Bill Maher is set to receive the Mark Twain Award for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on June 28.

Whitney Cummings took to Twitter early Monday morning claiming that someone is trying to blackmail her over a semi-nude photo she inadvertently posted to her Instagram story months ago. "They all must think Im way more famous than I am, but they also must think Im way more easily intimidated than I am," she added. Whitney Cummings (@WhitneyCummings) August 12, 2019However, the comedian then claimed that the threats had escalated, but she wasn't changing her stance on her nude photos possibly being leaked. Whitney Cummings (@WhitneyCummings) August 12, 2019ET has reached out to Cummings for comment. Whitney Cummings Opens Up About Eating Disorder in New Book: 'I've Had My Hair Fall Out From Not Eating EnoughWhitney Cummings Shows Off 25-Pound Weight Gain in Topless Instagram Photo

Whitney Cummings, shown here at a 2018 event, shut down efforts to extort her over a photo. (CNN) - Whitney Cummings is taking a public approach to dealing with internet scum and making it clear she won't be bullied. "In April I accidentally posted an insta story that showed nipple," she said on Twitter. Cummings did not share the identities of any of the people she says were attempting to get money from her "because some of them might be dumb kids." More than 30 states and the District of Columbia have laws against nonconsensual disclosure of sexually explicit images and videos.

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