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Gethin Jones has revealed he had a “scary” stalker when he worked on Blue Peter.
The 45-year-old TV presenter, who now hosts the Morning Live show, said the BBC were so worried they even hired security to protect him.
Opening up on the Rig Biz podcast, Gethin shared he found the experience “terrifying”. Asked if he’d ever had a stalker, he said: “I did, back in Blue Peter. It was weird to the point where I had some security, which I thought was a lot. But they felt... obviously they knew stuff I didn’t. You know, you go and do your job every day thinking that’s it, and then for whatever reason.
“I think it’s interesting on telly, the medium of TV is really powerful, and people think they know you really well and there’s occasions where you maybe don’t get back to someone because you just don’t, because you don’t know them and they find that offensive. And there are people who have got all sorts of issues as well, so you’ve got to be really careful.”
TV presenter Gethin Jones said the BBC hired security to protect him from a stalker (BBC)Gethin said as well as the stalker, there was a woman who got in touch who he was quite worried for from the messages she was sending. He explained: “I had one woman who was messaging me and I sort of looked at it and thought, ‘Ah, this is not funny’, and I passed it on to the relevant people just to make sure she was OK, because she obviously had some mental issues. Which again, bigger conversation with social media, it blows my mind that is not regulated better for that reason. It’s so scary.”
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Gethin was working on children's show Blue Peter at the time (PA)
The Welsh hunk revealed his DMs also get flooded with d*** pics (Getty Images)“I get a lot of d*** pics. Honestly, you get all kinds on there,” he told the podcast. I tend not to go it [social media] too much, but then you do open it sometimes. or ‘view photo’ and you think, ‘Do I want to view this photo or not?’ Sometimes it’s really nice, like a charity thing and you want to help, and other times you’re like, ‘Ugh, that’s not what I was expecting.’”
The TV star also revealed fans also ask him strange questions on social media – including one who asked if they could have his old socks. Sharing some of the requests he had recently received, Gethin said : “It’s stuff like ‘What’s your favourite cheese?, ‘Can I have your socks?’ or ‘What watch are you wearing?’”