Bonnie Blue spotted after backlash to ‘grubby' Channel 4 documentary
Bonnie Blue touched down in Ibiza on Friday — just two days after the premiere of her documentary 1000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story, which aired on Britain's Channel 4 on Wednesday.
The 26-year-old looked relatively low-key in comparison to her typically sultry look that she has been known to sport. Blue wore a cream coloured tracksuit set with her hoodie pulled up over her head. It was paired with a white T-shirt, with the slogan being half hidden.
She cuddled an oversized polar bear plushie and her blonde hair was loose around her face.
Blue being spotted at the airport comes after the premiere of her extremely divisive doco, which detailed her mission to sleep with 1057 men in one 12-hour session. Viewers branded the new film as 'grubby' and 'sickening', featuring explicit scenes some deemed too raunchy for TV.
'Channel 4 has sunk a new low. Why is there a documentary on Bonnie Blue? Why are they trying to normalise her behaviour on national television?' one asked on X.
'This #bonnieblue documentary is absolutely depressing … I feel like I'm losing my mind watching this,' mused another.
As one raged: 'Channel 4 you are truly disgusting for airing a documentary about Bonnie blue in any way shape or form. Genuinely disappointing how that woman is allowed a platform of any sort.'
Another labelled it 'literal porn'.
The film also featured multiple scenes of Blue – whose real name is Tia Billinger – and various men engaging in graphic sexual acts.
She's also shown completely nude at times, as well as being pictured shooting adult videos with other porn stars.
As a result, many labelled the film 'disturbing' and 'degrading', arguing it should never have been shown on TV.
Businesses such as Visa, Cawston Press and Smirnoff have also demanded Channel 4 pull its advertising from the program as it 'doesn't fit' with their values, The Sun reported.
Channel 4 defended its decision to air the doco.
'The explicit content in the documentary is editorially justified and provides essential context; making pornographic content is Bonnie's job, and this film is about her work and the response to it,' the broadcaster said, according to LADbible.
'Crucially, the content is presented in a non-gratuitous manner and viewers will be alerted of the sexual content in a program warning at the start to ensure they understand from the outset the nature of the program.
'The program was broadcast after watershed and is compliant with the Ofcom broadcasting code.'
However, despite the backlash to both the documentary and the stunt it was about, Blue is still very keen to continue her television career. At the launch of the documentary, Blue claimed she wanted to do a sex education series, The Sun reported.
'Everyone wants different things, everyone has different requirements,' she said.
'I know from sleeping with thousands of people everyone wants it differently, so they [men] know not to assume that every woman wants it the same way. If they're going too fast or if they're being too rough, speak up.
'You've got a voice. Tell them you don't want it like that, tell them how you want it.'
It's not surprising, given Blue's stunts have seen her kicked off the OnlyFans platform. It wasn't the sleeping with 1057 men in 12 hours, or her endeavour to take school leaver's virginities that did it — it was her announcement that she would host a 'petting zoo', where she was set to be tied up in a glass box 'like a zoo animal' for anyone of legal age to join her.
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