Emily Atack feels ‘damaged’ by sexual harassment that started aged 10
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She will share her horrific experiences with sexual abuse from an early age in a new brutal documentary.
And in a new interview, Emily Atack, 32, has admitted to feeling “damaged” after experiencing sexual harassment since she was just 10 years old.
She shared how she experienced sexual harassment “on the street” from an early age and admitted that she finds online abuse “every day” very “tough”.
Damaged: In a new interview, Emily Atack, 32, has admitted she feels ‘damaged’ after being sexually harassed since she was just 10 years old
The actress – who rose to fame as Charlotte Hinchcliffe in The Inbetweeners – also said she is “blamed” for the shocking things that happened to her.
told Emily BBC radio 4: ‘All my life I’ve been sexually harassed, on the street, I’ve been flashed, it’s been happening since I was 10.
‘Now I am sexually harassed online every day, I find that very difficult.’
She admitted that she decided to take part in her documentary, Emily Atack: Sexual Harassment & Me, to talk about the implications, claiming that there is “no accountability” for online sexual harassment.
Terrible: The actress also insisted on the shocking things that have happened to her over the years that she is “to blame for all of this”
“I am very damaged by the things that happened to me, I am constantly blamed for everything,” she added.
Emily also claimed that she is “constantly” told she is “guilty” of the harassment because she is “sexually liberated,” and says she wants to combat such thoughts in her documentary.
Speaking about the sexy boy magazine photo shoots she posed for at the height of her Inbetweeners fame, Emily said she is proud of them and that other people took the “joy” out of them for her.
Emily has often been open about her experience of sexual harassment and even met MPs in Parliament amid the bill to make cyberflashing illegal.
Terrible: ‘All my life I have been sexually harassed. I was flashed in the streets. It’s been happening since I was 10,” Emily told BBC Radio 4
In her new documentary, Emily Atack: Sexual Harassment & Me, the star discusses her experience with her family, while also speaking to some of the men who have sent her explicit content in an attempt to look at the psychology of their behavior.
The BBC 2 film follows the Celebrity Juice star as she tries to understand why she is harassed on a daily basis.
Emily previously said of the documentary, “With this documentary I hope to find answers to the many questions I’ve asked myself throughout my life, and I hope it will help thousands of others.”
Speaking Out: Emily will speak out about her horrific experience drawing unwanted sexual attention in a new hard-hitting documentary
In October, Emily revealed that some of the trolls who sexually harass her online are fathers who “put their kids to bed” before sending her rape threats.
The TV star revealed that she receives hundreds of terrifying messages every day from anonymous users – including from a troll who was able to describe the cushions on her couch before threatening to rape and kill her.
She admitted that the barrage of horrific abuse left her feeling depressed, anxious, and at times afraid for her life.
Young: The actress and comedian rose to fame as Charlotte Hinchcliffe (pictured in character) on The Inbetweeners
In an interview with the Sunday Timesshe said, wondering how her tormentors can sleep at night, knowing they sent such gruesome messages.
“Some of these men are married and have children. They have daughters in their profile pictures and things like that,” she said.
“How can you sleep at night knowing you just put your daughters to bed, probably helped them with their homework, and then you sneak to your phone [and sending sexual abuse].’
Emily confessed that threatening to call the police only encourages her trolls, and while she’s considered telling their wives about the harassment, she’s never done so for the sake of their children.
Scary: The TV star receives hundreds of terrifying messages every day from anonymous users, including a troll who threatened to rape and kill her