Ashley James reveals dating women while also targeted in AI scam
ashley james has said she dated women and questioned her sexuality while appearing on Made In Chelsea. The article examines the tension between those personal revelations and a separate incident in which an AI-generated weight-loss clip used her likeness to promote a product she says she would never endorse.
Ashley James’ Made In Chelsea revelations
Confirmed fact: Ashley James has stated she struggled with her sexuality and dated women during her twenties while appearing on the reality series Made In Chelsea. The record notes she began questioning her sexual preferences as early as age 14, that she kissed girls on nights out and later felt confused when partners dismissed those moments as drunken or embarrassing.
Confirmed fact: The account records that on early social platforms she set her preference to girls and used online chats as a possible safe space while exploring her identity. She has also described that if relationships with women on the show had continued, she would have been publicly out as liking girls.
Confirmed fact: The disclosed personal timeline in the record also places Ashley James in a long-term heterosexual relationship with Tommy Andrews, whom she met during the pandemic, and identifies two children in that family. That biographical detail appears alongside her description of celebrating queerness and seeking to avoid assumptions in how she raises her children.
AI weight-loss scam used Ashley James’ image on the daytime set
Confirmed fact: Separately, Ashley James discovered an AI-generated video using her face in a weight-loss promotion that claimed she had lost a large amount of weight in a short period. The manipulated clip placed an AI version of her on a familiar daytime set with presenters Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard and included a link encouraging viewers to buy a weight-loss treatment.
Confirmed fact: She told presenters on the live programme that the video was not real, that the voice and the appearance were fabricated, and that she would never promote such a product. She said she felt “so upset” because the clip leveraged the credibility of the daytime show and risked encouraging people to buy a product she did not endorse.
Documented pattern: The record also notes that other public figures have had realistic manipulated clips used to sell false slimming products, and that those targets have publicly warned followers about the scams. One named figure described the manipulations as a scam and said they were devastated by friends and followers being misled.
Sara Davies and Sue Cleaver show a documented pattern of manipulation
Documented pattern: The record cites two other named public figures affected by similar manipulations. One businesswoman publicly called the videos scams and expressed devastation that people might spend significant sums or ingest unknown pills after seeing such clips. Another actor said she had received messages from people who spent money after believing manipulated endorsements and called the experience mortifying.
Documented pattern: Those accounts in the record present a pattern in which lifelike, AI-generated content uses recognizable faces and the apparent authority of known presenters to push products. The record also notes commentary that there is currently little protection for those whose images are repurposed in this way.
Open question: The context does not confirm who created the AI weight-loss clip using Ashley James’ likeness, whether the social media links led to measurable consumer purchases, or whether any platforms removed the material after it circulated. The record does state that a company link appeared on social platforms encouraging purchases, but it does not identify that company.
What would resolve it: If the operators or company behind the social media link tied to the AI video were identified and disclosed, it would establish who produced the manipulated advertisement and whether the clip led to purchases. If that identification is confirmed, it would clarify responsibility for using Ashley James’ image and the scale of consumer impact.
