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Vogue Williams speaks out about her phone tapping for new show

Published 11:21 5 Jul 2017 BST

Updated 13:00 5 Jul 2017 BST

Jade Hayden

Vogue Williams speaks out about her phone tapping for new show

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Vogue Williams is no stranger to the limelight.

The model and TV presenter has enjoyed the following that comes with fame since her debut on reality TV show Fade Street back in 2010. Since then she has shown her DJ skills to the nation, appeared on TV shows Dancing With The Stars, and Stepping Out, and even won ITV reality series Bear Grylls: Mission Survive. But there is one thing Vogue probably wasn't expecting to deal with during her career - having her phone tapped by ex-MI5 agents looking for her new boyfriend Spencer Matthews. https://www.instagram.com/p/BUrurPKAf6j/?taken-by=voguewilliams&hl=en The tap came as part of a celebrity version of Channel 4 TV show Hunted, where participants try to evade capture from former counter-terrorism agents. Made in Chelsea star Spencer, who has been dating Vogue for the past few months, had been trying to stay under the radar while his girlfriend's phone was tapped and her house was bugged. Vogue recently spoke out about the experience saying that the lengths the TV show were going to to find Spencer were "crazy."

“When Spencer agreed to do it and explained to me how extreme it was, I thought, ‘OK, this sounds a bit much. Surely we can talk to each other on the phone?'”

The model also told the Irish Daily Star that she felt paranoid about talking to Spencer on the phone, and that she hadn't realised how intense the experience would be.

“They did it because if I knew where Spencer was, it would help them find him (...) But I didn’t know they’d put a bug in my house and that they were listening to what I was saying in my own home."

But amidst all this heavy surveillance, Vogue still wasn't put off having Spencer sneak over to her house once the Hunted team left the premises. She even went so far as to provoke the team by tweeting pictures of the pair's reunion. https://twitter.com/VogueWilliams/status/880016777056587776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thesun.ie%2Ftvandshowbiz%2F1225657%2Fvogue-williams-shock-at-having-her-house-bugged-and-phone-tapped-by-former-counter-terrorism-agents-searching-for-boyfriend-on-tv-show%2F Vogue took to Instagram yesterday to share how happy she was to have Spencer back after his two weeks on the run. https://www.instagram.com/p/BWFTmDEgAsJ/?taken-by=voguewilliams&hl=en

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Vogue Williams is no stranger to the limelight.

“When Spencer agreed to do it and explained to me how extreme it was, I thought, ‘OK, this sounds a bit much. Surely we can talk to each other on the phone?'”

The model also told the Irish Daily Star that she felt paranoid about talking to Spencer on the phone, and that she hadn't realised how intense the experience would be.

“They did it because if I knew where Spencer was, it would help them find him (...) But I didn’t know they’d put a bug in my house and that they were listening to what I was saying in my own home."