‘Bachelor’ alum and Alabama native details addiction to porn, masturbation, ‘sexual sin’
An Alabama native who appeared on season 24 of “The Bachelor” recently revealed that she battles with an addiction to porn and masturbation.
Madison Prewett, who graduated from Auburn University and Bible College in 2018 before appearing on “The Bachelor” in 2019, made the confession during the June 23 episode of her “Stay True” podcast, saying that she has struggled with an “addiction to sexual sin” since middle school.
Prewett said that while she has abstained from porn and masturbation for the past 10 years, she once felt “enslaved” to both after being introduced to music and TV shows with sexually explicit content at the age of 13.
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“That was something I felt like I could not break free from,” Prewett said during the podcast. “No matter how much I loved Jesus, I could not shake that sin. I could not break free from porn and masturbation. And I would beat myself up and I would be bound by shame.”
The addiction impacted several of her relationships, according to Prewett, but confessing “to God and confessing to other believers” helped her to overcome it.
“It’s still a choice for me every single day, even as a married woman, to not return back to the past of my sexual sin addictions,” Prewett said. “It’s still a choice every single day for me not to choose to lust after things that I see online or to give into a feeling that arises.”
The 29-year-old, who was a finalist on “The Bachelor” and was applauded for her decision to leave the show after feeling pressured to compromise on her religious views, married Grant Troutt, a pastor, in 2022. She has since released two memoirs about her life experiences and faith.