Laura Whitmore hits out at photographer
Laura Whitmore has hit out at a photographer who hounded her at an airport in Cape Town.
The Love Island host was reuniting with show voice over and boyfriend, Iain Stirling.
It was the first time they had been together since the death of their close friend Caroline Flack.
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Laura shares a post on social media explaining what happened.
She says, 'I landed in Cape Town this morning and it is the first time I've been with Iain since Caroline passed away.'
'It's been really hard being apart.'
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'At the airport a photographer took pictures of us both and we tried to ignore it but he continued to follow us as we got coffee and left the building.'
Laura goes on, 'So I asked him would he stop as he had what he wanted.'
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The photographer refused to leave
Despite Laura's request to give them some space, the photographer continued to ask questions.
She continues, 'I said we were mourning a friend and could he allow us space.'
'He said 'can you give me a reaction. It's a public space and I can take pictures if I want'.'
'I have never courted the paparazzi but understand at work events it comes with the territory.'
The Love Island host admits, 'But this morning was too much. Iain filmed him and he didn't like it.'
'I don't like attacking people but we need to call people out when they do things like this.'
She wraps up, 'Iain and I just wanted some privacy.'
— Laura Whitmore (@thewhitmore) February 20, 2020
The footage
Laura shared the footage taken by her boyfriend to social media.
In the video the man is heard asking, "Have you lost a recent friend?"
Laura is shocked by the question and exclaims, "Oh my god."
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The presenter tells the man, "I'd rather not talk, I'm just really upset."
Laura asks her boyfriend if he's filming the interaction and Iain responds, "Yeah."
The photographer quickly walks away from Iain who follows him through the airport.
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Laura shared a brief synopsis of what's just happened in the video's Twitter caption.
'I asked the photographer to please stop taking pictures as I hadn’t seen my boyfriend since our friend passed away and we wanted some privacy'
— Laura Whitmore (@thewhitmore) February 20, 2020
In a further post, Laura writes, 'It doesn’t matter who specifically the photographer was I posted about earlier.'
She points out, 'He could be one of so many.'
'But it is a culture that has got out of hand and it is only by showing it, we can change it.'
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— Laura Whitmore (@thewhitmore) February 20, 2020
This comes shortly after Caroline Flack's family released an unpublished Instagram post.
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