VICKY Pattison has revealed how she went through a “difficult” first year of marriage with husband Ercan Ramadan.
It comes as the former Geordie Shore star, 37, faced backlash over her Channel 4 doc, Vicky Pattison: My Deepfake Sex Tape.
Vicky Pattison has opened up about her marriage[/caption] The reality star wed her long term boyfriend Ercan last summer[/caption] The couple have been together since 2019[/caption]The couple wed last year after dating for five years.
Vicky has now opened up about a tough time she went through at the beginning of her marriage to Ercan, 31
Speaking to the BBC’s Woman’s Hour, she said: “I don’t think it’s how anyone anticipates, their first six months of marriage, you know, it’s a very alien experience.
“I mean it has been difficult, I have been frustarted, I have been upset and I have been overwhelmed quite a lot.
“So even without thinking about, the deepfake itself, I haven’t been a joy to live with quite frankly and I do feel for my husband but he’s very supportive.”
Vicky is referring to her husband supporting her as she faced backlash over her deepfake porn documentary.
The reality star had been married to Ercan for just a month when she told him about the gritty doc she was making with Channel 4.
Called My Deepfake Sex Tape, some victims of this type of crime criticised the doc as a “PR stunt” as “deeply disrespectful”.
However, the I’m A Celeb winner said the backlash left her in bits because the horrifying rise in online attacks of women is something she cares about deeply.
The documentary involved her directing actors to simulate a sex scene, then allowing AI to add her face to the footage.
The 45-second clip appeared to show Vicky engaged in a sex act — first wearing a bra then, later, topless.
Speaking about the project, Vick told The Sun on Sunday: “The video itself has always been the part of the documentary I’ve wrestled with the most.
“So it isn’t a decision I made lightly, and it is one that I struggled with right until the end.
“Like, right until Sunday night I was asking — am I doing the right thing?
Ercan has been supporting Vicky with her latest project[/caption]“I completely understand some people might be angry and upset about what we’ve done and I in no way want to diminish that.
“I’d never want to trivialise victims’ feelings.
“I had the privilege of speaking to brave survivors and a lot of them felt that creating the mock deepfake sex tape was a bold way to shine a much-needed spotlight on the issue.
“This form of abuse — it’s not slowing down.
Vicky took part in a powerful documentary for Channel 4[/caption]“It’s just finding its feet.
“I’ve made my peace with the way we’ve chosen to tackle this problem.”
Speaking about her husband supporting her in this brave project, Vicky told us: “Ercan was there for me a lot.
“He features in the documentary but he had his limits, so I was mindful of that.
“This was my decision alone.
“I was aware there’s only so much I can ask the people who love me to do. So I sat there by myself.”