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Topics: Adult Industry, Channel 4, Documentaries, Sex and Relationships, Bonnie Blue
Anish Vij
Topics: Adult Industry, Channel 4, Documentaries, Sex and Relationships, Bonnie Blue
Channel 4's Bonnie Blue documentary has sparked a fair bit of backlash online, with many viewers complaining about the same thing.
Tia Billinger, who goes by the stage name Bonnie Blue, is a porn star from Nottingham who hit headlines earlier this year for claiming to have had sex with over 1,000 men in just 12 hours.
The 26-year-old then poured fuel on the flames by saying some of the men she slept with were 'barely legal' university students.
On Tuesday (29 July), Channel 4 aired 1000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story and justified their decision to include graphic sex scenes in the doc.
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"The explicit content in the documentary is editorially justified and provides essential context; making pornographic content is Bonnie’s job, and this film is about her work and the response to it," the broadcaster said in a statement to LADbible.
"Crucially, the content is presented in a non-gratuitous manner and viewers will be alerted of the sexual content in a programme warning at the start to ensure they understand from the outset the nature of the programme.
"The programme was broadcast after watershed and is compliant with the Ofcom broadcasting code."
The release of the doc comes days after the Online Safety Act was introduced, which has been designed to stop children from viewing pornographic images and videos online.
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From 25 July onwards, there have been age verification checks across a number of Britain's most popular porn websites, including Pornhub.
When it comes to Pornhub, the biggest website for porn in the world, they have provided a warning message upon entry, in line with the new rules.
When someone now visits the X-rated website, it prompts them 'to verify that they are 18 or older, in line with the UK Online Safety Act'.
A user's age is then verified using mobile phone networks and bank accounts.
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Taking to X, one viewer complained: "Putting a documentary on tv abt Bonnie Blue at 10pm showing literal porn with no filter just days after the age verification thing went live is actually crazy work Channel 4."
"So Bonnie Blue gets a documentary on Channel 4 where she can promote and glamorise her lifestyle for the kids watching at home but we need IDs to see posts on X because 'we need to protect the kids'," a second penned.
Others, meanwhile, were stunned by the decision to release such a documentary, as a third wrote: "This Bonnie Blue documentary is disgusting. The men who sleep with her are just as bad as well."
"I'm only 15 minutes into this Bonnie Blue documentary on Channel 4 and yeah.... vomit," another wrote.
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"This Bonnie Blue documentary is stark viewing," someone else said. "There's nothing wrong with sex on film, but this just seems so extreme.
"The blokes in that queue. The fact there's no testing. Every bloke should take a long hard look at themselves."
Unlike the BBC, Channel 4 do not rely on any public funds and has the freedom to air whatever they want.
From 9pm to 5.30am, broadcasters are allowed to show content that is not friendly for children.
LADbible Group has contacted Channel 4 for comment.