Janet Street-Porter revealed a terrifying incident which occurred on Thursday (Picture: REX)
Janet Street-Porter has revealed a terrifying incident which occurred when she was walking alone by herself.
The 76-year-old had been taking a ‘quiet walk’ by herself in Kent on Thursday afternoon when she says a man ‘drove up behind’ her began shouting abuse.
The Loose Women star took to Twitter to reveal the ordeal, saying: ‘I went for a quiet walk by the sea in Kent this afternoon.
‘A car suddenly drove up behind me, the man behind the wheel screamed I HATE YOU, WE ALL HATE YOU, YOU ARE STUPID and when I tried walk away he turned round and spat out YOU WILL GO DOWN.’
Her post was showered in support with co-star Judi Love writing: ‘Hun omg.’
Janet later said she was ‘ok’ but ‘shocked’ as she shared an update with followers.
She shared an update saying it was ‘a bit of a shock’ (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
She wrote: ‘I am ok, but it was a bit of a shock.
‘I don’t know a single person who would get pleasure from driving up to a woman walking by herself on a quiet road by the sea and shouting abuse at her.
‘But maybe I haven’t lived!’
This comes after Janet opened up about the horrific abuse she has previously faced, recalling a time she was mocked for her accent during the early years of her career.
Janet’s post was showered in support (Picture: Twitter)
Speaking on Loose Women, she revealed she used to be called names by her male colleagues, during a segment on hurtful comments where each presenter shared a time they had been met with harmful words over the years.
Janet explained on the ITV daytime show: ‘When I started as a journalist and I went on the radio in 1971, the outcry about my accent was ludicrous.
‘I had all these blokes, posh white blokes of a certain age, saying I sounded common, I was unintelligent.
‘I was, you know, I should be “put down”, one man said if he saw me crossing the road he would run me over.
Janet has previously opened up about facing abuse (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
‘And it really had an impact on me.’
She had spoken about comments she had received over her accent in the past and revealed on the show in 2020: ‘I have had people mimicking my accent to my face and they come up to me in a supermarket or something.
‘They say “my daughter does a really good you” and then some person is brought up and does me and it’s not very funny at all.’
Loose Women airs weekdays from 12.30pm on ITV1.
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She later shared an update with fans that she was ‘in shock’.