Sam Callahan speaks out after explicit video leak
By Will Stroude
2013 X-Factor constant, Sam Callahan won our hearts when he appeared on the show in 2013, and now the 22-year-old singer has spoken out after explicit footage was leaked online before being widely shared on social.
In the footage, Sam can be seen laying in a bed fully naked, covered in oil, engaged in some ‘me time’.
Sam has since spoken out about the viral leak saying that he was ‘catfished’, meaning Sam thought he was talking to one person, when in actually he was performing for another, who then secretly recorded the interaction.
Speaking to The Sun, Sam said: “This was a couple of years ago. I was only a teenage lad, I hold my hands up.”
The Twitter account that shared the video did initially set out to sell it, but was quickly suspended. Not long after, the video began getting attention on social media.
Sam went on to say to the paper: “I was young and foolish back then in 2013 and I was young and foolish in 2014 too, unfortunately I wrongly trusted the person I was speaking to at the time and was completely betrayed and catfished.
“It’s not something that would happen now. I’m way too focused and driven to put myself in that risky situation, but I guess we live and learn.”
This isn’t the first time something like this has happened to Sam. Back in 2013 a glamour model shared some of his nudes while he was seeing fellow X Factor contestant Tamera Foster.
Callahan recently released his new single ‘I Love It When You’ and is said to be working on his debut album.
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