Naga Munchettys Fury Over AI Deepfake Scandal

has spoken out about being victim to a scam. 

The newsreader, 51, revealed 'smart, conniving, manipulative, wicked' scammers put her head on a naked body to use 'as clickbait to drag people into a scam site'. 

Speaking in The Times, Naga candidly admitted: 'I wasn’t upset that my face was on a naked body, because I knew it was fake, but the fact that it was being used to lure people into being scammed made me so mad.'

In February last year, Naga spoke out about the images, saying: 'Paid-for ads are popping up across X and , some including crudely mocked-up images of me naked – my face badly photoshopped onto someone else's body.'

She revealed the image was made to look like a BBC News article, before those who clicked were sentg to a scam cyber trading website.

Reflecting on the moment in The Times, she said: 'Scammers are smart, conniving, manipulative, wicked people. My head was put on a naked body and used as clickbait to drag people into a scam site...

'I wasn’t upset that my face was on a naked body, because I knew it was fake, but the fact that it was being used to lure people into being scammed made me so mad...

'I am outraged and furious.'

On when she first discovered the 'article', last year she wrote: 'I was both mortified and bemused, curious about who would pay good money to spread such obvious nonsense. And what was their motive? Is it something malicious?...

'Someone with an axe to grind? I discussed it with my 5 Live production team, and we began to dig into it more. It soon became apparent that my name and image were being used by scammers to try to hoodwink people out of money...

'Clicking on the adverts took you through to a fake news article, complete with BBC logo and imagery...

'I'm not the first high-profile face to be used by scammers to trick people out of their hard-earned money.' 

Her discussion of the scam comes after Naga said 'people don't know how to disagree with each other anymore and you're either with me or you're not' amid the BBC's bullying probe.

She faces an uncertain future at the broadcaster after they reportedly instigated a formal investigation following accusations of bullying against her.

In August, TV sources claimed several colleagues had logged concerns over her 'hard' behaviour on the breakfast show, as well as on her Radio 5 Live show. It was then reported in November, the broadcaster launched a formal investigation.

In a new interview, Naga spoke of people now forming their own opinions on her as well as being subject to terrible racist abuse from trolls on social media.

Naga told The Times: 'People are deciding: you're either with me or you're not. It feels like we're unlearning how to disagree agreeably with each other. That's frightening. The way we're interacting with other people feels so tense.'

Naga went on to say how she has been forced to block social media users after being subjected to a barrage of online hate.

She said: 'I block a lot of people. Someone commented on my Instagram post about giving blood saying, "Do they accept Indian blood?" If it looks like a message is going to be abusive, I don't read it. If it's some fool shouting into the ether, let them. It's not my job to change their views.'

The interview comes after the presenter was accused of making a sly dig at BBC Breakfast's weather host Carol Kirkwood on her last day on air.