Bonnie Blue has been accused of 'spawn camping' after she posted a cameo video for a 17-year-old boy called Jack. The sex worker and mum-of-one shared the clip on TikTok, wishing the boy a happy birthday and saying he would soon be old enough to visit her.
Bonnie, real name Tia Billinger, said in the video: 'Happy 17th birthday. I'm in the bang bus right now and it's somewhere you cannot enter just yet. But, only one more year until the bang bus doors will be open… and maybe something else.'
Viewers accuse Bonnie of 'spawn camping'
Beneath the video, viewers claimed she was 'spawn camping'. The term comes from gaming and describes waiting for an opponent who has died to come back to life, only to kill them before they can protect themselves. In this context, it implies Bonnie is preying on the young boy.
Others called the video 'grooming', or labelled her 'disgusting' and 'sick'. The former OnlyFans star has previously denied online allegations that she was a 'predator' and an 'abuser' for targeting 'barely legal teens', after she rose to fame in 2024 by inviting university freshers to sleep with her.
She told Metro at the time: 'They're 18 and consenting. It's their bodies. They choose to contact me. Yes, I put videos out there to say: "Hey, this is where I'm going to be, come and get me on my knees." But that's their choice. If they then come, I'm not forcing them. If I was forcing them off the street, dragging them up, then yeah, call me a predator, but it's not the case.'
Social worker raises moral concerns
Social worker and dating educator LalaLetMeExplain said the video raises 'moral concerns'. She told Metro: 'The current law wouldn't stop her from having sex with a 16 or 17 year old if they consented. It just stops her from being able to film it. But saying sexually suggestive things to a teenager 10 years your junior raises moral concerns about her ability to safeguard young people or that she understands the power dynamic that exists with her as an older, famous, rich woman.'
Lala believes consenting at 16 shouldn't mean consenting to sexual activity with much older adults. As a co-founder of Close The Consent Gap, she advocates for a staggered age of consent, which would make it an offence for a person aged 20 or over to engage in sexual activity with a person aged 16 to 17, unless the age difference is no more than three years.
'While Bonnie Blue hasn't had physical contact with a 17-year-old, the fact that she spoke about having sex with him in a year's time feels predatory,' she added. 'However, given that somebody must've arranged and paid for the cameo, and that they may have provided her with a script, I don't think this specific cameo is necessarily an example of Bonnie behaving in an entirely predatory manner, but it is certainly highly irresponsible. She could've said no.'
A narrative to avoid
Lala feels the reaction to the video, which has seen other people claiming to be 17-year-old boys asking for similar clips, reinforces a worrying narrative. She explained: 'There is a cultural narrative that would say that a boy of 17 would be lucky to receive an offer like this, and that sex with older women is a rite of passage. There are always scores of men talking about what a great opportunity the lad had, how he should feel grateful and how it's every teenage boys dream. But, these attitudes harm boys and men, they make boys feel like they have to enjoy whatever sexual offer is thrown at them, or that not enjoying it is unmasculine. There is pressure to prove masculinity through sexual conquests. In reality, sexual experiences with much older adults can be confusing, it can leave them vulnerable to exploitation, and make it harder for them to recognise or speak up about experiences that make them uncomfortable.'
Lala also took issue with the concept of 'spawn camping'. She said: 'Currently people would use the terminology of "waiting until someone is legal" which is deeply disturbing as it suggests that the person is already attracted to the child but needs to wait to take advantage of them until doing so isn't a criminal offence. I'd feel uncomfortable with the term spawn camping becoming commonly used as it normalises and meme-fies a very sinister predatory act. Though, far too many adults engage in this behaviour already, having a label for it won't increase the numbers.'
Reported to the NSPCC
Metro has reached out to Bonnie Blue for comment. She was also reported to the NSPCC by Tory equalities spokesperson Joy Morrissey back in September for 'serious safeguarding concerns', following the birth of her baby. This came after she received backlash for posting TikToks where she appeared to hold a baby, surrounded by men in balaclavas.
'Yes I just had a baby, but that means the six-week rule does not apply to me because I had a C-section,' she said in one video, with the infant heavily pixelated. 'Down there still looking perfect.'
In her letter to the child safety charity, Morrissey wrote: 'Children are not adults. They must never be involved in pornography, used to promote adult entertainment, or absorbed into a parent's sexualised commercial brand.' An NSPCC spokesperson told Metro at the time: 'We take all concerns raised with us about the safety and wellbeing of children seriously and deal with them appropriately. If anyone is worried about the safety of a child they should contact the NSPCC Helpline.'
