Henry Southan has revealed he was targeted by a masked phone thief while upgrading his device in an O2 shop.
The Big Brother star, 27, who took to his Instagram Story on Tuesday to recount the shocking incident, shared with his followers that a masked man attempted to steal his phone right in front of him, yet didn’t realise he was grabbing an empty box.
He told his followers: ‘Guys, little story time, I just upgraded my phone, I’ve been in O2 like all day.
‘I was doing the transfer from my old phone to the new phone in store, and this masked man came into the shop and grabbed the empty box that my new phone was in and he ran out.
‘I felt such second-hand embarrassment for him, imagine, he’s just gonna see it’s an empty box, what a s**t thief he is.
‘His accomplice, there was another guy in there, he was like “oh you idiot”, you just couldn’t write it.’
Henry Southan has revealed he was targeted by a masked phone thief while upgrading his device in an O2 shop
The Big Brother star, 27, shared with his followers that a masked man attempted to steal his phone right in front of him, yet didn’t realise he was grabbing an empty box
He went on: ‘I got the ick to be honest, I was like babe you could have pulled that off a bit better couldn’t you.’
However, Henry isn’t the first celebrity to be targeted by phone thief’s in London.
Bridgerton star Genevieve Chenneour, 27, admitted she ‘doesn’t feel safe’ in the capital anymore after being targeted by thief Zacariah Boulares, 18, at a Joe & The Juice while she was walking her dog on February 8 last year.
The prolific teenage criminal was jailed for just 22 months in July last year despite embarking on a ‘ruthless’ spree of thefts.
Boulares was scolded by the judge as he put his middle finger up at members of the public gallery before being taken down to the police cells at Isleworth Crown Court.
Daily Mail previously revealed CCTV of the moment Ms Chenneour bravely fought back against the thief and dragged him to the floor with the help of her boyfriend at the time, Carlo Kureishi, 30, the son of the writer Hanif Kureishi.
Ms Chenneour, who before acting was on Team GB’s synchronised swimming team and later became a trained boxer, revealed how she thought she was going to die after the thug threatened to stab her.
And last year, the actress explained to LBC that she has since moved out of London following the distressing incident.
Henry added: ‘I felt such second-hand embarrassment for him, imagine, he’s just gonna see it’s an empty box, what a s**t thief he is’
Henry isn’t the first celebrity to be targeted with Genievieve Chennour (pictured) previously telling how she was left ‘concussed and traumatised’ after being robbed at a Joe & The Juice
CCTV footage showed prolific thief Zacariah Boulares, 18, creeping up behind the actress and stealing her phone
She said: ‘The level of anxiety putting myself even in a public space now is pretty awful. I’ve left London.
‘I don’t feel comfortable living in London at the moment. Had this happened two years earlier, when I was just getting my career going, this could have been the end of my career, because you have to be in town for meetings and available all the time.
‘There was a new study, wasn’t there…saying that women feel extremely unsafe on the streets. And I was quite shocked to see that it said most women, almost every woman that I’ve met, feels on edge in London walking around.’
Ms Chenneour added that she experienced terrifying lucid dreams, featuring someone attempting to steal something from her, which resulted in her waking up, palms sweating.
At the time, she revealed her plans to see a trauma therapist but explained she has a job on her hands stopping her dog from biting everyone who touches her.
The actress expressed concerns over the length of Boulares’s prison stay following the theft on Kensington High Street, admitting she worries what will happen when he is released.
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