ITV Loose Women's Judi Love opens up on horror attack as man 'grabbed her' in street

Loose Women: Judi Love recalls being attacked in the street

Loose Women's Judi Love has recounted a terrifying encounter during a live broadcast on the ITV programme, leaving viewers and her co-hosts utterly gripped.

Recounting the chilling incident, Judi revealed that while walking alone on a secluded street, she was suddenly "grabbed" by an unknown assailant, instilling in her a profound fear for her safety. Her colleagues Charlene White, Nadia Sawalha, and Linda Robson listened in solidarity as she detailed her experience.

On the show, Judi expressed her concerns: "As a social worker, I wouldn't even want to dare touch on in the home or in small communities about people being afraid to speak up. This is a conversation you have to have with your daughters and sons."

She continued, delving into her personal experiences: "I've had situations as a comedian, travelling home late at night. I was in a particular area at night and I started to walk in the middle of the road because I just felt something..."

Judi then described the harrowing moment: "That gave me an extra 20 seconds because as I turned down the road, a guy grabbed me and I just, in that moment, I turned into, 'This is a fight, this is just what I've got to do'. I looked him in the eye and said, 'If this is what you wanna do, just know what you're doing,'" reports the Mirror.

Judi Love was grabbed by a man in a dark street (Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

She concluded with a stark reminder: "We have to go into that survival [mode]... I'm a woman at 40 what about an 11-year-old?"

Previously in 2021, Judi had mentioned the same frightening episode, saying: "As a grown woman, I do comedy and there are times I travel quite late by myself in my area, and there was one particular night, the guy was on the other side of the road, I was on the main high road."

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Judi had the full support of her co-stars (Image: Judi Love)

"And I saw him pull his cap down and run towards me, and in that 30 seconds, my car was round the corner, and I was like, 'Should I run to my car? But I thought if I run to my car I am in a dark space, so I just stood and took him straight on, he grabbed my hand and I thought, 'He is gonna mug me.'"

"So I just started to have a conversation [with him], 'Is this what you wanna do? Is this what you wanna do? Take what you are going to take.'"

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Judi shared her terrifying experience (Image: ITV)

Thankfully the incident ended without anyone getting hurt, as Judi said: "He just looked me in my eye, I don't know what it was, and he just threw my hand down and walked off, it wasn't until afterwards I thought, 'Oh my gosh, that really happened.'"

She now refuses to go walking late at night and always texts someone about where she's going, admitting: "Thinking about it makes me a bit shaky."

ITV Loose Women's Judi Love opens up on horror attack as man 'grabbed her' in street

ITV Loose Women's Judi Love opens up on horror attack as man 'grabbed her' in street

ITV Loose Women's Judi Love opens up on horror attack as man 'grabbed her' in street

ITV Loose Women's Judi Love opens up on horror attack as man 'grabbed her' in street

ITV Loose Women's Judi Love opens up on horror attack as man 'grabbed her' in street