I’m A Celeb star Christopher Biggins left shaken after being mugged by hooded cyclist for his phone
The 70-year-old star has revealed he was targeted in London's Covent Garden on Wednesday night
CHRISTOPHER Biggins was mugged by a cyclist while waiting for a taxi in London on Wednesday night.
The hooded yob made off with his mobile phone in Covent Garden and the I’m A Celeb star, 70, has said that the experience was "terrifying".
Talking on , he said: "I walked down to Charring Cross Road to get an Uber at quarter to midnight and I was on my phone."
“I was looking down toward Trafalgar Square and I was seeing how far away he was and suddenly a hooded cyclist came by and stole my phone – just took it out of my hand.
“It was such a violation.
“I shouted very loudly but it was quarter to midnight and he got away.”
He said his insurers cheered him up the next day as one of them asked: “Is that the real Mr Biggins?”
But the Celebrity Big Brother star doesn’t think the muggers will be able to open the phone and use his information.
Christopher is one of four presenters guest editing BBC Wiltshire this week for the station’s 30th birthday.
Meanwhile, back in December the actor and telly host told how being kicked out of the Celebrity Big Brother house was one of the worst moments of his career.
His was axed after he told Jewish X Factor star Katie Waissel in 2016: "You better be careful or they’ll be putting you in a shower and taking you to a room.”
He said: "I’ve had a fantastic career. The only lowlight was when I was evicted from Celebrity Big Brother.
"But I soon got over that and I’m now much more contented and happy than ever.”
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Biggins apologised at the time, saying: "I love Jewish people. Listen, my best friend is Lesley Joseph. You can’t get much more Jewish than that.”
He also sparked enormous controversy by telling Mob Wives star Renee Grazinano: “I think the worst type though, I’m afraid to say, the bisexuals."
The panto favourite also opened up about the loss of his close friend Cilla Black, saying he is still haunted by her death.
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