just that, I would get over it really quickly as I have seen lots of horrible hairy ballsacks in my life.
“But I get sent hundreds of pictures a day. It’s awful.
“It’s not normal, is it? People don’t realise the harm (it can cause) and the triggering it can spark — where else you take it in your mind.”
Emily saw her lovelife hit the headlines last year when The Sun revealed she had shared secret dates with England footballer Jack Grealish, 26.
She later called off the romance when she learned Jack was still dating on/off girlfriend Sasha Attwood.
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And in a candid interview, she admitted she finds dating famous people “f***ing hard”.
She said: “Don’t get me wrong, I’m not bloody Madonna. But it’s so hard.
“The thing is, I like to date normal guys who are not in the public eye.
“(But then) they say, ‘I can’t deal with all this pressure’ because they are painted as my boyfriend really quickly.
“And dating someone famous is a f***ing nightmare as it is just this massive thing.
Before breakfast I have seen 10 penises I have not asked to see.
“Basically, I’m f***ed. “hen things take a serious turn, I find it really tough.”
This month, Emily was linked to Strictly professional dancer Giovanni Pernice, 31, after the pair were seen kissing at a Brit Awards after-party.
And despite her dating problems, Emily told how she is still a believer in finding true love. She gushed: “I love men. I bloody love them. I’m a hopeless romantic. It all started with Disney princes.
“All I thought about at school was playing kiss-chase with the boys and Disney princes. I did not care about school, I just cared about boys.
“I was very flirty and very naughty.”
She went on: “I’ve allowed boys and men to cloud my mind. I know I wear my heart on my sleeve, but sometimes in the past, it has taken priority and I’m trying not to do that these days. I used to be like, ‘Because Prince Eric has not knocked on my door, where am I going wrong?’.
“But there are lots of women out there in their 30s who are not in a relationship. My sister said to me recently, ‘Nobody is coming to save you. There is no man who is going to ride in on a white horse’.
Dating somebody famous is a f***ing
nightmare.. it’s tough.
“She said I would meet someone, but they’re not coming to save me.”
Emily, who shot to fame as Charlotte Hinchcliffe on The Inbetweeners, has seen her TV career explode in recent years.
After appearing on I’m A Celebrity in 2018, she became a regular on ITV and now hosts her own ITV2 comedy series The Emily Atack Show.
And she told how it was her jungle stint that convinced TV bosses to give her a chance.
She said: “I want to write a sitcom next. My ideas are being listened to and that’s a really lovely thing as that doesn’t always happen.
“I felt I wasn’t being taken seriously up until the jungle. If you pose in your pants and you’ve got blonde hair and have been known as Charlotte ‘Big Jugs’, you aren’t seen as smart. (When I did it) I knew I would enter into a different phase of my life. Afterwards, I thought, ‘OK, I might have to close the door on certain things. I might have to kiss goodbye to a Bond girl role’.
“But I wanted to write a sketch show and a tour, and I knew it would help these things. The tour was on sale before I came out and I hadn’t even written it.
“There is less snobbery around reality TV now.
“It cleans up at the award shows and reality has taken over TV.”
I love men. I bloody love them.. I am a
hopeless romantic.
Emily — who counts Holly Willoughby, Phillip Schofield, and Ant and Dec among her mates — is no stranger to an awards party these days.
And she told how she got so carried away at the Brits that she needed days to recover.
Speaking on the Plot Twist podcast, she said: “I am still recovering from the Brits. Champagne is the only way. Though my mum (entertainer Kate Robbins) says, ‘No, its called alcoholism’.
“I let my hair down way too much. As I’ve got older, my journey drink is a mini bottle of Prosecco with a straw. I would like to say I’ve got classier — but I haven’t.
“I’m in my 30s now and hangovers are worse. It was a great night though. I had about four bottles.”
She went on: “I get star-struck at music events. I’m used to seeing Holly and Phil and Ant and Dec. It’s still great but they’re like my mates now. But when I see Sam Fender, and The 1975 and Anne-Marie, I love it, I am really starstruck. Especially Sam Fender. I mean, come on.”
Emily also revealed she is filming a new BBC travelogue with Mel B and Ruby Wax, which will see the trio travel to America’s Rocky Mountains.
The series is being made by Gordon Ramsay’s production company.
And she told how their first lunch with Gordon got off to a rocky start after Spice Girl Mel’s dog escaped into The F-Word chef’s restaurant kitchen.
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She said: “It was mental. Mel’s dog was running into the back and Gordon was shouting, ‘Mel, can you get your f***ing dog out of my kitchen?’.”
And she added of the trip to the mountains: “I’m going to get all the sexy snow gear. But I can’t ski to save my life — so I will be at the apres-ski bar.”
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