Gail Porter has been left sporting a painful-looking black eye after being knocked over going down a set of stairs.
The TV presenter revealed she had been walking down a flight of stairs on at a Tube station when she was pushed by a fellow passenger and fell.
Gail, 55, revealed the accident after facing trolling from ‘keyboard warriors’ who criticised her appearance, specifically her face.
‘To all you wonderful keyboard warriors that said I’m looking old, and saying something was wrong with my face…’ she wrote on Instagram.
‘I went to @trainspottingthemusical to support my friends that created this. Last week.. I was knocked over while going down the stairs at a London Tube Station.
‘My scars are superficial, and it’s not a problem. It was an accident, and it won’t stop me being me.’
She had been at the opening night for Trainspotting The Musical on Wednesday, sparking the sudden interest in her appearance.
In red carpet pictures, she had a visible split lip, wearing a cap low on her head to help hide the black eye as she posed.
Closing her statement, Gail reminded people: ‘Please… from the bottom of my heart.. don’t ever be disrespectful to anyone for how they look or how they are. Kindness is so invaluable x.’
She posted another selfie later and added: ‘I’m a wee Scottish Warrior. Just always look out for each other. Simple x And good concealer!!!’
The Scottish TV personality has spent much of her career standing up against those who criticised her looks, having been diagnosed with alopecia in 2005.
The condition causes hair loss or baldness in some or all areas of the body, with Gail refusing to wear wigs so she could raise awareness.
Speaking previously about losing her hair, the ex-Celebrity Big Brother housemate explained to Metro that she was forced to sleep on benches when work dried up as a result of her refusal to wear a wig.
Gail found that TV shows were only interested in booking her if she would talk about ‘being bald’, which also came while going through her divorce with her former husband and Toploader guitarist Dan Hipgrave.
As her situation worsened in the mid-00s, Gail was unable to make ends meet as she became ‘more and more depressed’.
When appearing on the BBC Access All Podcast in August 2023, Gail also explained that work dried up very rapidly.
‘It was so quick,’ she said. ‘I had long blonde hair, and then four weeks later I was completely bald.
‘People didn’t want to go near me for television or anything because I looked different.’
More recently, Gail has donned the occasional wig, unveiling a mid-length blonde wig to her followers in 2024 and has worn other hairpieces since.