Bella Thorne has opened up about a disagreement she had with a male fan after he asked her to autograph 'inappropriate' underage photos of her.
The former Disney star appeared at this year's Sundance Film Festival for the premiere of her upcoming sci-fi film Divinity.
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Thorne discussed her experience of the event, including the moment she was 'swarmed by autograph seekers on Main Street'.
When asked what her take is on this aspect of fame, she replied: "I don’t really care but I did tell someone off yesterday."
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The OnlyFans star went on to explain that while incidents like this 'are rare', the man in this case 'offended' her.
"It was this guy and he was shoving photos in front of me and I looked away for a second and looked back and there was a photo of me from my GQ magazine cover," she said.
"It’s super sexy and my butt is out and I’m wearing lingerie and I’m topless.
"I said I wouldn’t sign that and he took it away and then put it back in front of me again. I said, 'No, I’m not signing that.'
"He pulled out another photo of a magazine with another sexy image. He was like, 'Come on, Bella. Sign it for me.' I didn’t like it. It was inappropriate."
Thorne, now 25, continued: "There was some stuff there from a Candies campaign that I did when I was 16 and it was clear that he wanted me to sign things that were viewed as sexy and even underage and I was like, 'Give me something else.'
"He said, 'Aren’t they all sexy?' No, enough is enough.
"But I get it, they have to make money and everyone has a job so I get that. It was just that I was under 18 and it’s inappropriate."
Which I think we can all agree is a totally fair reaction.
Thorne has been open about some of the struggles she's faced over the years, having previously spoken about her experience of being both sexualized and shamed as a young woman in the limelight.
Talking to Emily Ratajkowski on her podcast High Low, she claimed a director once accused her of flirting with him mid-audition when she was just 10 years old.
"I had a director give me feedback once and I was 10," she said.
"And the casting director calls my agent and my agent calls my mom and they're like, 'So she's not moving forward because the director felt like she was flirting with him and it made him really uncomfortable.'"
Thorne later added: "I don't care if I said, 'Eat my p***y right now.' She is 10 years old. Why ever would you think that?... Also you're in a director session - you can't really like say or do much.
"You do the scene, you say hello, you walk out. There's no time to like 'let me go sit on your lap or make you feel uncomfortable'."
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