Ben Fordham has issued a grave warning to young men and women in the wake of former Test captain Tim Paine’s sexting scandal.

Paine resigned when the explicit messages were made public, and in a bid to prevent his own children suffering a similar fate, Ben has a simple plea:

“Don’t take photos of what’s inside your pants!

“Camera phones and genitalia don’t mix. Nothing good will ever come of it.

“We’ve seen what’s happened to young women when these photos fall into the wrong hands.

“And we’ve seen what can happen to men. Guess what boys? No one wants to see it!”

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2GB sports reporter James Willis also weighed in on the incident, declaring Tim Paine had no choice but to go.

“This would’ve been very distracting heading into the Ashes.”

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