Battle of the Sexes star Natalie Morales slams paparazzi over invasive images

'This is a problem with how we tear down women and reduce them to a sum of body parts, to be at once both sexualized and shamed'

The paparazzo, sadly, is almost as old as Hollywood itself.

It's been an ever-constant battle for stars to fight back against their harassment, in a way that's seen their actions seem to grow ever more intrusive and aggressive in the competitive age of internet media - especially in a way that endlessly demeans women in the process.

Natalie Morales is just one of those stars, after she penned a statement to call out the photographers who took photos up her skirt while she attended a red-carpet event promoting Battle of the Sexes.

"So someone sent me photos of me having what they called a 'wardrobe malfunction' at last weekend's premiere of Battle of the Sexes," she first wrote on Twitter. "Which was one of the happiest moments of my life thus far. These are pictures they PURPOSELY took up my skirt TO GET A SHOT of my vag."

"These are photogs who go to red carpets to take photos of women.. to what, embarrass them? Because they have bodies under clothes? So you're gonna come to an event that I've waited my whole life for, that I'm super proud of, to try and exploit my body? For your gain?"

"What a disgusting, horrifying job you have," she added.

After her tweets attracted major attention online, Morales published a full statement on Twitter, which added: "This is not, at its root, a 'celebrity' problem. This is a problem with how we tear down women and reduce them to a sum of body parts, to be at once both sexualized and shamed."

"We are held to an impossible standard, where our bodies and our faces must be perfect and if for one second we are in any way human, like say, just walking around, doing our jobs — we are torn down. Well, you cannot tear me down."

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