Former Strictly Come Dancing star Angela Scanlon has claimed that a ‘very well-known’ celebrity guest acted like a ‘creep’ on The One Show.
The TV presenter, who did not name the star in question, revealed that he asked her an inappropriate question seconds before they went live.
For the remainder of the show, she was then left with a ‘raging internal conflict’ whether she should expose his behaviour on TV.
During an appearance on the Where There’s A Will, There’s a Wake podcast,hosted by former Great British Bake Off presenter Mel Giedroyc, Angela, 41, was asked what her most ‘tricky situation’ is that she has had to diffuse.
The presenter went on to say: ‘I was doing a live show one day and before we started recording it was myself and a male co-host and there was a male guest who’s very, very well-known.
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‘He was sat opposite me, and I’m like a busy woman, I was like learning where we were going, I was understanding when the VTs were dropping and whatever else.
‘I welcomed him in with open arms and I sat down and did what I had to do, which is my job, which is what he was there to do, presumably.
‘Anyway, just before we went live, he turned around to me and he said – I was wearing jeans and a blazer, not that that should matter – but he said: “Are you wearing panties underneath those?” And then, boom, we are live on air.’
As host Mel visibly gasped at Angela’s story, the presenter added that she wishes she called him out over the situation live on air, but was worried it would have been ‘unprofessional’.
‘The raging internal conflict because I’m a woman who stands up for herself, but I’d have been unprofessional if I had in that situation’, she said.
After host Mel could scarcely believe what she was hearing, Angela then described the man as a ‘creep’ before saying ‘it was too much’.
This comes after Angela – who described Strictly as ‘more painful than childbirth’ – previously admitted that she exaggerated her TV experience to land a job on The One Show.
Speaking on Spencer Matthews’ Big Fish podcast, she explained: ‘[The TV boss] said: “Have you ever done studio?” and I said: “Yeah I’ve done loads of it in Ireland”.
‘Then I went off to do Robot Wars and I got a call to say: “They want you to fill in on The One Show.” I was on a train practising how to read autocue and I had no idea what I was doing.’
‘I was too afraid to say guys: “I don’t know what open and switch means you’re going to have to literally break this down for me.”
‘I should have openly said: “These are my limitations, I’m going to need help: I think I can do it, I’m pretty sure I can, but I might need you to give me a hand”.
‘Whereas I just shut up shop and had to pretend that I knew exactly what I was doing which was quite lonely.
‘I had fooled myself into believing that if I reached these things that I’d be great, everything would be fantastic.’
Metro has contacted BBC for comment.
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