Celebrities Who Got More Famous Because of a Sex Tape
Farrah Abraham
Farrah Abraham is a 28 year old American reality television star, writer and singer from Iowa. When Farrah was 17 she became pregnant. Her pregnancy caused a lot strain on her relationship with her mother. That same year she was cast in the MTV show 16 and Pregnant. During the filming of 16 and Pregnant, the father of Farrah’s child, Derek Underwood, passed away in a car accident. Later that same year, Farrah was asked to be in the spinoff show called Teen Mom which ended up running for 4 seasons. This was when Farrah was at the height of her fame.
After Teen Mom, Farrah put out a memoir and a debut album both titled My Teenage Dream Ended. The memoir made it on the the New York Time’s Bestseller List but the album got overwhelming bad reviews. Farrah described her music as more of a hobby than a career choice. In 2014, Farrah got on the show Couple’s Therapy but her “boyfriend” leaked to the press that he was hired by her to be on the show. He left but the show kept on Farrah, who got therapy with her mother.
In 2013, a sex tape was leaked of Farrah being with the adult film star James Deen, who she claimed was casually dating her at the time. Farrah claims sex tape was leaked. The recording was obviously professionally filmed and it came out that she sold it to Vivid Entertainment for 1 million dollars. So it turns out that Farrah did a couple pornos and tried to pass it off as a leaked sex tape. Regardless, it got her the attention she wanted.
Paige
Saraya-Jade Bevis, otherwise known as her stage name, Paige, is a 27 year old retired professional wrestler and actress. Paige was born in England to the two former pro wrestlers; Patrick Bevis and Julia Hamer Bevis. Growing up Paige didn’t want to wrestle but when she was 13 she made her debut as a wrestler because her Dad was running a show and a wrestler failed to show up. For the next six years Paige wrestled around Europe to some limited success. In 2010, Paige tried out for the WWE after a talent scout saw her show. She didn’t get in that year but tried out the next year and got accepted. She wrestled for Florida Championship Wrestling and made her TV debut as Paige. FCW got rebranded as NXT and Paige went on to be a premiere women’s wrestler in the organization.
In 2014 she made it on the main roaster of the WWE Divas and won the championship when she was just 21. She was the youngest champion to have won the title. In 2018, Paige retired from wrestling due to injuries and managed some tag teams for awhile.
In March of 2017, a few sexual recordings of Paige and nude pictures were leaked online. They were stolen off her phone and released online without her consent forcing Paige to issue a public statement on Twitter. She became the talk of the tabloids for a few weeks, especially because her title belt was visible in the video.
Abi Titmuss
Abi Titmuss is a 43 year old former glamour model, actress, tv personality and poker player from England. She first came into the public eye when she started dating John Leslie, a Scottish tv personality, host and radio presenter. Through Leslie Abi got a job as a reporter of a Channel 4 talk show called Richard & Judy. However she got fired when a sex tape of her, John Leslie and two other people engaging in group sex was leaked to the public. The other people in the tape were the aspiring female model, Aisha Abubakar and a con-man named Lanre Onabowale. Onabowale was the one who leaked the tape to the press.
Abi got fired from her dream job but went on to have a successful career anyway. The sex tape only boosted her profile. She became a glamour model and a theater actor. She was already a good poker player but she got bumped up to a “celebrity poker player.” She appeared on the tv shows Hell’s Kitchen and Celebrity Love Island. Abi also became a sex advice blogger and wrote a book.
Kendra Wilkinson
Kendra Wilkinson is a 34 year old glamour model, author, tv personality and businesswoman. She first became known when she started dating Hugh Hefner, the man who owns Playboy. She was hired to be a glamour model at a Playboy mansion party and Hugh really liked her. They dated shortly and Hugh asked her to come live in the mansion with him and his other girlfriends.
Kendra was in the reality tv show on the E! Network called The Girls Next Door. It was about the Playboy Mansion life of all the girlfriends. In 2009, Kendra got her own reality tv show called Kendra, which ran until 2011. After that she starred in another reality series called Kendra On Top, on We tv.
In 2010, a sex tape of Kendra with an unidentified man surfaced. It was obtained and put online by Vivid Entertainment. They were going to distribute the tape as well but Kendra threatened to sue them. It turns out that reportedly in 2008, Kendra started a LLC and tried to sell several of her sex tapes. She sold one of her and her boyfriend at the time when they were both 18. She was paid almost $700,000 for the tape. That was the one Vivid got their hands on.
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson is a 52 year old Canadian-American model and actress. She is best known for being featured on the cover of Playboy magazine many times and for acting on the tv show, Bay Watch. Anderson first became known when she won the 1990 Playmate of the Year for Playboy magazine. Over her career, Anderson was featured several more times on the cover. She still holds the record for the model being on the cover the most times.
In 1991, Anderson was cast on the tv sitcom, Home Improvement, starring Tim Allen. She was on the show for two seasons then was cast on Baywatch as C.J. Parker. This was the height of her career. She was considered a sex symbol of her generation.
In 1995, Anderson married Motley Crue’s drummer Tommy Lee. A sex tape of them on their honeymoon was stolen from their house later that year and put on the internet. Lee and Anderson sued the video distributing company Internet Entertainment Group. Ultimately, they all came to an agreement and IEG only showed it to people subscribed to their website. When they announced the agreement, that same day their website had triple the amount of traffic.
Another sex tape, made before the Tommy Lee one, was also released online. This time of Anderson and Bret Michaels, the singer from the band Poison. The tape was successfully blocked by Michaels but a shortened version is still on the internet today and a few frames of it made into the magazine Penthouse in 1998.
Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton is a 38 year old socialite, model, actress, singer, business woman and DJ. She was always in the public eye being the great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, who started the Hilton Hotel chain. Paris started her career as being a model signed with Trump Model Management. She was featured in the New York tabloids as “the It Girl” in the early 2000’s. She was rocketed into global fame when a sex tape of her and her then-boyfriend, Rick Salomon, a poker player, was leaked online. It was called 1 Night in Paris, and it set the internet a blaze. Paris’ fame skyrocketed, leading her to get a reality tv show on Fox called The Simple Life, where her and her rich friend Nicole Richie live with normal people. Since then Paris starred in B movies, more reality television shows and even put out an album. She also became a DJ and works in clubs across the world. Paris Hilton is what’s known as a “celebutante," which is a celebrity who didn’t earn their fame through talent but through wealth and status.
Kim Kardashian
Born in 1980, Kim Kardashian is a 38 year old reality tv star, social media star, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite. She first became known because she was the daughter of Robert Kardashian, who was O.J.’s defense attorney in his murder case. She was also Paris Hilton’s friend and personal stylist. Kim appeared in Paris’ reality tv show, The Simple Life.
Kim Kardashian became really known to the public when a sex tape of her and her boyfriend, the singer Ray J, was released in 2007. This sex tape really helped boost her career, just like it did Paris Hilton’s. Later that year, the network E! started filming a reality tv series about Kim and her family called Keeping Up With the Kardashians. This became one of the most successful reality tv shows ever. Kim has also amassed hundreds of millions of followers across her social media accounts. She married the rapper Kanye West in 2014 and so far they have had 4 children together.