Vogue Williams says we shouldn’t be ashamed to talk about sex after revealing virginity story
Vogue Williams has said "we shouldn’t be ashamed" after revealing she lost her virginity to a 27 year old when she was just a teenager.
The Irish model, 36, first revealed her controversial virginity story on September 1 when talking on the Boots podcast Taboo Talk, alongside comedian Russell Kane and Too Hot To Handle narrator Desiree Burch.
Vogue's co-presenters both had differing opinions with both Russell and Desiree sounding shocked.
At the time, Vogue said: "The guy I was with was 27 and I was 18.
"That was good for me because he kind of took the lead because I don't know if I would've…"
Before she could finish Russell cut her off, labelling the 27 year old as a "dirty b*****d".
Vogue asked: "Oh my God does that sound really bad?"
Her revelation grabbed the headlines in the days that followed and Vogue has since admitted to being bemused by the attention.
However, she says the whole point of the podcast series is to help people become less squeamish about such discussions.
Speaking to The Sun, she explained: “It’s about normalising conversations exactly like that.
“I’m not one of those people who will go into detail about my sex life, but talking about virginity can help a lot of people, because we shouldn’t be ashamed of these things.
“We did a whole episode on vulvas with Anna Richardson from Naked Attraction – it’s just a part of our body, nothing to be embarrassed about.”
Responding to Vogue's virginity admission Desiree explained how these situations are "not uncommon" but stated that it can seem different looking back.
She said: "It's not uncommon. You were the hot girl in your high school, congratulations but also looking back on it, you're like, 'that's bats**t insane'.
"What was that guy doing at 27 being like, 'She's 18 this is totally cool?'".
She asked Vogue: "Do you look at that guy now and go, 'Oh he was a total social misfit actually if I think back on it', or was he fine?"
But Vogue explained that she still knew him as they both live in the same area.
"No he's actually quite fine and I'd still know him now," she said. "We're not mates but we still live in the same area and I still kind of know him."
During the open chat, Russell also recalled his late pal Caroline Flack's 2014 relationship with Harry Styles when the couple 14-year age gap.
He admitted: "I did not have an issue with it.
"People have more of an issue with it when it's the other way around meaning we're still treating women like these delicate flowers that still need to be protected.
"But at the end of the day a woman that is 17 years old does have her own legal faculties recognised in law."
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