Bargain Hunt’s Christina Trevanion broke down in tears as she made the shocking revelation that she had been targeted by deepfake porn.

The TV personality, 43, described the ordeal in an appearance on BBC‘s Morning Live, which also drew attention to other victims of the worrying trend.

Deepfakes use AI to change images of individuals and create new clips, often of a pornographic nature, which is what happened to Christina.

She told the show: ‘I’m used to living life in the public eye. Often the reaction from the public has been kind and sweet and supportive but over the last couple of years there’s been a noticeable shift and at times it can be quite intrusive.

‘Last September I discovered my image had been used to create phony explicit videos known as deepfake porn. I was sent a very long list of sensitive urls where my head had been AI-ed onto pornographic videos and images.’

The Flog It! favourite detailed how the clips made her feel ‘stupid’ when she was sent them.

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Bargain Hunt’s Christina Trevanion broke down in tears as she made the shocking revelation that she had been targeted by deepfake porn

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The TV personality, 43, described the ordeal in an appearance on BBC’s Morning Live which also drew attention to other victims of the worrying trend

‘As it sunk in, it was deeply distressing,’ she said. ‘I felt naive, and stupid and utterly violated in every single way.’

The segment also highlighted the harrowing cases of deepfake porn which other individuals had fallen victim of.

One, who was given the pseudonym Jodie, was sent links to deepfake videos and images depicting her in sex scenes with multiple men in 2021.

She told the show: ‘I just felt like my whole world shattered around me, I felt that if someone saw these images, they looked very real and they might think they are real.

‘I felt my relationship might be on the line. Friends and family too, it really did feel that this could ruin my life. When I did find out who was behind them I was completely in shock, I was feeling suicidal.

‘This is a matter of male violence against women and we need to make sure victims have the option of having their images removed, ultimately that’s what many victims want.’

Meanwhile Christine, also a pseudonym, drew attention to the fact that deepfakes could still be shared legally, even though circulating intimate images was against the law.

She said: ‘The law commission report from 2022, they were less sure if the creation of these images were serious enough to criminalise because they thought if someone doesn’t know about it, there’s no harm caused.

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The Flog It! favourite detailed how the clips made her feel ‘stupid’ when she was sent them, adding: ‘As it sunk in, it was deeply distressing’

‘This is something I found to be totally wrong.

‘The bottom line should be if a woman does not consent, that should be enough. (Her bill) covers the non-consensual taking, creation and solicitation to create sexually explicit images and video.

‘I’m hoping it sets a marker down that it is an act of abuse. If they keep the legislation as the lords passed it, (punishment) would be fine and prison as an option.’

Christine revealed the good news that she had managed to get most of the malicious content of her removed over the last few months, but admitted that the nightmare experience still stuck with her.

‘It’s something I will always have hanging over me and other victims,’ she added. ‘Seeing your own image being used without your consent feels like you’re being robbed of your freewill.’