‘This has to stop’: Lisa Riley shares anger at AI generated pictures ‘revealing’ pregnancy after IVF and fertility struggles

Actress Lisa Riley has shared hurt and anger over AI pictures of herself circulating online, depicting her holding a baby scan and also an infant child.

The faked pregnancy 'reveal' comes after the star's struggles with IVF and fertility that have left her unable to have a child of her own, despite wanting to be a mother.

Lisa shared the devastating pictures to Instagram, writing, "THIS HAS TO STOP! It’s absolutely horrendous! Saying that I’m pregnant again!"

She continued, "How is this allowed, it makes me so upset… What world do we live in that these lies, and more lies are allowed to be put in the public domain. I’m sick to death of it now."

The actress has been very open about her fertility journey, discussing it with the Loose Women panel on some occasions when she's been hosting the show.

Having built her career starring in the likes of Waterloo Road, Fat Friends and Emmerdale, Lisa once shared that she "waited and waited" to find the right person to have a child with.

She's been with her musician boyfriend Al since 2014, and decided he was the right person to start a family with. Sadly, despite "trying everything," Lisa has been unable to fall pregnant.

Now aged 50, the star has admitted that, "Sometimes in life it's not meant to be."

During one Loose Women appearance, Lisa shared, "I couldn't fall pregnant, I would've given everything in my life to have had a child."

She added, "I wasn't that lucky. I tried everything." Committed to continuing to try, it was her partner Al who eventually convinced her to stop.

Lisa shares that Al turned to her one day to say, "You have to stop all the IVF treatment. It's diminishing you, it's taking your personality away, you're trying too hard."

Agreeing he was right, Lisa says she felt like a "jigsaw with a missing piece," realising she wouldn't have a child, and sometimes "still struggles" when conversations she's having head towards pregnancy and babies.

The actress received many supportive comments when she shared the AI pictures of the faked scan and herself holding a newborn.

One person wrote, "What on earth!? Have people lost their minds? This is so upsetting. Sending you lots of love," while another added, "Inexcusable. Sending tons of love Lisa."

Elsewhere in the comments, another supporter shared, "So wrong on so many levels.
Truly hope you’re ok. It needs to stop and Instagram has a responsibility to those being affected by it."

Echoing the same sentiments, another person said, "Oh Lisa this is just so awful. I’m so sorry you have been subjected to this. It’s disgusting. Sending you the biggest hugs."