Though saddened by the false persistent claims, the "Gossip Girl" actress says the incident helps her "understand the nature of people better."
- Aug 6, 2009
AceShowbiz - There is no truth to Internet reports claiming Leighton Meester has a sex tape, and she admits the false claims make her sad. "[The tape] is not real," the small screen actress tells fashion magazine Harper's Bazaar in an interview for its September issue. "So it makes me sort of sad. It's unfortunate that it got carried as far as it did."
"I definitely understand the nature of people better now and that the mere allegation of something like that could be headline news," she reveals on the life lesson she learns from the incident. "People think it's real because somebody says it is. By the way, [as for] me being 18 in those pictures, I don't believe I was."
"I don't want a lot of what comes along with all of this," Leighton says about the pitfalls of becoming a famous figure. "I'm doing everything I can to keep things separate," she shares to Harper's Bazaar on trying to keep her loved ones away from becoming the target of false media reports. "I feel like my friends are in a cult because we're like, No outsiders! I've never been crazy. I'm a very good girl, to be honest. I don't do anything to hurt anybody. Honestly, all I ever do is work."
In mid June this year, TMZ broke the news that Leighton Meester had a sex tape. The footage was claimed showing the "Gossip Girl" actress having sex with an unidentified boyfriend. Shortly after that it was reported the sex tape was offered to porn distributors with an asking price of more than 1 million dollar.
