Los Angeles—Madison Beer, the 26-year-old pop star whose voice has filled arenas and whose life has often spilled into headlines, has revealed a chapter of her past that’s as raw as it is complicated. In a candid interview on the Call Her Daddy podcast, released April 16, 2025, Beer shared that she recently reconnected with the ex-boyfriend who, when she was just 15, shared private nude images of her without consent. The revelation, dropped in a conversation that crackled with vulnerability, sheds light on a dark moment from her teens—and her surprising perspective on it now.
Beer was barely a teenager, navigating the early glow of fame, when the incident happened in 2014. The images, sent in private, were circulated online, a betrayal that thrust her into a public scandal. Legal documents from the time, filed in California, confirm the perpetrator was a minor, complicating prosecution. The fallout was brutal—Beer faced scrutiny, shame, and the weight of a digital age that doesn’t forget. Fast-forward a decade, and Beer told host Alex Cooper she’s spoken with her ex recently. No grudges, she said. No lingering venom. Instead, she described a sense of closure, a quiet acceptance that he was young, reckless, and caught in the same whirlwind of youth as she was.
The conversation wasn’t all forgiveness and rainbows. Beer’s voice, steady but laced with the grit of someone who’s lived through it, recounted the pain of that violation. She was clear: the act was wrong, the damage real. But she also spoke of healing, of refusing to let that moment define her. The reconnection, she explained, wasn’t about excusing the past but understanding it. They talked. He apologized. She listened. And in that exchange, Beer found a way to let go—not for him, but for herself.
This isn’t Beer’s first time addressing the scandal. In a 2021 memoir excerpt published by HarperCollins, she detailed the emotional toll, including panic attacks and a struggle with self-worth. What’s new is her decision to engage with her ex, a move that’s rare in a world where grudges are often polished and kept shiny. No court records show recent legal action tied to the case, and Beer’s team has stayed mum beyond her own words. Her focus, she told Cooper, is on her music, her mental health, and a future she’s clawing out from the shadows of her past.
Beer’s story lands at a time when conversations about digital privacy and accountability are louder than ever. The music industry, where she’s carved a name with hits like “Selfish,” hasn’t always been kind to young women in the spotlight. Yet Beer’s openness—raw, unfiltered, and unflinchingly human—cuts through the noise. She’s not preaching. She’s just telling it like it is.
The podcast episode, already racking up millions of streams, ends with Beer reflecting on her younger self. She wishes she could tell that 15-year-old girl it’ll be okay. She’s not there yet, she admitted, but she’s closer than ever. Her ex, unnamed in the interview, remains a footnote in a story she’s now writing on her own terms.