Viewers of Loose Women have spoken out about their experiences of street harassment after presenter Janet Street-Porter detailed an incident of “retaliatory” verbal abuse.

Last week, Janet wrote a column for MailOnline, describing how a middle-aged man in a gray Volkswagen Golf harangued her as she walked near the beach in Seasalter.

According to Janet, he yelled, ‘I hate you. We all hate you. Who do you think you are?

‘You’re ugly and stupid and you’re shit!’ After following her for a few meters, she finished with: ‘You deserve it. you will go down

Viewers of the show took to Twitter to share some of their own experiences, as well as send their support for Janet.

Janet was verbally abused by a middle-aged man in a gray Volkswagen Golf while out walking in Kent.

Speaking on Loose Women today, Janet said: ‘I was walking home and thinking, ‘What am I supposed to do about this?’

“And I did reflect on it a bit, I mean it had a big impact because really, doing this job, we can’t complain about people saying hello or saying ‘Janet’, like you don’t know your own name.

“But that was another level,” he said, before calling the exchange “vindictive.”

Janet continued: “Then I wrote a column for MailOnline and it got a great response and a lot of women came up and said ‘well that happened to me’.”

In response, one viewer took to Twitter, saying: “On the way home from work one night a gang of young men insulted not only me but also bottles and cans.”

My crime? Being overweight!’

Another said: ‘I had a car come right behind me, touching my car with theirs. I was going 27 mph and the limit was 30.

The Loose Women panel discussed this on today’s show, when Janet questioned whether she should call the police.

Charlene said the man could be charged with verbal assault, as it is a criminal offense.

“I couldn’t stop because the cars were parked on the road. I stopped at my local store.

He got out of his car and threatened me and my two daughters. I informed the police, did nothing.

A fourth commented: ‘I was verbally abused, filmed and followed by a young man in a car. He threatened to throw something at my car.

“I reported it to the police and they couldn’t do anything, not even ask him to remove my photo or my car from his phone. Nothing.’

Another person said: ‘I was verbally assaulted and spat at while queuing at a McDonald’s restaurant after questioning someone who jumped the line.

‘I was with my two young daughters, a baby. I reported the girl to the police, she was arrested because she had previous changes, they jailed her for six weeks.

Another person said: ‘My friend was harassed, threatened at work on the shop floor by the same guy every night.

‘The police said he wasn’t doing anything illegal, she took him higher in the police force and repeatedly said the same thing.

‘He even called his bank and said she died!’

A fan of the show said: ‘Janet, please report it. I live in Essex and my neighbor has bothered me ALL WINTER.

The police came last week because I started to draw the curtains now that it’s spring.

They came here and then to him. He hasn’t bothered me since. REPORT IT NOW!!!’

Viewers of the show took to Twitter to share some of their own experiences, as well as send their support for Janet.

One person sent their support to Janet, writing: ‘Sorry to hear about the #bullying Janet Street Porter has experienced recently.

“It is important to report all types of abuse against women: the police need to know the true scale of the problem, only then will it be properly addressed and funded.”

His co-host, Charlene White, asked if Janet had reported the man to the police, to which she replied, “Well, I’ve been thinking about whether to report him.”

I think the sensible thing to do would be to report him to the local Kent police because we know enough about the guy to identify him.

“One other thing though, to weigh that, the police are completely overworked, are they going to do anything about it?”

Charlene then said that the man could be charged with verbal assault, as it is a criminal offense.

She said: ‘That is the use of threatening, abusive or insulting language with the intent to use or cause alarm or distress.

‘I guess in the initial situation it’s just reporting it and then there’s a record of that.’

In the column, Janet wrote: “Women like me, who stick our heads up and express our opinions, on TV and online, are used to being ripped apart by anonymous trolls.”

“But even if I hate someone’s opinions, I would never consider getting into a car and following them, yelling and cursing out the window at close range.”

She then ended her column by saying, “I want him to feel ashamed for not treating a human being with respect.”

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