Reid tells of chasing knife-wielding mugger

Susanna Reid has revealed how she chased a knife-wielding man who tried to mug her, saying she “acted on instinct”.

The 47-year-old Good Morning Britain presenter said she saw a “red mist” and felt “propelled” to chase the man in London.

The TV host denied she had been “brave” in running after the man during the incident, which happened some years ago.

“I got mugged once by a guy with a knife and my instinct was to run after him,” she said yesterday on the ITV show.

“It’s not rational and obviously it was dangerous. He got scared and dropped my bag.”

Describing how the incident unfolded, Reid said: “He slashed my bag off me and 0 Television host Susanna Reid said she saw a red mist

cut through my coat. I was incandescent. He ran up over a bridge. I was absolutely furious. I followed him up over the bridge and he was shaking out my bag on the top of the bridge and then he just ran off.

“He took the cash out of my bag, but I got the bag back.” Reid said the incident had a “traumatic effect” on her.