EXCLUSIVE Britain's Got Talent star Connie Talbot, 23, reveals terrifying stalker ordeal and having to go to school with a bodyguard after rising to fame on show as a 6-year-old By Sean O'grady For Mailonline Published: 12:21, 24 June 2024 | Updated: 12:29, 24 June 2024 e-mail View comments Connie Talbot has revealed the cost of finding fame at a young age on Britain's Got Talent as she was faced with stalkers and had to go to school with a bodyguard. The singer, 23, rose to national fame when she finished as runner-up on the first series of Britain's Got Talent in 2007. But being in the limelight came with dangers with Connie telling how an adult man posed as a journalist in a terrifying attempt to get close to her.
Speaking on the DEEP YouTube channel , she recalled: '[Fame] exposed me to the darker sides of the world that probably a child wouldn't hear of till later in life. 'We got approached by a journalist who was meant to work for a newspaper but it turned out that he was just interested in children. Connie Talbot has revealed the cost of finding fame at a young age on Britain's Got Talent as she was faced with stalkers and had to go to school with a bodyguard The singer, 23, rose to national fame when she finished as runner-up on the first series of Britain's Got Talent in 2007 'Luckily I was protected by my mum and dad but that was probably the first time I realised safety was a massive thing for me.
' Connie's parents were concerned enough for her safety that a bodyg.
