X Factor contestant Jake Sims’ naked selfie leaked

If you are ever hoping to become famous in your lifetime this is an important lesson to learn: don’t take naked pictures of yourself and send them to randoms because they may well be leaked in the future.

And poor old X Factor contestant and Stereo Kicks singer Jake Sims has learnt this the COUGH hard COUGH way after a VERY revealing selfie found its way into the wrong hands.

Now, here’s the serious bit, we can’t show you the picture and neither do we recommend you search for it because it was taken when he was 16 or 17 years old and therefore under the age of 18 which could get you in trouble with the law.

In the picture the star, who is now 19, is said to be posing in front of his bedroom mirror whilst taking the snap on his phone.

He tweeted it before deleting it and, Jake, who is apparently mortified it has been circulated online, reportedly wrote: “Here’s my nude, lol. Yolo x x ((sorry if you see this mum)).”

Soon after the aspiring pop star first appeared on X Factor rumours of the naked selfie began to circulate and Twitter users threatened to pubish the picture if he did not follow their accounts.

The price of fame…

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