The Hills star Audrina Patridge has spoken out about the naked photos of her that have surfaced on the ‘net.

The reality TV faker became the latest celebrity to be caught up in a 'nude photo scandal' when topless pictures of her began doing the rounds on Wednesday.

Audrina admits being naive when she took part in the saucy shoot, which she says was for audition photos for Playboy - which were rejected.

"Regarding the photos that someone released to the public today without my consent, I wanted you to know they were taken when I was just out of high school and beginning to model," she blogged on Myspace Celebrity.

Audrina claims the shots were supposed to be "artistic and not in any way provocative" and "not meant to be seen by the public."

"I was naive, overly trusting of people and inexperienced," she continues.

"I thought that to be a model you had to be comfortable in front of the camera. I'm not ashamed of these photos, but I don’t want my young fans to think they have to do what I did. I hope people can learn from my inexperience. It's been almost five years since I posed for that shoot, and during that time I have learned many lessons about this business."