Liberty X star Michelle Heaton has described how she as soon as fell sufferer to a brutal assault from a male fan.
The singer and Celeb MasterChef star, 46, was a member of the pop group from 2001 to 2008, together with bandmates Jessica Taylor, Kelli Younger, Tony Lundon and Kevin Simm.
The group was initially fashioned within the wake of the ITV expertise present Popstars, after the 5 finalists didn’t make it into profitable group Hear’Say.
Calling themselves Liberty X, the band launched their debut album in 2002, which featured their hit single Simply A Little Bit.
After releasing two follow-up albums, Liberty X disbanded in 2007, earlier than briefly reuniting for the ITV2 sequence The Huge Competitors – alongside fellow noughties pop teams B*Witched, Honeyz, 911, 5 and Atomic Kitten.
In a brand new interview, Michelle has mirrored on her time with Liberty X – which additionally reformed with simply its feminine members in 2017 – recalling one terrifying incident which happened on the top of their fame.
Chatting with The Mirror, Michelle shared particulars of an incident the place she was punched by a male fan at a gig in Germany.
Describing what had occurred, Michelle stated: ‘This man punched me to the bottom. Kevin [Simm] appeared again and I wasn’t there, I used to be on the bottom.
‘He known as safety, they received me up on my toes and the gig was instantly cancelled, we had been rushed out and right into a holding room. The police got here, and the person was finally caught and it was all on CCTV. That was terrifying.’
Michelle went on to share how their tour supervisor upped safety from then on, with the band turning down numerous nightclub gigs because of the assault.
‘We had been at all times watching our backs,’ she stated, describing it as ‘the scariest second’ of her time with Liberty X.
Michelle added: ‘You continue to get that tradition at the moment, take a look at Ariana being accosted on the Depraved purple carpet, and the way simple that was.’
This newest incident, which Michelle known as ‘mind-boggling,’ noticed a fan sort out star Ariana Grande on the Depraved: For Good yellow carpet in Singapore final week.
Australian Johnson Wen was later recognized and deported, after pleading responsible to 1 cost of being a public nuisance.
Michelle’s feedback come after she was eradicated from Celeb MasterChef throughout the present’s quarter last final week.
Michelle described herself as ‘completely gutted’ after leaving her candy potatoes within the oven for too lengthy, burning them to a crisp.
‘Oh, no!’ she harassed, taking her head in her arms. ‘I really can’t consider it. Burned my candy potato fries.’
‘You had a little bit of a catastrophe,’ remarked decide John Torode as she served up what remained of her meal.
John, who was scoring meals with new addition Grace Dent, added: ‘[But] you picked your self up and also you went and sorted it out. That’s what MasterChef is all about, Michelle. Good on you.’
Talking afterwards, Michelle stated: ‘I’m feeling OK contemplating I had a large catastrophe.
‘I used to be about to cry, however I didn’t, as a result of I often do. And I simply ploughed on. And I’m actually, actually completely satisfied that I did, as a result of I discovered one thing about myself.’
Celeb MasterChef is way from Michelle’s first actuality TV rodeo.
After her time in Liberty X, she went on to seem in Celeb Huge Brother, Dancing On Ice, and Celeb SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Earlier this month, she credited fellow actuality TV icon Katie Worth with ‘saving her life’ throughout a ‘spiralling’ interval of alcoholism.
Throughout this time, Katie and different mates staged an intervention, which led to Michelle checking into The Priory rehab clinic in 2021.
Michelle, who just lately celebrated 4 years ofsobriety, advised The Solar: ‘I texted Katie [Price] whereas I used to be in The Priory, “You saved my life.” As a result of The Priory did save my life.
‘What I used to be doing was a suicide mission. I by no means really thought, “I wish to kill myself”, however finally I used to be killing myself.
‘I used to be crying out for assist after I couldn’t really ask for assist. However whenever you’re an addict, it looks like there’s no method out.’
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