Lake Bell says she directed a Pam & Tommy episode because of her "humiliating" experience from the 2014 celebrity nude photo leak

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Bell was one of the 101 celebrities whose nude photos were hacked and posted to the Internet as part of the "Celebgate" scandal in 2014. "It was an unreal tsunami in the industry for private property being stolen by a hacking, and I was one of those people," Bell told Insider, in her first public comments about being involved in the leak. "I remember having to talk to an FBI recovering agent for a week or so about that property being stolen and it was so humiliating, and for me, it was so personal." So when offered the chance to direct Pam & Tommy, she saw it as opportunity to confront the celebrity photo leak scandal head-on. "Lily and I just connected about it and it became about how do we take this story and do it justice by not allowing for exploitation to yet again be the focal point," Bell said.