By : LENNARD GUI &
REGINA LEE
WHERE do you go after you've
posted naked pictures and sex videos of you and your lover on the Internet?
Let's ask Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Pamela Anderson—and for that matter,
Colin Farrell, Kanye West, Tommy Lee, Fred Durst from Limp Bizkit and perhaps
some politicians, too.
Truth is, bedroom photos and
sex romp tapes are great for jacking up a celebrity's profile, and many a star
have had their career explode on the back of a sex scandal. Now, Malaysian sex
bloggers Alvin Tan and Vivian Lee are finding out just what a wide
rollercoaster ride that kind of infamy can be.
Public opinion has been
split on their actions, from people tearing them apart and putting them down
with every vile name in the book to supporters who champion their right to
freedom of expression and commending them for standing up for what they believe
in.
Not that either of them
could care less what people think.
In an exclusive interview
with Joanne Kam and Xandria Ooi for Capital FM yesterday—a separate
conversation was recorded for Red FM, another Star Media Group-owned radio
station—both Alvin, 24, and Vivian, 23, looked to be thoroughly enjoying the
attention and made no apologies for being who they are.
"Doing things like
bungee jumping or skydiving is pretty standard stuff. I want to hang out with
people who have done things which are unprecedented," said Alvin.
Vivian certainly fits the
bill. Before he met her, Alvin says his ex-girlfriends were pretty vanilla in
their sexual proclivities and weren't too keen to experiment with him.
"Most were cowards," he said. "OK, I take that back—they were
unadventurous."
In fact, it was Vivian's
idea initially to take some photos of them in the nude and tape them shagging.
But it was a mutual agreement between the two young adults to post their
explicit pictures and videos on the Internet and share the lot with, well, the
whole wide world.
After making contact on
Facebook, Alvin revealed, "We started taking the photos the second time we
met. We were fooling around in a hotel in Penang on holiday, and she was
totally naked and she asked if I wanted to take her picture. I was totally game
for it."
At first, their photos
appeared on their Facebook profiles. But when other users flagged their
pictures as inappropriate, they took their work to a blog they created called
Sumptuous Erotica. Even then, the hits were low—until they posted the link in a
social forum.
And the rest is history.
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