In an emotional video, Scarlett Moffatt has issued a warning to social media users after a man approached her and said she was 'going home with him'. The former Gogglebox star had inadvertently given away too many details about her location.
Taking to Instagram, and through her tears, she explained to her 2.2m followers how a man she didn't know had come up to her in King's Cross station on Wednesday, August 31. Detailing her ordeal, she urged followers to 'keep safe'.
Scarlett began: “Right, I’m going to do this video, and not for attention or anything like that". She continued: "Firstly I want to say a massive thank you to Neil and Danny who work for LNER, because it isn’t in your job description to walk me all the way to my hotel and I really, really appreciate it and I hope that… I’m going to tag LNER so that they can see this because honestly, I don’t know what I would have done without you."
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The 31-year-old tried to compose herself before becoming more tearful as she explained what had happened. "I’m doing this so that people realise the importance of using social media and not always posting where you are. I stupidly, naively posted on Instagram saying, ‘Off to London on the train’ and when I got into King’s Cross station there was a guy there – oh sorry, hang on..."
Scarlett, who Manchester Evening News noted shot to fame on Channel 4 hit Gogglebox before going on the be crowned Queen of the Jungle on I'm A Celebrity, briefly paused as she battled tears. She then returned and said: "Sorry, I’ve composed myself. I think, because Danny and Neil were there, I stayed calm.
"But this guy came at me and said, ‘Scarlett, I’ve been waiting for you. You’re coming home with me.’ And then I said, ‘Oh no, thank you’ and walked off. And then he followed me and was like, ‘Scarlett, Scarlett, you’re coming home with me. I’m taking you home with me.’
"And then luckily the train guard’s seen us, because it was just outside King’s Cross station, and then was like, ‘Come over here! Oh, Scarlett, hiya!’, pretending that I was like with them, and then walked me to my hotel."
The emotional reality star continued: “I think it’s just hit us how actually scary that was. But I want to say to you, do not post [where you are], you don’t know who’s looking at your stories. But I want to post a picture of Danny and Neil, the absolute legends that they are. I’m actually going to post this picture tomorrow because I’ve realised that you can probably tell what hotel I’m in by posting it."
Scarlett then ended by warning: "Oh my word, I’ve never even thought of this before. Please, people, be careful what you’re posting." It came after she posted a Boomerang video of herself to her Instagram Stories showing her at the train station before excitedly confirming she was off to the capital.
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