On Tuesday, Vanessa Feltz shared grim details about what happened when she once interviewed Rolf Harris (Picture: TalkTV)
Vanessa Feltz has spoken frankly about a terrifying incident involving Rolf Harris that occurred live on air.
It was confirmed on Tuesday that Harris had died aged 93 following a neck cancer battle.
The disgraced star was released from jail in May 2017 after serving three years of his five years and nine months sentence after being found guilty of 12 counts of sexual assault, one of which was later overturned.
Speaking on Tuesday, Feltz, 61, recalled a time she interviewed Harris on The Big Breakfast Show in 1996 and noticed his hand moving up her dress.
Detailing the awful experience on her TalkTV Drivetime show this week, Feltz shared: ‘I didn’t know what to do because I knew that I couldn’t say, “Get your hand off my leg” or “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” or “Get off me” and I also couldn’t jump off the bed because I was all mic-ed up and it’s a live programme.
‘I didn’t know what to do at all.’
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Feltz, 61, recalled a time she interviewed Harris on The Big Breakfast Show in 1996 and noticed his hand moving up her dress (Picture: TalkTV)
She went on: ‘I tried to put the cushion between, that was no good. I couldn’t move any further away because you can see I would’ve fallen off the edge of the bed… his hand meanwhile was getting closer and closer and closer and closer and closer.’
Feltz added: ‘And then it got to the edge of my pants, my knickers, or whatever. My lingerie, and I knew, that if I didn’t do something immediately, it was going to be a proper full-on assault.’
Revealing how she managed to get herself out of the situation, Feltz noted: ‘I did what you’re never allowed to do as a presenter.’
It was confirmed on Tuesday that Harris had died aged 93 following a neck cancer battle (Picture: EPA)
She then explained that she ‘called for a break herself’ instead of ‘waiting for the director to call one’.
During the break, Feltz said she didn’t speak to Harris and that after the break they carried on like nothing had happened.
It’s not the first time Feltz has opened up about Harris’ vile actions.
She first spoke about the incident in 2014 to the Sunday Express.
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Harris died this month.
