Sally Nugent was ‘rescued’ from difficult man by Helen Skelton’s dad (Picture: Rex)
Sally Nugent is a familiar face for most viewers of BBC Breakfast but unfortunately this comes with the risk of persistent fans.
The 52-year-old journalist is one of the top presenters on the BBC, recently urging Chief International Correspondent, Lyse Doucet, to safety amid the broadcast.
While she can deliver hard hitting news, Sally is also seen looking glamorous at events, attracting some ‘admirers’ according to Helen Skelton, 40.
A decade ago the pair were at the Sports Personality Awards, when Sally was faced with these overly keen fans – one of whom didn’t want to give up.
He was so persistent that Helen’s dad Richard decided to step in and tell the random man to move on.
Her ‘stoic’ dad ‘rescued’ Sally, but stopped and said it was a ‘story for another day’ before Zoe Ball pushed for more information.
Helen and her dad Richard weren’t going to let Sally be bothered at the event (Picture: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
Sally was married at the time to her now ex-husband Gavin (Credits: PA)
‘So years ago, it was 2013 and it was the Sports Personality Awards,’ the Countryfile presenter began while on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast show.
She continued: ‘Sally Nugent is obviously a stunning lady, she has an army of admirers.
‘Let’s just say one bloke was getting too familiar and he kept trying to have a picture and pick her up.
‘And my lovely stoic dad stepped in and basically said, “I think that’s enough” and I think ever since that moment, my dad has been an inadvertent security guard.’
Sally was at the time married to her now-ex husband Gavin Hawthorn, 52, who she was with for 13 years before splitting in May.
The pair were said to have ‘grown apart’ but had ‘tried to tough it out for quite a while’.
Sally and Gavin have a teenage son together, so ‘didn’t want to split up if they could possibly help it for [his] sake.’
Metro has reached out to Sally Nugent’s representatives for comment.
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Dad to the rescue!