Alex Scott at centre of major safety concern after horror acid attack threat

Former footballer and present TV presenter, Alex Scott, has revealed that she has been threatened with an acerb onslaught erstwhile linked with becoming the caller big of a TV show

Alex Scott has spoken astir the downside of being celebrated and that she has been threatened with acerb being thrown astatine her erstwhile being linked to a important TV role.

The 40-year-old erstwhile footballer, who is present an established TV presenter and is linked to taking implicit from Gary Lineker successful presenting Match of the Day, has written successful The Times astir the nastiness she lives with portion being successful the nationalist eye. Alex, who lives with popular vocalist Jess Glynne, said: "There are negatives to fame. I’ve had plentifulness of racism, maltreatment and adjacent decease threats."

Alex was successful the firing enactment of vicious trolls erstwhile she was linked to taking implicit from Sue Barker arsenic big of A Question of Sport. Writing astir that time, Alex said: "People were saying, 'She’s lone connected TV due to the fact that she’s black, pistillate and younger. She’s conscionable ticking boxes'.”

Alex added that threats became precise existent to her during that clip and she was disquieted astir being attacked. She wrote: "I was frightened to spell retired of the location due to the fact that these trolls were saying they were going to propulsion acerb successful my face."

Fortunately, Alex recovered others who were afloat supportive of her and she countered the trolling, writing: "Luckily determination are different radical who support maine smiling. They’ll travel up to maine successful my section store and say, 'Keep going,' and that’s what I do."

Alex has a steadfast moving narration with Gary Lineker and she antecedently refused to enactment successful a amusement of enactment to the seasoned presenter. In March past year, she confirmed she wouldn't big the midday shot programme successful a amusement of solidarity to the Match of the Day presenter, starring to the amusement being pulled from the schedule.

At the time, the BBC said that Gary would beryllium "stepping back" from his relation arsenic big of Match of the Day pursuing comments helium made connected societal media successful which helium criticised the government's Migration Bill. He likened the measure to 1930s Germany and the organisation took the determination to basal him down from his role.

However, it wasn't a determination that was met good by his colleagues and sparked a large backlash. A fig of them, including Alex, opted to boycott the weekend's broadcast, earlier Gary was reinstated. Alan Shearer and Ian Wright were besides among those making a basal astatine the time.

Alex tweeted her stance: "I made a determination past nighttime that adjacent though I emotion doing shot absorption and we person had an unthinkable week winning an SJA grant that it conscionable doesn’t consciousness close going up with the amusement today. Hopefully I volition beryllium backmost successful the seat adjacent week…"

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