Georgia Harrison has detailed why she opted against participating in the famous Heart Rate Challenge on Love Island: All Stars earlier this month.
On the show, contestants dress up in racy costumes and perform dances for co-stars of the opposite sex in a bid to raise their heart rates the most in a battle of the sexes, although Georgia opted against joining in the task for the inaugural All Star series.
Speaking on the first episode of her friend Olivia Attwood’s So Wrong It’s Right podcast, Georgia, 29, admitted that she opted out of the challenge due to her revenge porn hell at the hands of fellow reality star Stephen Bear.
The CBB winner was locked up in March 2022 for voyeurism, disclosing sexual photographs and films and harassment without violence after he secretly recorded himself having sex with Georgia in his garden and later released the footage.
Georgia told Olivia: ‘[I didn’t participate] because of what I’ve been through. I feel like because so many people got to see me in a sexually vulnerable state without my permission, I just feel like they’ve seen enough of my sexual side.’
Georgia Harrison explained she opted against participating in the famous Heart Rate Challenge on Love Island: All Stars earlier this month due to her revenge porn hell (pictured outside court in December 2022 in her legal battle against Stephen Bear)
On the show, contestants dress up in racy costumes and perform dances for co-stars of the opposite sex in a bid to raise their heart rates the most in a battle of the sexes, although Georgia opted against joining in the task for the inaugural All Star series
Speaking on the first episode of her friend Olivia Attwood’s So Wrong It’s Right podcast, Georgia, 29, admitted that she opted out of the challenge due to her revenge porn hell at the hands of fellow reality star Stephen Bear
During her All Stars stint, during the Heart Rate Challenge, Georgia dressed in a Playboy bunny costume and strutted out to the gathered males in the group where she scattered rose petals and then left without individual dances
Bear, who won Celebrity Big Brother in 2016, was imprisoned after filming and uploading footage of him having sex with Georgia in his garden on OnlyFans.
The convicted sex offender, 34, was released on in January after taunting his ex during his court appearances in 2022. He was jailed in March for voyeurism, disclosing sexual photographs and films and harassment without violence.
Bear hit headines during his trial in December 2022 when he arrived at court in a £475-a-day rented Rolls Royce, while sporting a slew of bold suits, which he asked his Twitter followers for advice in styling, and walked with a decorative cane.
Following his conviction, Georgia spoke out about her pride in the changes to the law surrounding revenge porn and his landmark imprisonment.
During her All Stars stint, during the Heart Rate Challenge, Georgia dressed in a Playboy bunny costume and strutted out to the gathered males in the group where she scattered rose petals and then left without individual dances.
On the decision to perform her own take on things, she said: ‘I think there were always going to be certain steps along this journey that were going to be harder for me to handle this time because of what I’ve been through…
‘I feel like because so many people got to see me in a sexually vulnerable state without my permission, I just feel like they’ve seen enough of my sexual side.
And if I was to be that way, I know for a fact I would get judged for it, left, right and centre. Like, I get judged if I put up a picture in a bikini saying, you know, oh, she’s happy to be seen like that, but she’s not happy to be seen in this video…
The convicted sex offender, 34, was released on in January after taunting his ex during his court appearances in 2022. He was jailed in March for voyeurism, disclosing sexual photographs and films and harassment without violence
His court appearances sparked outrage due to his arrogant exterior (pictured at his trial)
‘And it’s ridiculous but unfortunately, it’s my reality now and the show was so understanding and so aware of that. They were like, look, this is completely up to you and we are happy for you to handle this however you want to.
‘All the girls were practicing their dancing – they didn’t hold back – and I almost felt left out because I just thought, oh, why do I have to have things different? And then in the end I thought I’m just going to do it…
‘I’m going to do a sexy strut, in my own way, and then I’m just going to walk back inside because I’m not letting this thing that happened to me, completely hold me back from other aspects of myself…
‘I didn’t dance on any of the guys and I didn’t do what a lot of the other girls done, but I still managed to get involved in it and yeah, I think it was really important.’
Georgia also spoke about Bear’s release from prison, saying: ‘‘Honestly, I feel protected by the law, I’ve got a restraining order on him, so he can’t come near me and he can’t speak about me…
‘I think everyone deserves to rehabilitate themselves and to find a way to become a better person and I truly hope for him that is the case.
‘Apart from that. I don’t think I’ll be overthinking it and I’m just going to take it day by day, but just try not to let my past, encroach on my present moment.’
Olivia Attwood’s So Wrong It’s Right is available wherever you get your podcast
‘All the girls were practicing their dancing – they didn’t hold back – and I almost felt left out because I just thought, oh, why do I have to have things different? And then in the end I thought I’m just going to do it’
