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Rachel Riley has told how she was once groped backstage at the Countdown studios by a male fan.
The maths whizz, 35, who is currently pregnant with her second child, admitted that she 'didn't know what to do with myself' at the time as she recalled the shocking moment.
Speaking to The Sun, Rachel noted that the man and his wife were banned from the show after she reported him for grabbing her bottom behind the scenes of the Channel 4 programme.
Shocking: Rachel Riley has told how she was once groped backstage at the Countdown studios by a male fan (pictured in 2019)
She told the publication: 'This married couple came up to me and the lady said ‘oh my husband really likes watching you, do you mind if we just…’ and he squeezed my arse.
'I didn’t know what to do with myself. I was a bit shocked and stood back and they didn’t get invited back to the audience.'
The TV personality hinted this wasn't an isolated incident as she added: 'You get the odd a**e grabber.'
Ordeal: The maths whizz, 35, who is currently pregnant with her second child, admitted she 'didn't know what to do with myself' at the time as she recalled the shocking moment
Elsewhere, Rachel recently told how she had to change up her look on the show after Channel 4 bosses tried to make
