Love Island's Zara McDermott suffered a nude photo leak at aged 14

Love Island's Zara McDermott suffered a 'horrible' nude photo leak, at the age of just 14.

Speaking on talkRADIO on Monday, the reality star, 21, revealed a past boyfriend sent an 'explicit' photo of her to their entire school, causing her to be 'badly bullied' and 'excluded' by her friends.

Another racy video of Zara was circulated on Whatsapp last month - but the star admitted she is 'not ashamed' of the footage, only sad that someone 'betrayed her trust'.

'It was a really horrible time': Love Island's Zara McDermott suffered a 'horrible' nude photo leak, at the age of just 14 (pictured at the Reunion show with boyfriend Adam Collard) 

Speaking on Dan's Dilemmas with Trisha Goddard and Mark Dolan, Zara revealed she had been 'silly' to take a photo at the age of 14, as it led to the destruction of most of her friendships at school.

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She explained: 'It was just a boy in school I liked. I was silly, naïve. It was almost a way for me to get attention.

'I was never the pretty one in school, I was always one of the average girls and I thought this was a way of me to get attention.'

Consequences: The reality star, 21, revealed a past boyfriend sent an 'explicit' photo of her to their entire school in their youth, causing her to be 'badly bullied' and 'excluded' by her peers

Revealing the consequences of his actions on her, but not him, she went on: 'I was bullied for two years. I lost all my friends. They excluded me. Nothing happened to him.

'It was a really horrible time in my life. I feel like between what happened back then and now seven years on there's been such a shift because now I'm seen as the victim whereas back then I was almost the perpetrator. I was the one in the wrong.'

Addressing the pressures on teenagers in this generation, she added: 'There were pictures of girls flying around everywhere. 

Bad to worse: Another racy video of Zara was circulated on Whatsapp last month - but the star admitted she is 'not ashamed' of the footage, only sad that someone 'betrayed her trust'

'You'd get them broadcasted to you. It was a really common thing back then. But I was one of the first girls to do it. So I really got it.

'I think the reason why I got so badly bullied was because of the content of the image was incredibly explicit. There was a bit of pressure for me to do it. There was a hell a lot of pressure.' 

The fallout from the snap died out as she got older, but Zara suffered another blow when a second explicit video was leaked, during her time in the Love Island villa. 

Widespread: The brunette revealed her boyfriend Adam (above) had even been shown the clip on his plane back to the UK, after being dumped from the island

Circulating across WhatsApp, the brunette revealed her boyfriend Adam Collard had even been shown the clip on his plane back to the UK, after being dumped from the island. 

Justifying why she had taken photos after experiencing such lows in her youth, she explained: 'I was seeing someone who I was very serious about. 

'It was someone who had never really treated me in that way before. I've been in relationships and this guy absolutely swept me off my feet.

Firm: When asked why she took more photos again after such lows at school, she said: 'He did ask me but it was a mutual thing. I don't look at them and I'm not ashamed or embarrassed'

'I feel like nowadays there's like a new level in a relationship and there's a virtual level that tends to get explored. And the exchanging of pictures is so common. He did ask me (to send them) but it was a mutual thing.

'I don't look at them and I'm not ashamed or embarrassed of how I look in them. Someone's betrayed my trust but I'm not ashamed over the pictures.'

However, while the photos were not meant for public consumption, Zara said she has no plans to press charges as her ex has a very 'high-profile' job, and she does not want to 'ruin his life' over something so small. 

Zara is no doubt moving on from her revenge porn hell, and focusing on her new romance with Adam. 

The culprit: Zara said she has no plans to press charges as her ex has a very 'high-profile' job, and she does not want to 'ruin his life' over something so small

The pair met and fell for each other on Love Island last month, when Zara turned the personal trainer's head from solicitor Rosie Williams.   

The lothario coupled up with new girl Darylle Sargeant after Zara's was dumped from the villa, but soon realised his feelings for his former flame, and asked her to be his girlfriend when he returned home following week.

Speaking to MailOnline last month, Zara revealed the fitness fanatic is now living at her family home in Essex, and has even purchased a local gym membership.

She said: 'He’s living in between my house and his house in Newcastle but he's mostly at mine.'

Still going strong: Zara is now moving on from her revenge porn hell with Adam. The pair met and fell for each other on this year's series of Love Island

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