Washington, Sept 20 : Kaley Cuoco has revealed that she "made a joke" about her nude photo leak to take control of the "bad situation."

The 28-year-old actress, who is married to the tennis player Ryan Sweeting, said that one needs to "make fun of oneself" to deal with situation like this, ABC News reported.

The 'Big Bang Theory' star, who took an initiative to send an email to her family to explain about the situation and that she wasn't pregnant or getting divorced, added that she made a joke of it by posting funny photo of herself on Instagram.

Cuoco, who had been receiving " Kaley Cuoco nude photos alerts" for years, continued that when her naked photo got leaked she thought it to be another fake one, but later found out "there were some real ones going around." (ANI)