NAOMI Ross is breaking her silence after her brother, Adin, was duped into looking at a NSFW photo during a livestream - and she wants the world to know the truth.
Adin Ross, 22, was chatting with his fans earlier this week on Kick, an alternativestreaming platform, while watching videos and looking at pictures from aDiscordchat.
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One of the videos Adin clicked on was edited, seemingly appearing to show a clip of a tree branch being cut down before it switched to a nude image - showing who many believed was his sister Naomi.
Adin, who boasts more than 7million followers acrossInstagramand Twitter, clicked away immediately and reacted with obvious anger.
"I'm not even joking, bro, that s**t is too far," the streamer said candidly to his audience.
"All s**t aside, that s**t is way too f**king far, bro. Y'all literally just went too f**king far with that one, bro."
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However, Naomi has come forward to say that she isn't the woman in the photo.
"This is not me and I don't post stuff like that," she told The U.S. Sun in an exclusive interview.
FLOODED WITH CRUEL MESSAGES
Naomi said that she first heard about the situation when she checked her Instagram and saw a series of "degrading" comments.
"They're putting me down and saying like, 'You're an embarrassment to your family.'
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"I was like, 'What is going on?' And then my brother messaged me and he's like, 'Just ignore the hate.'
"I guess he reacted to it and I was like, 'Did you actually for a moment think that was me?' and he said, 'No, I never did.'
"So that's how I found out, and I've just been getting a bunch of hateful messages."
The moment from the livestream was clipped and shared on social media, receiving millions of views.
Naomi said that she watched the clip and believes that people may have mistaken her for the woman in the photo due to some physical features that they share such as long, dark hair.
"I don't know, people just believe that this person is me," Naomi said.
"It's just a very weird world I guess."
An OnlyFans model came forward claiming to be the woman in the photo, and even reached out to Naomi to apologize for the fallout.
"She said, 'I'm so sorry you were having to deal with repercussions of some random fan showing your brother my photo' and I was so thankful that she reached out.
"I don't judge anyone whatsoever who does that type of stuff but personally, I don't.
"She said, 'I get it and this is totally not fair on you' and she's been really nice about it."
"I feel like a lot of people haven't even bothered to ask like, how this makes [me] or even the other woman feel in this situation."
PREVIOUS INCIDENT
The NSFW photo wasn't the first time Naomi, who has her own social media following, was pulled into drama involving Adin.
In January 2022, Adin was watching a video featuring rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine when he spotted a woman that looked similar to Naomi.
He reacted to the clip in a livestream, saying: "Wait, wait why is my sister with Tekashi? Oh hell no! Oh f**k no!"
The video led to speculation that Naomi was dating the rapper, however, she was quick to dispel the rumors.
"That wasn't even me," she said.
Adin also later clarified in a separate livestream that his sister wasn't in the video.
"I'm going to confirm with you guys real quick, there's a lot of people posting that my sister is dating Tekashi 6ix9ine. That's not my sister bro," he said.
"I thought it was, it was the quality of the video, that's not my sister, OK?"
Still, Naomi said she received a lot of hate and negative comments from that as well.
"It's not the first time but I think this [latest drama over the photo] is the first time where it's kind of affecting my mental health," she said.
"It's affecting me on a deeper level because the photo is very explicit."
'FEELING LIKE I HAVE NO VOICE'
Naomi has since made her Instagram private and is making an effort to avoid comments written about her online.
"It's almost like I wanna disappear from social media," she said.
"I've been kind of keeping to myself. I haven't really been posting, I haven't really been active."
When asked how she was feeling about the situation, she said: "I guess a good word would be sad.
"[And] feeling like I have no voice. They all believe it's me, so I'm thinking, it's gonna follow me around forever."
While she is not as active as her brother on social media, she hopes to make some good out of it in the future.
"I got certified in yoga and I really wanna help people with the knowledge that I've learned and the beauty I found," she said.
"Yoga has helped me mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally.
"Also, down the road, I'd like to start a podcast talking to people who might struggle with depression and anxiety because I've definitely been there."
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Naomi called the photo incident a "setback" in her mental health and hopes that people understand that not everything they read or see on the internet is true.
"Even pictures, in my case, are not facts. That was not me," she said.
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