{"id":68011,"date":"2023-10-21T16:07:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T16:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/?p=68011"},"modified":"2023-10-21T16:07:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T16:07:03","slug":"steph-mcgovern-scary-stalker-told-her-parents-they-were-in-a-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newcelebworld.com\/celebrities\/steph-mcgovern-scary-stalker-told-her-parents-they-were-in-a-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Steph McGovern: Scary stalker told her parents they were in a relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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TV presenter Steph McGovern has revealed she had a crazed stalker who even wrote letters to her parents.<\/p>\n

The 41-year-old currently hosts Channel 4\u2019s live daily show Steph\u2019s Packed Lunch, which is being axed at the end of the year it was recently announced.<\/p>\n

But it was during her time with the BBC, where she presented such shows as Watchdog and Breakfast, that she attracted the unwanted attention of a male admirer.<\/p>\n

Steph says the issue came to a head when the man in question sent a letter to her parents falsely claiming he was in a relationship with her \u2013 prompting her to contact BBC security. She said: \u201cI had a stalker when I was at the BBC. It was just some guy turning up everywhere I went.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe ended up writing to my family saying he was in a relationship with me. It was really crazy but BBC security dealt with it. I think they told him to go away, there were no charges. Once he was told to stop he did.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Steph was \u201ccreeped out\u201d by the experience but said it is all part and parcel of being a household name.<\/p>\n

The Middlesbrough-born star said: \u201cIt was frightening when it went to my parents as I did not know how he found out where they lived. Sadly, I think it comes with the job as that is part of the success of being on TV.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are looked up to as someone on telly and there can be somebody out there who just doesn\u2019t like it and they take it too far. It is a scary old thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Steph is now said to be \u201cin the running\u201d for Holly Willoughby\u2019s This Morning job.<\/p>\n