The Version: Laura Whitmore has discussed the “scary” communication" she received from a stalker.

The host of new ITVX series Laura Whitmore Investigates opened up about the ordeal in The Sun.

She said: “I haven’t told many people this but I was the victim of a stalking incident.  I was receiving threatening letters to my workplace and eventually got correspondence to the letterbox at my home, which makes it feel more real.  

“The perpetrator set up some fake online profile accounts and this was years ago, social media wasn’t as big as it is now. I didn’t really know it was stalking, or what it was, I just knew it was scary.  

“There’s an expectation, I guess, if you have a public profile that this behaviour will come with the territory.” 

Laura also told BBC Breakfast "I had a stalking incident years ago and I almost was afraid to talk about it because there's embarrassment, when I went to the police at that time. 

"I was told it was 'kind of expected with the type of job you have' and then you're a bit mortified and you don't say anything else. 

"So these three films that I've made about different topics, the darker side of humanity looking at everything from toxic masculinity to cyberstalking and more, I need to talk about these things because if we don't talk about it, it won't get better." 

Laura Whitmore is available to stream on ITVX.