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Georgia Harrison 'grateful' Stephen Bear behind bars in first live TV interview since revenge porn scandal

Georgia Harrison has opened up on how she's doing after Stephen Bear was jailed for 21 months for a revenge porn scandal.

The former Love Island star appeared on This Morning on Thursday, as she bravely spoke out in the aftermath of her ordeal.

Bear, 33, was slammed behind bars earlier this month for selling CCTV images of the pair having sex in his garden on his OnlyFans account without her consent.

Georgia heartbreakingly said previously she nearly died fighting the former reality show contestant for two and a half years, and she has vowed to 'take him to the cleaners' legally for destroying her career.

The 28-year-old put on a brave face as she appeared on This Morning to chat with Phil and Holly, admitting the whole situation left her "heartbroken" as she delved deeper into the "disrespect" she felt from Stephen's behaviour during the court appearance.

Georgia explained how the situation really affected her self-worth,

She said: "I think when you are in a moment of what you think is love with someone who you have known for a long time and really trust, when really the whole time they were having sexual intercourse to put a monetary stamp on you to sell you on the internet.

Phil asked Georgia why she was even attracted to Bear, as she said it was 'his humour' (ITV)

"That really affects the way you value yourself and, following on from that, I was in a stage of grief - crying and drinking too much probably - my diet was all over the place and I broke out in spots all over my face and I was hospitalised over Christmas.

"Physically, I just deteroriated at first."

Holly praised Georgia, hailing the "fire in her belly" for tackling the situation head-on.

Georgia said she was "really grateful" Bear is now behind bars, admitting she never knew previously how hard it would be to get someone convicted of such a crime.

Meanwhile Phil appeared to be a little less fragile with the subject matter, questioning what the beauty even saw in him as he asked "what attracted you to him?"

She responded by saying it was his sense of humour and, having lived together for eight weeks whilst filming a TV show together, as she braved a smile and said "there weren't that many options," as she attempted to brush that aside.

"Reagrdless of what someone is like, you never expect them to stoop as low as what Bear done to you," interjected Holly.

Georgia added: "The clear lack of empathy from Bear was soul crushing to watch, millions of people were watching and laughing at me and it was completely and utterly out of my control

"The situation seriously affected the way I trust people especially in intimate situations, when I first saw the footage I felt physically sick."

Georgia Harrison went into septic shock after the video was released (GC Images)

"Although it was really painful to go through what I did, I feel it's making some sort of change to society and I am just relieved, I can take some joy from that," added Georgia.

"I am aware it was a brave move waving anonymity, but it was already out, at one point I was worried the postman knew about it and everyone I was worried would find out knew, so therefore my anonymity dissipated in that moment and so it made sense to take a stand."

Stephen Bear was slammed for his behaviour during his court appearance as he posed for selfies with fans, laughed and joked with reporters and sang as if he was presenting a show.

The judge pointed out he had "never seen such a lack of remorse" as Georgia also confirmed police said during their 30-year careers they hadn't ever seen someone show up to court and act how he did, despite dealing with murder cases.

Georgia claims people will see her story "in no way anyone can imagine" in her upcoming documentary that will air on Monday at 10pm on ITV2 and ITVX.

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