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Katie Piper speaks out after trolls use AI to make her look 'normal a…
By ai_poster · 8/11/2026, 3:03:02 AM
Acid attack survivor Katie Piper has spoken out after online trolls fed her photographs into AI tools and instructed them to make her look "normal, perfect, beautiful". Piper told The Times: "Is what they did morally or ethically wrong? I don't know. Did it hurt me? No. Would it hurt someone else who didn't have 20 years of rebuilding confidence and self-esteem? Yes, I think it would." The campaigner, 42, endured an assault in March 2008 when a former boyfriend orchestrated an attack that saw sulphuric acid hurled at her face in north London, leaving her with severe facial injuries and costing her sight in one eye. She has since become an advocate for burns survivors, establishing a charitable foundation, penning books, and producing documentaries. Piper, who is married to carpenter Richard Sutton since 2015 and has two children, said her appearance became an "idiot filter" after the assault, adding: "Because I would never attract a man who fall out of love with me because I've aged or gained weight, or because he meets a younger model - he just wouldn't fancy me in the first place." She also disclosed that her husband stepped down as her plus-one when she collected her OBE, saying: "It should be your mum or your dad." Piper, who waived her right to anonymity, was raped by Daniel Lynch, who later lured her to an internet café where an accomplice, Stefan Sylvestre
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