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Lena Dunham has condemned the leak of celebrities' nude photos, saying that people who stole and spread them on the internet are "sex offenders." Many celebrities such as Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Kirsten Dunst fell victims to hacking and their naked photos emerged online on Sunday, August 31.

Following the incident, the "Girls" creator took to Twitter to share her opinion on the matter. "The way in which you share your body must be a CHOICE. Support these women and do not look at these pictures," she said in a post. "Remember, when you look at these pictures you are violating these women again and again. It's not okay."

"Seriously, do not forget that the person who stole these pictures and leaked them is not a hacker: they're a sex offender," Dunham added. "The 'don't take naked pics if you don't want them online' argument is the 'she was wearing a short skirt' of the web. Ugh."

Actor Ricky Gervais, meanwhile, landed in hot water after blaming the victims and backtracked his comment. "Celebrities, make it harder for hackers to get nude pics of you from your computer by not putting nude pics of yourself on your computer," he previously wrote. The post is no longer available.

"Dear easily offended people, don't be. Hope that helps. Have a great day :)," the star of U.K.'s "The Office" wrote later. "Making a joke about a thing doesn't mean you condone that thing. Of course the hackers are 100% to blame but you can still makes jokes about it. Jokes don't portray your true serious feelings on a subject."

"It's more important to spend your energy trying to stop actual bad things than to run around trying to stop jokes about bad things," he continued. "Offence is the collateral damage of free speech."

In related news, celebrity blogger Perez Hilton also has apologized for posting nude photos of Lawrence and Victoria Justice. "I acted in haste just to get the post up and didn't really think things through. I'm sorry," he said. "At work we often have to make quick decisions. I made a really bad one today and then made it worse. I feel awful and am truly sorry."

"Posting pics hacked from someone's cell phone is really no different than selling stolen merchandise," Seth Rogen commented on the nude photo leak. "I obviously am not comparing women to merchandise. Just legally speaking, it shouldn't be tolerated to repost stolen pics."

After naked photos of many celebrities hit the web, some stars admit they are theirs. However, other celebrities such as Ariana Grande and Justice say they are fake.