Ricky Whittle caught up in sex tape scandal

OHMYGOSSIP — Ricky Whittle has been caught up in a sex tape scandal.
The 35-year-old actor is desperate to carve out a movie career in the US this year but is convinced his big dream is now in tatters after raunchy footage of him performing a consensual explicit act on a mystery woman was leaked online this week.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “It was a consensual act which was filmed in private, so to discover it has leaked on to the web has really taken him by surprise. He’s done what he can do to try to have it pulled down. But there’s no telling how many people may have saved it or shared it. It’s very concerning — and people are only just discovering how widespread this practice is becoming.”
The embarrassing leak couldn’t have come at a worse time for Ricky as he’s currently working on a lead role in the US series ‘American Gods’ alongside Ian McShane.
Neil Gaiman – who has turned the novel into a series – said at the time: “I’m thrilled that Ricky has been cast as Shadow. His auditions were remarkable. The process of taking a world out of the pages of a book, and putting it onto the screen has begun.
“‘American Gods’ is, at its heart, a book about immigrants, and it seems perfectly appropriate that Shadow will, like so much else, be coming to America.”
His career has come on leaps and bounds over the past few years, considering the handsome star made a name for himself playing hunky policeman Calvin Valentine in the early-evening soap ‘Hollyoaks’ from 2006 until his alter ego was killed off in 2011.
During his time on the programme, Ricky agreed to take part in the BBC’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and came runner-up alongside his professional partner Natalie Lowe.

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