How Will ‘American Idol’ Hopeful Claudia Conway’s Nude Photo Scandal Affect The Competition?
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Claudia Conway, daughter of former presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, opened up about her nude photo scandal on TikTok. The 16-year-old who recently auditioned for Season 19 of American Idol first accused her mother of leaking nude photos on Twitter. But, she later cleared up the situation in a series of TikTok videos. How will this affect her competing on American Idol?
Claudia Conway Accused Kellyanne Conway Of Leaking Her Nudes
In a series of now-deleted TikTok videos, Claudia spoke about how she was made aware by other TikTok users that her nudes had surfaced on Twitter. They were posted by Kellyanne’s official account. A distraught Claudia took to TikTok in tears to express how angry she was and assumed that her mother had gotten the pictures after taking her phone away in the past. She confirmed that the pictures were real and that the only way they could have been posted is if someone had access to her phone. “Kellyanne, you’re going to f*cking jail” she declared.
This is not the first time the mother-daughter duos’ rocky relationship has been on full display. Claudia has often posted TikTok videos accusing her mother of abuse and trauma. In her TikTok bio, she formerly had a countdown to when she turns 18 so that she no longer has to live under her parent’s roof.
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Claudia later posted a few TikTok’s to clear the air. “I have faith and I know that my mother would never put something like that on the internet. My mom and I, we fight like mothers and daughters but we also love like mothers and daughters and I do love her” she said. “I will be taking a break from social media because we are really tired of being headlines and we fight like mothers and daughters but being in the public eye exacerbates that greatly and it adds a lot of stress to both of our lives and I don’t want that.” The American Idol hopeful thinks that her mother was hacked and asked people to stop trying to get the authorities involved.
How Will This Scandal Effect Claudia Competing On ‘Idol’?
Twitter is currently conducting an investigation on the matter, but what about American Idol? Claudia first broke the news that she auditioned for the upcoming season in November. She posted a TikTok video from the set of the show and was excited to sing for the judges. Katy Perry also posted a video on her Instagram story featuring Claudia at the time of her audition.
In the past, several contestants have had nude photo scandals after their images leaked online. One contestant, Frenchie Davis was actually kicked off the show in its second season after her topless photos were discovered. Frenchie used the money from the photos to pay for college. Just a few seasons later, contestant Antonella Barba also had her nude photos surfaced online. However, she was allowed to remain in the competition.
American Idol certainly had strict rules at the beginning of the show’s inception when it came to contestants and their explicit photos. But, there is also a double standard on how these scandals are handled. We talk more about this in the What’s Hot Video below.
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Claudia obviously cannot say whether or not she made it past the audition rounds and onto Hollywood Week. So, we will all have to tune in on February 14 to see how the show handles her audition and scandal.
