has laid bare details of his explosive 2016 catfish extortion scandal, after he was filmed having sex on Skype.
The star, 40, hit headlines a decade ago when he was locked in 'Catfish Gate', which saw a 'woman' approach him on social media and within 15 minutes he engaged in virtual sex, which was recorded.
Speaking on Begin Again With , the star, who is now married to model , revealed that in his single days he was victim to the scam, when a fake image was used for him to have 'Skype sex'.
At the time, Joel branded the situation 'genuinely horrific' and spoke about the trauma of 'something so private' being publicised for money.
In the interview, Davina, who works with Joel on The , said: 'I want to talk to you about Catfish Gate... because people get canceled...
Joel Dommett has laid bare details of his explosive 2016 catfish extortion scandal, after he was filmed having sex on Skype
'I think everybody has an abject terror of being canceled for something or something really bad happening that could have a cataclysmic effect on their career. And what you did was skillfully navigate a catastrophe...
'Turn it into something that you put so out there and talked about so much that it just didn't matter anymore to all the heat out of it. So could you just explain what happened to you?'
Joel then gave his side of the story, explaining: 'I was single, I was contacted on Twitter by some person. They were attractive...
'I talked to them and they were like do you want to have Skype sex with me and, it was like, I think I've told you this, there's this guy who made a documentary about the same catfish, and he once asked me for an interview, and he sat me down...
'He said, 'I was talking to this catfish lady for about 18 months before I finally trusted her to be able to sort of have Skype sex with her. How long did it take you, Joel?' I had to look this man in the eyes and go 'about 15 minutes'…
'I remember doing it and being like that was weird…
The I'm A Celebrity star, 40, hit headlines a decade ago when he was locked in 'Catfish Gate', which saw a 'woman' approach him on social media and within 15 minutes he engaged in virtual sex, which was recorded
'Again, fair play to them, because they sort of, they saw something in me that they were like, I think this guy's going to be on telly. And so they did it and then they banked it and then they waited years before they released it.'
Asking for more details, Davina said: 'They contacted you or did you contact them?'
He divulged: 'They contacted me and went 'give us money, we've got these pictures'… Fully naked and with a beanie on. Take the beanie off… And, there was no doubt that it was me because I had a massive poster of me behind my head...
'My Edinburgh poster behind me with my reviews on it. And I remember doing it and being like that was weird. All right. Cool. That was odd. Then years later, they got in touch with me because my career had moved on a bit...
'So this person messages me. We have Skype sex. I figured out it's a catfish. It's all fake. They've got a video of me. I'm like, oh, God. Oh, God.'
He was chatting to Davina McCall about his ordeal
He revealed what he did subsequently, saying: 'And then I write an Edinburgh show about it, but I've got no ending because that's basically all that's happened so far. It's happened and I can't find them. I try everything to try and find out who they are...
'I can't find them, who the real person is. I go to the police, they can't do anything'.
Joel's next move proved to be shocking - as he revealed he dated the other victim of the crime - the woman whose face was used in the sex tape.
He said: 'So I put a Google image search of the person whose profile picture it is, who they'd stolen. I was like, well, let's talk to the real person whose photo they've stolen...
'It turns out that this person is a real person and I go, hey, just to let you know, someone's stealing your photos and pretending to be you...
'And, they're like, oh, yeah, it's been happening a few times. I tell them to take them down and they come back up and blah, blah. And I mean, just out of interest this is going to sound weird, I would love to just get a photo with you...
'So I've got something for a show. I was like, where do you live? Which is a creepy thing to say to anyone and she went 'I live in Greenwich' and I lived in Brockley at the time, which is literally like a mile down the road, right?...
'I was like, I live in Brockley. We have to meet up... So we met up and so I meet this girl in Greenwich and again I didn't even realise it at that point, but it's a date. We get on really well, we go on another date, and actually we get on well and we end up dating for like six months...
'So I ended up dating the person whose face I thought I was masturbating to in the first place. And then this is the mad part, she's half Russian, she moves back to Russia, I then have Skype sex with her. How mental is that?'
