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Billie Eilish says watching porn from age 11 "really destroyed my brain"

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    "I think porn is a disgrace" Billie Eilish says watching porn from age 11 "really destroyed my brain"
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"I think porn is a disgrace. I used to watch a lot of porn, to be honest. I started watching porn when I was, like, 11," the "Bad Guy" singer said, saying it helped her feel as if she were cool and "one of the guys."

 

Grammy-winning singer Billie Eilish has spoken about an addiction to watching pornography, starting at age 11, and how it gave her nightmares and messed her up when she started dating.

Eilish, who turns 20 on Saturday, was speaking on "The Howard Stern Show" on Sirius XM radio on Monday.
"I think porn is a disgrace. I used to watch a lot of porn, to be honest. I started watching porn when I was, like, 11," the "Bad Guy" singer said, saying it helped her feel as if she were cool and "one of the guys."

"Unless it was violent I didn't think it was attractive," she said.

"I was a virgin, I had never done anything so it lead to problems where the first few times I had sex I was not saying no to things that were not good and it's because I thought that that was what I was supposed to be attracted to.

"I'm so angry that porn is so loved and I'm so angry at myself for thinking that it was OK and... it's how so many people think they're supposed to learn."

She refers to pornography in the song Male Fantasy, which is on her latest album Happier Than Ever.

In the opening lines of the track, she sings: "Home alone, trying not to eat, distract myself with pornography. I hate the way she looks at me.

"I can't stand the dialogue - she would never be that satisfied, it's a male fantasy. I'm going back to therapy."