‘Hate AI’: Jenna Ortega Reveals She Deleted Her X Account After Being Sent Morphed Pornographic Images of Herself as a Child

Wednesday star Jenna Ortega says she had a disturbing experience with artificial intelligence as a teen when she came across morphed pornographic images of herself, something which led her to delete her X account and be wary of new technology. During a conversation on The Interview podcast for The New York Times, the 21-year-old said it was a "terrifying" time for her. "I hate AI.... Did I like being 14 and making a Twitter account because I was supposed to and seeing dirty edited content of me as a child? No. It's terrifying. It's corrupt. It's wrong," she said. ‘Taste’ Song: Sabrina Carpenter and Jenna Ortega Share a Kiss in the New Music Video – WATCH.

When she was 12, Ortega recalled receiving a direct message (DM) on X (formerly Twitter) along with "an unsolicited photo of a man's genitals". "I used to have that Twitter account and I was told that, 'Oh, you got to do it, you got to build your image'. I ended up deleting it about two, three years ago because the influx after the show had come out — these absurd images and photos, and I already was in a confused state that I just deleted it."Jenna Ortega Opens Up About the ‘Shame’ of Feeling ‘Not Good Enough’ To Represent Her Latinx Roots, ‘Wednesday’ Star Says ‘Want To Open Doors for Others’.

The actor, who will next be seen in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, said the entire experience made her feel "disgusting and uncomfortable". "That's why I deleted it, because I couldn't say anything without seeing something like that. So one day I just woke up, and I thought, Oh, I don't need this anymore. So I dropped it."