Zara McDermott says wearing revealing clothing ‘doesn’t mean anyone deserves to be assaulted’

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaking to Metro to mark the release of her new BBC Three documentary, Zara McDermott: Uncovering Rape Culture, the former Love Island star explained how some people think that posting revealing photos on social media or wearing particular outfits puts women at a greater risk of being sexually assaulted. “People sometimes say that about me, ‘Your Instagram is full of pictures of you on holiday or pictures of you in a tight dress and wearing nice clothes that don’t always cover you in every kind of way’,” she said. “They are so far apart in my mind that there’s no correlation in that.” McDermott’s new documentary follows one in 2019 about revenge porn, in which the reality star opened up about how an ex-partner leaked explicit photos of her while she was on Love Island. “What I went through with my revenge porn experience, especially after Love Island, completely just clouded what happened because, for me, I wasn’t as emotionally affected by that so I don’t want to sit here and say this was the worst thing that happened to me because I got over it,” she said before going on to explain how she intends to use her platform.