Brig Brother’s Henry Southan revealed on Instagram that he was targeted by a masked phone thief during a store robbery that took place while he was trying to upgrade his phone
Big Brother star Henry Southan has revealed that he was targeted by masked phone thief in a shocking incident. The 27 year old took to Instagram to share that a masked man tried to steal his phone right in front of him – only to find he’d taken nothing but an empty box.
Via his Instagram Stories, Henry told his followers how he had gone to an O2 shop to upgrade his phone when the thief came in. He said the camera: “Guys, little story time, I just upgraded my phone, I’ve been in O2 like all day.
“I was doing the transfer from my old phone to the new phone in store, and this masked man came into the shop and grabbed the empty box that my new phone was in and he ran out.”
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He added that he was embarrassed for the “s*** thief”. “I felt such second-hand embarrassment for him, imagine, he’s just gonna see it’s an empty box, what a s**t thief he is.”
Henry continued to say there was another person there who called his accomplice an “idiot”. He said: “His accomplice, there was another guy in there, he was like “oh you idiot”, you just couldn’t write it. I got the ick to be honest, I was like babe you could have pulled that off a bit better couldn’t you.”
This came not long after another star of the small screen, Bridgerton’s Genevieve Chenneour, said she no longer feels safe in London after being targeted by another phone thief. Back in February 2025, Genevieve was walking her dog with her boyfriend when the thief targeted her. The two managed to drag the thief to the floor before he could take off with her phone.
The actress told LBC that she moved out of London following the incident. She said: “The level of anxiety putting myself even in a public space now is pretty awful. I’ve left London.
“I don’t feel comfortable living in London at the moment. Had this happened two years earlier, when I was just getting my career going, this could have been the end of my career, because you have to be in town for meetings and available all the time.
Appearing on Magic Radio, actress Rosamund Pike also shared her experiences with a phone thief. The Pride & Prejudice star admitted the crime, which happened in 2006, was “15 minutes” of hell. “I was on the phone to my mother — on a mobile phone walking along a road — and I was mugged,” she said.
“The phone was snatched so all she heard was me scream and a thud and the phone went dead.” She added that the mugger punched her on the side of her cheek as they took her phone.
Source: Mirror
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