August 25, 2024 4:06 PM
Jenna Ortega said she “hates AI” and spoke about encountering the dark side of the internet as a teenager.
Jenna Ortega has been busy promoting her upcoming film, Beetlejuice. During the promotional stint, the actress revealed that she learned the hard way that AI (artificial intelligence) can be misused. In the latest episode of The New York Times podcast, The Interview, the actress opened up about her experience with X (formerly Twitter), where she was sent explicit photos that were edited of her. (Related article: Jenna Ortega teases Wednesday's Season 2, saying it will have more horror and less romance: 'Let her express her personality')
Jenna Ortega attends the Beetlejuice New York photocall at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City on August 17, 2024. (AFP)
What Jenna said
During the conversation, the actor said, “I hate AI. Did I like being 14 and making a Twitter account because I had to and looking at salacious edited content of myself as a child? No. It's horrifying. It's corrupting.”
She continued: “One of the first direct messages I ever opened on my own when I was 12 was an unsolicited photo of a man's genitals. That was just the beginning of what happened after that. I used to have that Twitter account and people were like, 'Oh, you have to do that, you have to build up your image'. I ended up deleting it a couple of years ago. After the show, I got so many ridiculous images and pictures and I just deleted it and it was chaos… It made me feel sick, it made me feel bad. It made me uncomfortable. I just couldn't say anything without seeing that stuff so I deleted it. I woke up one day and I was like, 'Oh, I don't need this anymore'. So I deleted it.”
More Information
Jenna rose to fame playing the role of Wednesday Addams in the hit Netflix show, “Wednesday.” The show has already been picked up for a second season, and Jenna said fans will be excited to see how the show continues to elevate its horror elements and give its main characters more personality.
Jenna stars in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. The sequel to Beetlejuice (1988) and the second film in the Beetlejuice series, the film also stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder and Catherine O'Hara. The fantasy horror film opens in US theaters on September 4.
