A week goes by when another celebrity sex tape is released. It’s part of the process of re-making a name for yourself.
MTV’s Lauren Conrad is the latest star in Hollywood with a home made porno about to be made public. The Beverly Hills star made a sex tape with a former boyfriend,Jason Wahler.
Troubled singer Britney Spears is also said to feature on a tape she made with her ex-husband Kevin Federline.
One of the most infamous in recent years featured Paris Hilton and ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon who recorded themselves having sex in a hotel room.
Hilton initially attempted to stop the distribution of the sex tape, but later agreed to its release. Unusually for a celebrity scandal, the notoriety surrounding the tape only served to increase Hilton’s fame.
Celebrity sex tapes aren’t anything new. Perhaps the most well-known, from the late ’90s, belongs to Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.
Actor Rob Lowe destroyed his career when he taped himself having sex with two young girls, one of whom turned out to be underage.
Aussies have also featured in the home-made sex tape arena. Model Sophie Anderton is currently trying to stop a tape of her and goalie Mark Bosnich from being published.
Supermodel Elle Macpherson’s sister Mimi Macpherson also had a sex tape circulate of herself and her boyfriend. In 2000, an explicit sex tape, widely reported to feature Kate Ritchie and her ex-boyfriend, was circulated on the Internet.
Some years before, a sex video of Aussie singer Debra Byrne and an ex-lover found its way into video shops.
Hollywood actor Colin Farrell blocked the release of a sex tape he made with Playboy playmate Nicole Narain while a British judge banned the broadcast of video showing model Elizabeth Jagger engaging in sexual activities with her boyfriend Calum Best.
Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst sued 10 website operators for posting the rocker’s homemade sex tape after it was stolen from his computer.
Jennifer Lopez sued rap mogul Marion ‘Suge’ Knight in 2001 to stop him from showing a video on the internet reportedly of her having sex with a former boyfriend. Knight denied he had any such tape.
Socialite and friend of Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian last year confirmed the existence of a sex tape of her made by then-boyfriend Ray J. She threatened to use legal means to block its planned distribution.