Strictly Come Dancing star 'traumatised' after being mugged in broad daylight
During an appearance on Thursday's Good Morning Britain, she told hosts Ed Balls and Kate Garraway: "I was on my way to the dentist, it was a new dentist, I hadn't been there before, it was early morning around 9am. Took my phone out about about five to 10 seconds of me taking it out, it was grabbed."
"I'm generally quite aware as a person, I look around me. But you just can't predict these things and this is why I would advise everyone to be super careful. Even when you think you're aware of your surroundings, these criminals are professionals, they come out of nowhere and your phone is gone." It comes as
She added: "My advice would be if you want to use your phone, pop into a shop, send the message, come back out. This is what I do now after my own personal experience. I was quite traumatised, actually, yeah, because it's a shock.
"You don't expect it, it's an invasion of your personal space. When it happened, I felt like I'd lost the strength the in my legs. I think I screamed at him as well. It was early morning, so these lovely two ladies came to help me out and gave me their phones."
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